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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
May. 11, 2006
Applicants:
Nina Kraus, Evanston, IL (US);
Trent Nicol, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Nina Kraus, Evanston, IL (US);
Trent Nicol, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method of central auditory processing testing and evaluation provides for identifying clinically relevant neural synchrony in the auditory brainstem pathway. The system or method finds use as a tool to evaluate auditory processing disorders, and hence, potential auditory system and/or learning disabilities. The system or method may further find use in the selection and fitting of hearing corrective appliances such as hearing aid or cochlear implant devices and/or in the selection and implementation of auditory training regimens.