Aaron R. Thornton,Jeffrey S. Harrison,Christopher L. Wasden,Barry Strasnick
申请号：
US12340403
公开号：
US08366632B2
申请日:
2008.12.19
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
Method and system are disclosed for automated testing of a patients hearing. The automated hearing test allows the patient to quickly and accurately test his own hearing. The patient is instructed and prompted for inputs and responses as needed. The patient and/or operator can select one or several tests to be performed, including air and bone conduction testing with masking, speech reception threshold, speech discrimination, tympanogram, acoustic reflex, and otoacoustic emissions testing. Stenger screening is automatically performed for some patients based on the difference in pure tone frequency air conduction thresholds. Multiple languages are supported. Data obtained from one test may be used for another test or another iteration of the same test to calculate masking levels. The automatic hearing test also detects and compensates for ambient noise in the test results. If a contingency occurs, the automated hearing test is configured to page the operator for assistance.
