Universal tinnitus management system (UTMS)

A self-configuring, closed-loop universal tinnitus management system (UTMS) for treatment of subjective tinnitus, the system comprising:

• a) a patient component software-implemented on a user-operated mobile device and configured to:
• a1) authenticate the patient to the system;
• a2) guide the patient through a plurality of software-implemented interactive diagnostic modules, each implemented as software routines, for acquiring tinnitus-related data of the patient via patient input;
• a3) transmit the tinnitus-related data to a server;
• b) a server configured to receive and store the data transmitted by the patient component;
• c) an automated system configuration component software-implemented on the mobile device and/or the server, configured to:
• c1) enforce completion of the plurality of interactive diagnostic modules by disabling access to therapeutic modules in the patient component and enabling access to diagnostic modules;
• c2) process the tinnitus-related data using a predefined multi-stage categorization algorithm, for automatically assigning the patient to one of a plurality of predefined patient categories, each patient category corresponding to a distinct tinnitus-therapy profile involving one or more software-implemented interactive therapeutic modules;
• c3) enable access to the therapeutic modules in the patient component after patient categorization;
• c4) automatically configure the patient component, including programming therapy signal generation parameters, based on the assigned patient category, to enable selective access to therapeutic modules involved in the distinct tinnitus-therapy profile corresponding to the assigned patient category;
• c5) automatically configure the patient component based on a current state of use, to enable access to either diagnostic or therapeutic modules;
• and
• c6) automatically enforce scheduled periodic re-categorization, comprising:
• disabling access to therapeutic modules and enabling access to diagnostic modules in the patient component;
• acquiring updated tinnitus-related data;
• reprocessing the updated data using the predefined multi-stage categorization algorithm to re-assign a patient category;
• and reprogramming the therapy signal generation parameters in the patient component based on the re-assigned patient category.