Automated inner ear diagnoses

US10292644B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cochlear Limited · AU

Inventors

• John Michael Heasman · Hampton, AU
• Peter Gibson · Inkberrow, GB
• Luke John Campbell · Melbourne, AU
• Stephen O'Leary · Melbourne, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 21, 2016
• Grant date: May 21, 2019
• Expiry date: Jan 3, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04R2225/67
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An expert diagnosis system integrated in a hearing prosthesis system is configured to diagnosis, grade, and remediate inner ear crises. In particular, the expert diagnosis system analyzes combinations of in-situ measured inner ear potentials, obtained in response to electrical and/or acoustic stimulation, in order to identify crisis signatures and to correlate those crisis signatures to clinical symptoms of a specific type and cause of an inner ear crises (i.e., automatically diagnosis the inner ear crisis). The expert system is further configured to grade the severity of the identified clinical symptoms and initiate some form of remedial action to address the identified inner ear crisis.