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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2000
Elvir Causevic, Jefferson County, MO (US);
Eldar Causevic, Jefferson County, MO (US);
Elvir Causevic, Jefferson County, MO (US);
Eldar Causevic, Jefferson County, MO (US);
Everest Biomedical Instruments Co., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
Handheld apparatus (), and method for comprehensive hearing testing with pass/refer results applicable for large scale neonatal screening, adult screening, full hearing diagnostic is disclosed. The apparatus () contains a signal processor (), integral ear probe (), and remote ear, and scalp probes () all packaged as a single handheld battery operated device (). The apparatus () preferably performs a battery of tests, either independently or combined: oto-acoustic measurements utilizing a novel digital signal processing method for evoked oto-acoustic signal processing, auditory brain stem response test, tympanometry, and oto-reflectance. Algorithms for automatic test sequence, and pass/refer indication for the tests are provided.