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US 11,109,170 B1Granted
System and method for aiding hearing
AssigneeTexas Institute of Science, Inc.
InventorLaslo Olah
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Abstract
A system and method for aiding hearing are disclosed. In one embodiment of the system, a programming interface is configured to communicate with a device. The system screens, via a speaker and a user interface associated with the device, a left ear—and separately, a right ear—of a patient at an incrementally selected frequency within a frequency range, with tinnitus detected frequencies being re-ranged tested to better identify the tinnitus frequencies. The system then determines a left ear tinnitus-impacted hearing range and a right ear tinnitus-impacted hearing range.
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A system for aiding hearing, the system comprising:
- a programming interface configured to communicate with a device, the device including a housing securing a speaker, a user interface, a processor, non-transitory memory, and storage therein, the device including a busing architecture communicatively interconnecting the speaker, the user interface, the processor, the non-transitory memory, and the storage;
- the non-transitory memory accessible to the processor, the non-transitory memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to:
- screen, via the speaker and the user interface, a left ear of a patient at an incrementally selected frequency between a frequency range of 50 Hz to 5,000 Hz at a first increment, with tinnitus detected frequencies being re-ranged tested at a second increment, the second increment being more discrete than the first increment;
- screen, via the speaker and the user interface, the left ear of the patient at an incrementally selected frequency between a frequency range of 5,000 Hz to 10,000 Hz at a third increment, with tinnitus detected frequencies to be re-range tested at a fourth increment, the fourth increment being more discrete than the third increment;
- determine a left ear tinnitus-impacted hearing range, the left ear tinnitus-impacted hearing range being a range of sound corresponding to a sensation of tinnitus in the left ear of the patient;
- screen, via the speaker and the user interface, a right ear of the patient at an incrementally selected frequency between a frequency range of 50 Hz to 5,000 Hz at the first increment, with tinnitus detected frequencies being re-ranged tested at the second increment;
- screen, via the speaker and the user interface, the right ear of the patient at an incrementally selected frequency between a frequency range of 5,000 Hz to 10,000 Hz at the third increment, with tinnitus detected frequencies to be re-range tested at the fourth increment;
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- determine a right ear tinnitus-impacted hearing range, the right ear tinnitus-impacted hearing range being a range of sound corresponding to a sensation of tinnitus in the right ear of the patient.
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A system for aiding hearing, the system comprising:
- a programming interface configured to communicate with a smart device, the smart device including a housing securing a speaker, a user interface, a processor, non-transitory memory, and storage therein, the smart device including a busing architecture communicatively interconnecting the speaker, the user interface, the processor, the non-transitory memory, and the storage, the smart device being a device selected from the group consisting of smart watches, smart phones, and tablet computers;
- the non-transitory memory accessible to the processor, the non-transitory memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to:
- screen, via the speaker and the user interface, a left ear of a patient at an incrementally selected frequency between a frequency range of 50 Hz to 5,000 Hz at a first increment, with tinnitus detected frequencies being re-ranged tested at a second increment, the second increment being more discrete than the first increment;
- screen, via the speaker and the user interface, the left ear of the patient at an incrementally selected frequency between a frequency range of 5,000 Hz to 10,000 Hz at a third increment, with tinnitus detected frequencies to be re-range tested at a fourth increment, the fourth increment being more discrete than the third increment;
- determine a left ear tinnitus-impacted hearing range, the left ear tinnitus-impacted hearing range being a range of sound corresponding to a sensation of tinnitus in the left ear of the patient;
- screen, via the speaker and the user interface, a right ear of the patient at an incrementally selected frequency between a frequency range of 50 Hz to 5,000 Hz at the first increment, with tinnitus detected frequencies being re-ranged tested at the second increment;
- screen, via the speaker and the user interface, the right ear of the patient at an incrementally selected frequency between a frequency range of 5,000 Hz to 10,000 Hz at the third increment, with tinnitus detected frequencies to be re-range tested at the fourth increment;
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- determine a right ear tinnitus-impacted hearing range, the right ear tinnitus-impacted hearing range being a range of sound corresponding to a sensation of tinnitus in the right ear of the patient.
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A system for aiding hearing, the system comprising:
- a programming interface configured to communicate with a device, the device including a housing securing a speaker, a user interface, a processor, non-transitory memory, and storage therein, the device including a busing architecture communicatively interconnecting the speaker, the user interface, the processor, the non-transitory memory, and the storage;
- the non-transitory memory accessible to the processor, the non-transitory memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, by the processor cause the system to:
- screen, via the speaker and the user interface, a left ear of a patient at an incrementally selected frequency between a frequency range of 50 Hz to 5,000 Hz at a first increment, with tinnitus detected frequencies being re-ranged tested at a second increment, the second increment being more discrete than the first increment;
- screen, via the speaker and the user interface, the left ear of the patient at an incrementally selected frequency between a frequency range of 5,000 Hz to 10,000 Hz at a third increment, with tinnitus detected frequencies to be re-range tested at a fourth increment, the fourth increment being more discrete than the third increment;
- determine a left ear tinnitus-impacted hearing range, the left ear tinnitus-impacted hearing range being a range of sound corresponding to a sensation of tinnitus in the left ear of the patient;
- screen, via the speaker and the user interface, the left ear of the patient within the left ear tinnitus-impacted hearing range with a signal having a signal shift along the x-axis with equal amplification level;
- screen, via the speaker and the user interface, a right ear of the patient at an incrementally selected frequency between a frequency range of 50 Hz to 5,000 Hz at the first increment, with tinnitus detected frequencies being re-ranged tested at the second increment;
- screen, via the speaker and the user interface, the right ear of the patient at an incrementally selected frequency between a frequency range of 5,000 Hz to 10,000 Hz at the third increment, with tinnitus detected frequencies to be re-range tested at the fourth increment;
- determine a right ear tinnitus-impacted hearing range, the right ear tinnitus-impacted hearing range being a range of sound corresponding to a sensation of tinnitus in the right ear of the patient;
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- screen, via the speaker and the user interface, the right ear of the patient within the right ear tinnitus-impacted hearing range with a signal having a signal shift along the x-axis with equal amplification level.
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