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US 8,264,349 B2Granted
Time for ear pill intake determined by noise dosimetry in wearable devices
AssigneeOticon A/S
InventorThomas Lunner
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AssigneeOticon A/S
InventorThomas Lunner
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The disclosure relates to a portable processing system adapted for being worn by a user and comprising an input transducer for converting an input sound to an electric input signal, and a signal processing unit adapted for processing an SPU-input signal originating from the electric input signal. The disclosure further relates to use of such system and to a method. The object of the present disclosure is to provide an alerting device aiding a user in administering the dose of a hearing protecting agent. The problem is solved in that the signal processing unit comprises a monitoring part for monitoring and determining an accumulated sound dose AccD in the electric input signal from a start time t0 and for generating an alarm output at a threshold time t0+Δtth when a predefined dose threshold Dth is reached, wherein the predefined dose threshold Dth is set in relation to a recommended intake of a predefined hearing protecting agent to ensure an intended effect of the hearing protecting agent. An advantage of the present disclosure is that it helps a user to follow a prescribed dose administration scheme. The disclosure may e.g. be used in applications where a user taking hearing protecting medicine is exposed to acoustically different or noisy or loud environments.
A portable processing system adapted for being worn by a user and comprising an input transducer for converting an input sound to an electric input signal, and a signal processing unit adapted for processing an SPU-input signal originating from the electric input signal, wherein the signal processing unit comprises a monitoring part for monitoring and determining an accumulated sound dose AccD in the electric input signal from a start time t0 and for generating an alarm output at a threshold time t0+Δtth when a predefined dose threshold Dth is reached, wherein the predefined dose threshold Dth is set in relation to a recommended intake of a predefined hearing protecting agent to ensure an intended effect of the hearing protecting agent.
A method of aiding a person administering a drug for relieving noise induced hearing loss, the method comprising
A tangible non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program comprising program code means for causing a data processing system to perform the steps of:
A data processing system comprising a processor and program code means for causing the processor to perform the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.