Title:
HEARING EVALUATION DEVICE WITH NOISE-WEIGHTING CAPABILITIES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003032811
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An apparatus and method (Fig.3) for evaluation of hearing loss is disclosed. The apparatus and method use evoked Auditory Brainstem Responses (ABR) to determine if the subject is able to hear repeatedly administered click stimuli. In order to optimize evaluation, the present invention uses normative data to accurately weight the ausitory responses, so the evaluation will be possible in different or changing noise conditions.
Inventors:
SMITS MATTHIJS P
THORNTON AARON R
THORNTON AARON R
Application Number:
PCT/US2002/032946
Publication Date:
October 28, 2004
Filing Date:
October 15, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
NATUS MEDICAL INC (US)
International Classes:
A61B5/0484; A61B5/12; (IPC1-7): A61B5/00
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Other References:
See also references of EP 1496788A4
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