Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wideband acoustic immittance measurement apparatus
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Application No.: US16045981Application Date: 2018-07-26
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Publication No.: US11076780B2Publication Date: 2021-08-03
- Inventor: Camilla MacGregor Magnussen , Ask Bojesen
- Applicant: Natus Medical Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA Pleasanton
- Assignee: Natus Medical Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Natus Medical Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Pleasanton
- Agency: Widerman Malek PL
- Agent Daniel C. Pierron
- Priority: EP17184747 20170803
- Main IPC: A61B5/00
- IPC: A61B5/00 ; A61B5/12

Abstract:
A new wideband acoustic immittance measurement apparatus is provided for determination of wideband acoustic immittance in the ear of the human, the apparatus comprising an ear probe for insertion in an ear canal of the human and having an acoustic output port for emission of sound into the ear canal of the human, and an acoustic input port for reception of sound from the ear canal of the human, and a loudspeaker that is arranged for acoustical connection with the acoustic output port of the ear probe for emission of the sound, and a microphone that is arranged for acoustical connection with the acoustic input port of the ear probe for generation of an audio signal as a function of sound received at the acoustic input port, and a processor that is adapted for controlling the loudspeaker to emit sound spanning a frequency range, and receiving the audio signal of the microphone, determining a complex acoustic admittance Y(f)=G(f)+jB(f) as a function of frequency f based on the emitted sound and the received audio signal, and identifying at least one middle ear resonance based on both the real and imaginary part of the determined acoustic admittance as a function of frequency f.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190038189A1 WIDEBAND ACOUSTIC IMMITTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2019-02-07
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