Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Ear or testing by auditory stimulus
Reexamination Certificate
2008-07-15
2008-07-15
Pelham, J. (Department: 3742)
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Ear or testing by auditory stimulus
Reexamination Certificate
active
10634704
ABSTRACT:
This patent relates to an apparatus and method for assessing a subject's hearing by recording steady-state auditory evoked responses. The apparatus generates a steady-state auditory evoked potential stimulus, presents the stimulus to the subject, senses potentials while simultaneously presenting the stimulus and determines whether the sensed potentials contain responses to the stimulus. The stimulus may include an test signals having a number of different components and modulations. The apparatus may further perform a number of objective audiological tests. The apparatus is further adapted to perform multi-modality testing in which more than one sensory modality of the subject is tested simultaneously.
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John Michael S.
Picton Terence W.
Baycrest Center for Geriatric Care
Marshall & Gerstein & Borun LLP
Pelham J.
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