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7599499 |
Method for fitting a hearing aid to the needs of a hearing aid user and assistive tool for use when fitting a hearing aid to a hearing aid user
A method for prescribing the initial setting of signal processing parameters in a hearing aid to the needs of a hearing aid user includes gathering and storing in electronic form a first set of...
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7574007 |
Stimulus analysis system and method having adaptive artifact rejection
A stimulus analysis system and artifact rejection method are disclosed. The method may be used in many applications, such as, for example, DPOAE testing, TEOAE testing, BAER testing, ultrasound,...
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7572234 |
EEG feedback controlled sound therapy for tinnitus
An automated method for treating tinnitus by habituation through use of neurological feedback, comprising the steps of connecting a subject through a set of attached headphones to an electronic...
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7571005 |
Adaptive place-pitch ranking procedure for optimizing performance of a multi-channel neural stimulator
An adaptive place-pitch ranking procedure for use with a cochlear implant or other neural stimulation system provides a systematic method for quantifying the magnitude and direction of errors along...
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7530957 |
Systems, methods and products for diagnostic hearing assessments distributed via the use of a computer network
The systems, methods and associated devices performing diagnostic hearing tests which use a computer network to allow interaction between a test administration site and one or a plurality of remote...
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7529379 |
System and method for determining an in-ear acoustic response for confirming the identity of a user
A system and method is provided for confirming the identity of a user, where the confirmation is made using biometric data. The system includes an internal speaker having an audio port, which is...
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7496205 |
Method for adjusting a hearing device as well as an apparatus to perform the method
A method and an apparatus for adjusting a first hearing device based on adjustments of a second hearing device are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of converting an acoustic test signal...
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7465277 |
System and methods for conducting multiple diagnostic hearing tests
Systems and methods for conducting multiple diagnostic hearing tests are provided. The systems comprise an insertion probe for insertion into an ear of a patient, at least one transducer for...
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7464595 |
Portable audiometer enclosed within a patient response mechanism housing
A portable audiometer for performing hearing testing enclosed within a patient response mechanism housing is disclosed. The audiometer may include a printed circuit board containing circuitry,...
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7452337 |
Hand-held hearing screener apparatus
A hearing screener apparatus is disclosed and may include a housing and a testing probe operatively coupled to the housing. The testing probe may generate electrical signals based on otoacoustic...
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7452336 |
Interactive neural training device
An apparatus and method for rehabilitating patients and assessing tactile skills in response to visual stimuli generated from a portable neural training device. The device generates a visual output...
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7450724 |
Hearing aid adjustment device
A hearing device fitting device that includes a computing device ( 3 ), connected on an input side with a connection (E 3 ) for data entry and on an output side with a connection (A 3 ) for a...
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7447319 |
Method and system for external assessment of hearing aids that include implanted actuators
A noninvasive method and system are provided for assessing the performance of implanted actuators of semi or fully-implantable hearing aid systems. The invention utilizes an externally positioned...
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7435228 |
High fidelity hearing restoration
Method for accurately measuring hearing loss includes the steps of selecting a series of audio tones within the normal range of hearing ( 502 ) and then measuring a relative sensitivity of a test...
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7384399 |
Cognition and motor timing diagnosis and training system and method
A system for testing a subject's cognition and motor timing includes an actuator, a sensor and a computer. The actuator is configured to present to the subject multiple stimuli, including...
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7376459 |
System and method for P300-based concealed information detector having combined probe and target trials
A system and method of deception detection is disclosed wherein T trials are combined with P and I trials. Denoted as the complex trial (CT) protocol, in one embodiment, the beginning of each trial...
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7366307 |
Programmable interface for fitting hearing devices
A graphical interface is provided to select parameters for fitting a hearing device. The graphical interface provides means visually representing and controlling values of these parameters using a...
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7347827 |
Method and apparatus for treatment of monofrequency tinnitus utilizing sound wave cancellation techniques
Tinnitus is defined as sound(s) heard by an individual when no external sound is present and often takes the form of a hissing, ringing, chirping or clicking sound which may be either intermittent...
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7317944 |
System and method for using a multi-contact electrode to stimulate the cochlear nerve or other body tissue
A system and method for preserving temporal and spatial resolution in complex sounds for poor performing patients having high stimulation thresholds is described. The system and method employs two...
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7313241 |
Hearing aid device, and operating and adjustment methods therefor, with microphone disposed outside of the auditory canal
For a hearing-impaired person provided with a hearing aid device with which sound acquisition ensues outside of the auditory canals of the person, the localization capability with regard to a...
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7292892 |
Methods and systems for fitting a cochlear implant to a patient
An exemplary method of fitting a coeblear implant system to a patient includes establishing an implant fitting line having a slope and a position. The implant fitting line represents a relationship...
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7288072 |
User interface for automated diagnostic hearing test
Method and system are disclosed for a multimedia user interface for an automated diagnostic hearing test. The user interface provides a means for a patient to interact with the automated hearing...
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7288071 |
Speech discrimination in automated diagnostic hearing test
Method and system are disclosed for automated testing of a patient's hearing. The automated hearing test allows the patient to quickly and accurately test his own hearing with minimal or no...
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7285099 |
Bias-probe rotation test of vestibular function
Apparatus and methods for rotation test stimulus and analysis methods overcome many of the limitations of traditional clinical tests of peripheral vestibular function. An embodiment includes a...
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7269262 |
Hearing test apparatus and method having automatic starting functionality
A hearing test device and method are disclosed which involve the placement of a testing probe in the ear canal of a test subject. The device analyzes responses to stimuli applied to the ear canal...
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7258671 |
Wearable apparatus for conducting multiple diagnostic hearing tests
A system for conducting multiple diagnostic hearing tests is disclosed. The system comprises a yoke wearable around the neck of a patient, for providing a housing for conduits and wiring to conduct...
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7223246 |
Diagnosis of the presence of cochlear hydrops using observed auditory brainstem responses
A procedure for diagnosing cochlear hydrops is based, in part, on an analysis of the patient's auditory brainstem response (ABR) to stimuli. The patient's ABR to a broadband click stimulus is...
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7223245 |
Method and apparatus for automatic non-cooperative frequency specific assessment of hearing impairment and fitting of hearing aids
A method and device for automatically assessing loss of hearing sensitivity and compression (recruitment) with user defined frequency resolution by means of extrapolated DPOAE I/O functions and...
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7221765 |
System and method for individualized training of hearing aid users
In a method for individualized training of hearing aid users a number of hearing training courses are stored in a databank. An individual user profile is acquired in a training device. A...
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7206416 |
Speech-based optimization of digital hearing devices
A method of tuning a digital hearing device can include playing portions of test audio, wherein each portion of test audio represents one or more distinctive features of speech. The method also can...
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7198605 |
Response testing for conscious sedation utilizing a non-ear-canal-contacting speaker
A conscious sedation system and a request assembly for a response testing apparatus for a conscious sedation system. The conscious sedation system includes a controller which generates a request...
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7190795 |
Hearing adjustment appliance for electronic audio equipment
An electronic device with audio output, such as a television, is adjusted to the customized listening profile of a user with a user interface module 100 and a control module 110 . A user sets...
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7181297 |
System and method for delivering customized audio data
A method for providing customized audio data products that includes the steps of (1) storing a machine readable hearing profile for a customer, (2) accepting via a data input device or data network...
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7141022 |
Method for aligning derived-band ABR responses based on integration of detrended derived-band ABRs
In a diagnostic system wherein a patient's auditory brainstem response (ABR) to each of a plurality of auditory stimuli is recorded and wherein a plurality of derived-band ABRs representing...
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7137946 |
Electrophysiological measurement method and system for positioning an implantable, hearing instrument transducer
An electrophysiological measurement method and system is provided for positioning an implantable transducer of a hearing instrument relative to a middle ear component or inner ear of a patient. The...
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7136492 |
Visual or audio playback of an audiogram
A method for the visualization of the hearing capacity of a person. As a function of audiogram data, text is modified in any of several characteristics, including brightness, contrast, sharpness,...
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7133715 |
Hearing evaluation device with noise detection and evaluation capability
An apparatus and method for evaluation of hearing loss is disclosed. The apparatus and method use evoked Auditory Brainstem Responses (ABR) to determine if the subject is able to hear click stimuli...
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7131946 |
Ultrasonic detection of ear disorders
An apparatus and method for detecting an ear disorder. The apparatus includes structure for transmitting and receiving a plurality of signals to interact with an ear, and includes structure for...
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7120258 |
Apparatus and methods for mitigating impairments due to central auditory nervous system binaural phase-time asynchrony
Pathological binaural phase time delay (BPTD) asynchrony is measured at a variety of frequencies and to speech stimuli to develop a BPTD profile for a subject. Then a corrective device ( 600, 1000...
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7110821 |
Channel interaction cancellation within a multichannel neural stimulation system
A way of reducing channel interaction is provided in a multichannel neural implant that has the ability to stimulate multiple tissue or nerve sites simultaneously. Channel interaction is minimized...
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7103417 |
Adaptive place-pitch ranking procedure for optimizing performance of a multi-channel neural stimulator
An adaptive place-pitch ranking procedure for use with a cochlear implant or other neural stimulation system provides a systematic method for quantifying the magnitude and direction of errors along...
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7092512 |
Call control device and call control method
An object of this invention is to provide a method and a device for easily connecting and disconnecting a telephone communication line using an auditory organ instead of using a complex mechanism...
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7058182 |
Apparatus and methods for hearing aid performance measurement, fitting, and initialization
A digital hearing aid according to the present invention is capable of measuring its own performance. The measurement and initialization capability may be entirely integral to the hearing aid, or...
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7054449 |
Method for adjusting a transmission characteristic of an electronic circuit
A method for adjusting a transmission characteristic of an electronic circuit, in a hearing aid. The hearing aid is connected with a computer. The current operating parameters of the hearing aid...
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7048692 |
Method and apparatus for estimating auditory filter shape
A method for estimating the shape of an auditory filter by finding a coefficient p of a roex (p, r) filter which is used as a model for the shape of the auditory filter is provided, which comprises...
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7037274 |
System and methods for conducting multiple diagnostic hearing tests with ambient noise measurement
Systems and methods for conducting hearing tests with real-time ambient noise measurement are provided. More particularly, one or more microphones are provided to measure ambient noise in a test...
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7035745 |
Statistical test method for objective verification of auditory steady-state responses (ASSR) in the frequency domain
The invention relates to statistical testing method for the objective verification of auditory steady-state responses (ASSR) in the frequency domain by using a “q-sample uniform scores test”...
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7031922 |
Methods and devices for enhancing fluency in persons who stutter employing visual speech gestures
Methods, devices, and computer program products display visual choral speech to a patient who stutters or has a speech impediment or impairment as a visual stimulus for the patient to enhance the...
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7024000 |
Adjustment of a hearing aid using a phone
A system and method for using a telephone to reconfigure or readjust the performance characteristics of a hearing aid or to check whether a user has a hearing problem. The telephone is used to...
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7018342 |
Determining masking levels in an automated diagnostic hearing test
Method and system are disclosed for automated testing of a patient's hearing. The automated hearing test allows the patient to quickly and accurately test his own hearing with minimal or no...
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