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. The system then determines a left ear hearing range and a right ear hearing range. The screening utilizes harmonic frequencies of a harmonic frequency series, where the harmonic frequency series includes a fundamental frequency and integer multiples of the fundamental frequency. In some embodiments, the harmonic frequencies may include classical music instrument sounds.
Claims21
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 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 with a plurality of harmonic frequencies of a harmonic frequency series, the harmonic frequency series being between 50 Hz and 10,000 Hz, the harmonic frequency series being a fundamental frequency and a plurality of integer multiples of the fundamental frequency;
- determine a left ear preferred hearing range, the left ear preferred hearing range being a range of sound corresponding to highest hearing capacity of the left ear of the patient between 50 Hz and 10,000 Hz;
- screen, via the speaker and the user interface, a right ear of a patient with a plurality of harmonic frequencies of a harmonic frequency series, the harmonic frequency series being between 50 Hz and 10,000 Hz, the harmonic frequency series being a fundamental frequency and a plurality of integer multiples of the fundamental frequency;
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- determine a right ear preferred hearing range, the right ear preferred hearing range being a range of sound corresponding to highest hearing capacity of the right ear of the patient between 50 Hz and 10,000 Hz.
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 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 with a plurality of harmonic frequencies of a harmonic frequency series, the plurality of harmonic frequencies being classical music instrument sounds, the harmonic frequency series being between 50 Hz and 10,000 Hz, the harmonic frequency series being a fundamental frequency and a plurality of integer multiples of the fundamental frequency;
- determine a left ear preferred hearing range, the left ear preferred hearing range being a range of sound corresponding to highest hearing capacity of the left ear of the patient between 50 Hz and 10,000 Hz;
- screen, via the speaker and the user interface, a right ear of a patient with a plurality of harmonic frequencies of a harmonic frequency series, the plurality of harmonic frequencies being classical music instrument sounds, the harmonic frequency series being between 50 Hz and 10,000 Hz, the harmonic frequency series being a fundamental frequency and a plurality of integer multiples of the fundamental frequency;
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- determine a right ear preferred hearing range, the right ear preferred hearing range being a range of sound corresponding to highest hearing capacity of the right ear of the patient between 50 Hz and 10,000 Hz.
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 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 with a plurality of harmonic frequencies of a harmonic frequency series, the plurality of harmonic frequencies being classical music instrument sounds, the harmonic frequency series being between 50 Hz and 5,000 Hz, the harmonic frequency series being a fundamental frequency and a plurality of integer multiples of the fundamental frequency;
- determine a left ear preferred hearing range, the left ear preferred hearing range being a range of sound corresponding to highest hearing capacity of the left ear of the patient between 50 Hz and 5,000 Hz;
- screen, via the speaker and the user interface, a right ear of a patient with a plurality of harmonic frequencies of a harmonic frequency series, the plurality of harmonic frequencies being classical music instrument sounds, the harmonic frequency series being between 50 Hz and 5,000 Hz, the harmonic frequency series being a fundamental frequency and a plurality of integer multiples of the fundamental frequency;
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- determine a right ear preferred hearing range, the right ear preferred hearing range being a range of sound corresponding to highest hearing capacity of the right ear of the patient between 50 Hz and 5,000 Hz.
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