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Application US20190274596
Published 2019-09-12
Optimization Tool For Auditory Devices
An optimization system for testing a patient's hearing comprising a controller, right and left ear pieces, and a memory. The controller is configured to provide a series of tones to the right and left ear pieces and receive feedback from the patient between each tone provided, indicating that the respective tone was detected in one of the right ear piece and the left ear piece or that the respective tone was not detected. The controller is configured to also generate a data point on an audiogram after receiving each feedback and, after each data point is generated, compute a statistical distribution based on the generated data points, wherein the statistical distribution includes a lowest confidence level. A subsequent tone is selected, each subsequent tone provided in the series of tones being a tone represented at the lowest confidence level in statistical distribution at the time of selection.
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- 1. An optimization system for testing a patient's hearing comprising:
a controller; an ear piece in audible communication with the controller; a memory in communication with the controller and including instructions that, when executed by the controller, cause the controller to:
provide a series of tones to the ear piece;
receive feedback from the patient between each tone provided, wherein each feedback indicates that the respective tone was detected in the ear piece or that the respective tone was not detected;
generate a data point on an audiogram after receiving each feedback, wherein each data point is based on the respective feedback;
after each data point is generated, compute a statistical distribution based on the generated data points, wherein the statistical distribution includes a lowest confidence level; and
select a subsequent tone to provide in the series of tones, wherein each subsequent tone provided in the series of tones is a tone represented at the lowest confidence level in statistical distribution at the time of selection.
- 12. A method of testing a patient's hearing comprising the steps of:
providing a series of tones to an ear piece; receiving feedback from the patient between each tone provided, wherein each feedback indicates that the respective tone was detected in the ear piece or that the respective tone was not detected; generating a data point on an audiogram after receiving each feedback, wherein each data point is based on the respective feedback; after each data point is generated, computing a statistical distribution based on the generated data points, wherein the statistical distribution includes a lowest confidence level; and selecting a subsequent tone to provide in the series of tones, wherein each subsequent tone provided in the series of tones is a tone represented at the lowest confidence level in statistical distribution at the time of selection.
