Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1987-08-12
1989-03-07
Coven, Edward M.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
128739, A61B 512
Patent
active
048097080
ABSTRACT:
A probe tube is inserted into the ear canal of a patient to a first position in which the probe tube tip is spaced well away from the ear drum. A broad band sound signal is provided to the patient's ear and a frequency response of sound detected at the probe tube tip is taken. The probe tube tip is then moved a known distance to a second position within the ear canal, the broad band sound stimulus signal is again applied, and the frequency response of sound detected by the probe tube tip is taken. The distance of the probe tube tip from the ear drum can be determined from the two frequency responses, particularly by subtracting the frequency response in dB at one position from the frequency response in dB at the other position, and the difference frequency response will show a distinct peak at a quarter wavelength null frequency, which allows the distance of the probe tube tip from the ear drum to be estimated based on the relationship. The frequency responses measured with the probe tube at the two positions can further be used to estimate the actual sound pressure at the ear drum and the impedance of the ear drum by using relationships derived from models of the ear canal. The probe tube may be utilized with either an unoccluded ear or with an ear occluded by an ear mold; if the ear is occluded, a hearing aid delivers the sound to the ear canal through a delivery tube passing through the ear mold. A pair of probe tubes having tips spaced a known distance from one another may be used in place of the single probe tube, allowing frequency responses to be taken from both tubes simultaneously to a sound stimulus signal.
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Chan Chi-Kong J.
Geisler C. Daniel
Coven Edward M.
Nicolet Instrument Corporation
Sykes Angela D.
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