Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Ear or testing by auditory stimulus
Reexamination Certificate
2005-01-11
2005-01-11
Marmor, Charles (Department: 3736)
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Ear or testing by auditory stimulus
C073S585000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06840908
ABSTRACT:
A technique allows a web site visitor, or other user of a consumer electronics device that is remote from a hearing test server, to measure their hearing loss in an efficient and consistent way which is self-administered, and to store the measurements as a hearing profile which can be used for customizing audio products. The technique includes a method for conducting a hearing test using a computer program. The method includes establishing a communication channel between a remote device and server in a communication network. A first component of the computer program is executed on the server, and a second component of the computer program is executed at the remote device. The computer program according to the invention comprises a routine to manage interaction via an interface on the remote device, and adaptively select stimuli based upon the interaction to be produced at the remote device according to a convergent process to determine a hearing characteristic. The interaction comprises an N-alternative forced choice interaction in one embodiment. The convergent process comprises a staircase function or a maximum likelihood function in alternative embodiments of the invention.
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Edwards Brent W.
Menzel Christoph
Puria Sunil
Haynes Mark A.
Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP
Marmor Charles
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