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Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 29, 2008
Applicants:

Bonny Banerjee, Palm Bay, FL (US);

Lee Stanley Krause, Indialantic, FL (US);

Alice Holmes, Gainesville, FL (US);

Rahul Shrivastav, Gainesville, FL (US);

Inventors:

Bonny Banerjee, Palm Bay, FL (US);

Lee Stanley Krause, Indialantic, FL (US);

Alice Holmes, Gainesville, FL (US);

Rahul Shrivastav, Gainesville, FL (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/12 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/70 (2013.01); A61B 5/121 (2013.01); A61B 5/7264 (2013.01); H04R 2225/43 (2013.01); H04R 2225/55 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of assessing hearing characteristics of a subject is provided. The method includes determining a hearing capability of the subject based on responses of the subject to a series of sounds presented to the subject. Each sound corresponds to a presence, absence or irrelevance of a predetermined plurality of features. The method further includes assigning the subject to one of a predetermined plurality of classes based upon the responses of the subject, each of the plurality of classes being derived from hearing tests performed on a plurality of other subjects.


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