Acoustic fertility monitor and detector
AssigneeFertility Acoustics Inc.
InventorsJohn C. McNeirney, John D. Borchers, III, William H. Burns, Jr.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a non-invasive method and device for detecting hormonal changes in humans by monitoring and detecting changes in psycho-acoustic sensitivity of humans. In particular, the onset of ovulation in a female, preceded by a sudden increase in the level of luteinizing hormone (LH) in the blood stream, is predicted by measuring various psycho-acoustic responses of the female in certain frequency ranges. The measured psycho-acoustic responses include monaural and binaural audio interpretation.
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A method of detecting a change in a psycho-acoustic sensitivity of a user caused by a hormonal concentration change in the user indicative of onset of a physiological event, comprising the steps of:
- generating a sequence of tones, the sequence comprising tones of different intensities;
- providing a number of sequences of different sound intensities to the user and receiving a signal from the user indicating the current magnitude of sound intensity of the sequence at which the user hears the sequence;
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- utilizing the signal from the user indicative of a change in the psycho-acoustic sensitivity of the user to detect a change in hormonal concentration in the user indicative of onset of a physiological event.
A method of detecting a change in a psycho-acoustic sensitivity of a user caused by a hormonal concentration change in the user indicative of onset of a physiological event, the method comprising the steps of:
- generating a first and a second tones of different frequencies;
- providing the tones to the user in such a way that one ear of the user receives the first tone and the second ear of the user receives the second tone;
- receiving a signal from the user indicating a change in ability of the user to synthesize binaural beats;
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- utilizing the signal to sense the presence or absence of a change in the psycho-acoustic sensitivity corresponding to a change in the hormonal concentration indicative of onset of a physiological event.
A method of detecting a change in a psycho-acoustic sensitivity of a user caused by a hormonal concentration change in the user indicative of onset of a physiological event, the method comprising the steps of:
- generating an audio output having predetermined characteristics;
- applying the audio output to the user;
- detecting a change in hearing ability of the user;
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- utilizing the results of the detecting to ascertain the change in hormonal concentration of the user indicative of onset of a physiological event.
A device for detecting a change in a psycho-acoustic sensitivity of a user caused by a hormonal concentration change in the user indicative of onset of a physiological event, the device comprising:
- audiometric means for obtaining a measurement of a present psycho-acoustic response of the user and for providing an output representative of the present measurement;
- means operatively connected to the audiometric means for storing the present measurement and for storing reference psycho-acoustic response values;
- means operatively connected to the audiometric means and to the storing means for comparing the present measurement with the reference psycho-acoustic response values such that the hormonal state of the user may be ascertained, the means for comparing including an output representative of the hormonal state of the user;
- means connected to the comparing means for utilizing the output to enable the hormonal state of the user to be ascertained to indicate onset of a physiological event.
A device for detecting a change in binaural beat synthesis ability of a user caused by a hormonal concentration change in the user comprising:
- means for generating first and second pure audio tones each in a frequency range of from out 100 Hz to about 1000 Hz and such that the first tone differs in frequency from the second tone in an amount from about 1 Hz to about 60 Hz;
- means for delivering said first and second audio tones simultaneously to the ears of the user;
- signalling means operable by the user for providing a signal when the user has lost psycho-acoustic ability to synthesize binaural beats;
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- means operatively connected to the signalling means for utilizing the signal to provide an indication of a hormonal concentration change in the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.