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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2016
Applicants:
Stefan Jozef Mauger, East Melbourne, AU;
Kieran Reed, Macquarie University, AU;
John Michael Heasman, East Melbourne, AU;
Inventors:
Stefan Jozef Mauger, East Melbourne, AU;
Kieran Reed, Macquarie University, AU;
John Michael Heasman, East Melbourne, AU;
Assignee:
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, NSW, AU;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G10L 25/30 (2013.01); A61B 5/12 (2006.01); G06N 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/7275 (2013.01); A61B 5/125 (2013.01); A61B 5/4803 (2013.01); A61B 5/486 (2013.01); A61B 5/7267 (2013.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01); G10L 25/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, including obtaining hearing data and speech data for a statistically significant number of individuals, and analyzing the obtained hearing data and speech data using a neural network to develop a predictive algorithm for hearing loss based on the results of the analysis, wherein the predictive algorithm predicts hearing loss based on input indicative of speech of a hearing impaired person who is not one of the individuals.