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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2021
The Bionics Institute of Australia, East Melbourne, AU;
Mehrnaz Shoushtarian, East Melbourne, AU;
James Fallon, East Melbourne, AU;
Collette Mckay, East Melbourne, AU;
Shreyasi Datta, East Melbourne, AU;
THE BIONICS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA, Fitzroy, AU;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for characterising tinnitus in a subject using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). The method comprises receiving data comprising fNIRS signals indicative of cortical activity in one or more regions of the subject's brain at a processing device. The received data is processed using the processor device by inputting one or more feature values into a model, where the feature values include one or more features of the received data. The model is configured to provide one or more classification results based on the one or more feature values, the classification results being indicative of at least one characteristic of tinnitus in the subject. Also disclosed is a system for applying the disclosed method.