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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert H. Margolis, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 2/900 ; A61B 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 2/900 ; A61B 5/00 ;
Abstract
A method of testing hearing automatically selects test ear and test frequencies to produce a diagnostic audiogram providing a plurality of quantitative, examiner-independent measures of test reliability. The method automatically presents appropriate masking noise to a non-test ear. In addition, the method alerts an examiner to thresholds that may be inaccurate due to inappropriate masking or subject inconsistency. A software driven system automatically carries out the method on a test subject.