US 6,647,345 B2 · Portable hearing-related analysis system

Abstract

An improved hearing-related analysis programming system with a host computer for providing at least one hearing aid program and having at least one personal computer memory card international association (PCMCIA) defined port in combination with a PCMCIA Card inserted in the port and arranged for interacting with the host computer for controlling hearing-related analysis or programming of a hearing aid. The host computer provides power and ground to the PCMCIA Card and provides for downloading the hearing aid programming software to the PCMCIA Card upon initialization. A microprocessor on the PCMCIA Card executes hearing-related analysis or the programming software. A hearing aid interface for adjusting voltage levels and impedance levels is adapted for coupling signals to the hearing aid being programmed. Systems for performing hearing-related analysis include a portable audiometer system on a PCMCIA Card and operable with a portable host computer to analyze hearing of a patient, and a real-ear system on a PCMCIA Card and operable with a portable host computer to analyze output from a hearing aid in a patient's ear.

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Dependent claims

A portable hearing analyzer and hearing aid programming system, comprising:

a host including a processor and a memory operably connected to the processor;
a card operably coupled to the processor, the card having circuitry configured to wirelessly connect to a hearing aid for programming the hearing aid;
and
a hearing analyzer operably coupled to the processor to generate selected hearing test signals and to transmit hearing test results to the host.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/112,965Filed 29 Mar 2002 · continuation

Priority

9 Jan 1998

Published

US 2002/0111745 A115 Aug 2002

Granted

11 Nov 2003

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

A61B 5/121
Audiometering: evaluating hearing capacity
G16H 10/65
For patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records: stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
G16H 40/40
ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or…:…
G16H 40/63
For the operation of medical equipment or devices: for local operation

Portable hearing-related analysis system

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Portable hearing-related analysis system

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Abstract

Claims16