System and method for remotely administered, interactive hearing tests
US6840908B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 12, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jan 11, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 12, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04R25/70
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
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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