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US08457730B2 Techniques for determining hearing threshold 有权
确定听力阈值的技术

  • Patent Title: Techniques for determining hearing threshold
  • Patent Title (中): 确定听力阈值的技术
  • Application No.: US12516729
    Application Date: 2007-11-08
  • Publication No.: US08457730B2
    Publication Date: 2013-06-04
  • Inventor: Ville Mäkinen
  • Applicant: Ville Mäkinen
  • Applicant Address: FI Espoo
  • Assignee: Senseg Oy
  • Current Assignee: Senseg Oy
  • Current Assignee Address: FI Espoo
  • Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
  • Priority: FI20065759 20061129
  • International Application: PCT/FI2007/050597 WO 20071108
  • International Announcement: WO2008/065239 WO 20080605
  • Main IPC: A61B5/04
  • IPC: A61B5/04
Techniques for determining hearing threshold
Abstract:
A computerized method for determining a test subject's (TS) hearing threshold (HT). An acoustic stimulus (AS, 102) is applied the test subject's (TS) ear. The stimulus intensity is increased during a ramp, with a predetermined dependency on time, such that the intensity begins below the hearing threshold and ends above it. The test subject's brain response (104), which includes a transient brain response (TR)1 is non-invasively recorded during the ramp section. The stimulus-response cycle is repeated several times. The recorded brain responses and stored a-priori information on transient brain response to the acoustic stimulus are used to determine a combined time interval between the acoustic stimulus and the transient brain response. The test subject's hearing threshold is determined based on the predetermined dependency on time of the intensity during the ramp and the combined time interval between the acoustic stimulus and the transient brain response.
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