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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2013
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (US);
The United States of America, Dba the Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC (US);
James A. Henry, Portland, OR (US);
Grayson Silaski, Portland, OR (US);
David Gray, Portland, OR (US);
Edward V. Porsov, Portland, OR (US);
Kimberly Owens, Portland, OR (US);
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of The Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Methods, articles of manufacture, and systems for evaluating tinnitus are disclosed herein. According to various embodiments, a tinnitus evaluation system may include a tinnitus evaluation module configured to perform one or more tinnitus evaluation tests. A tinnitus evaluation test may comprise generating a first single-frequency sound based at least in part on a sound of a patient's tinnitus, and generating a narrow-band sound centered at the frequency of the first single-frequency sound. Tests include a hearing threshold test, a loudness match test, a pitch match test, a bandwidth match test, a minimum masking level test, and a residual inhibition test.