公开(公告)号：US20080240452A1

公开(公告)日：2008-10-02

申请号：US11570478

申请日：2005-06-10

申请人： Mark Burrows ,  John Cronin ,  Tushar Narsana ,  Steven Shaya ,  John Singarayar

发明人： Mark Burrows ,  John Cronin ,  Tushar Narsana ,  Steven Shaya ,  John Singarayar

IPC分类号： H04R29/00

CPC分类号： H04R25/30 ,  H04R25/505 ,  H04R25/654 ,  H04R2460/17

摘要： The present invention is an apparatus for and method of remotely, automatically, and routinely conducting diagnostic testing on a programmable hearing aid to ensure that it is functioning as intended when optimized for an individual's needs and preferences. Because hearing aids deteriorate with time and buildup of earwax, individuals can be uncertain whether their hearing is worsening or the hearing aid is malfunctioning. The net effect is diminished hearing aid performance—and thus diminished quality of life. The present invention tests the hearing aid for proper function as frequently as daily.

摘要翻译： 本发明是一种用于远程，自动和常规地对可编程助听器进行诊断测试的装置和方法，以确保当根据个人的需要和偏好进行优化时，其按预期运行。 因为助听器随着时间的推移和耳垢的积累而恶化，所以个人可能不确定听力是否恶化或助听器是否发生故障。 助听器效能的净效应减弱，从而降低了生活质量。 本发明每天频繁地测试助听器的正常功能。

公开(公告)号：US20050090372A1

公开(公告)日：2005-04-28

申请号：US10876172

申请日：2004-06-24

申请人： Mark Burrows ,  John Cronin ,  Tushar Narsana ,  John Singarayar

发明人： Mark Burrows ,  John Cronin ,  Tushar Narsana ,  John Singarayar

IPC分类号： A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/12 ,  A63B71/00

CPC分类号： A61B5/12 ,  A61B5/00 ,  G06F19/325

摘要： A searchable database contains rehabilitation plans for individuals having the same medical condition. The rehabilitation plans are indexed by scores corresponding to physical dimensions and personal environment dimensions characteristics of the respective individuals having the same medical condition and also by scores representative of actual success results associated with prescribing the respective rehabilitation plans. The database can be queried to identify rehabilitation plans for a dimension whose assessment information matches individual assessment information for the same dimension of an individual requiring rehabilitation for the same medical condition. In addition, the actual success scores can be used to identify rehabilitation plans in the database likely to be successful when prescribed to an individual. The individual assessment information and the identified rehabilitation plan prescribed to the individual, and also feedback obtained from the individual to which an identified plan is prescribed and also success results for the prescribed plan, can be used to update the database.

摘要翻译： 可搜索的数据库包含具有相同医疗条件的个人的康复计划。 康复计划由相应于具有相同医疗状况的个体的身体尺寸和个人环境维度特征的分数进行索引，以及代表与规定相应康复计划相关的实际成功结果的分数。 可以查询数据库，以确定其评估信息与需要相同医疗状况康复的个体相同维度的个人评估信息的维度的康复计划。 此外，实际的成功分数可用于确定数据库中的恢复计划，这些计划在规定给个人时可能是成功的。 可以使用个人评估信息和为个人规定的确定的康复计划，以及从规定了确定的计划的个人获得的反馈以及规定的计划的成功结果，以更新数据库。

公开(公告)号：US20050085343A1

公开(公告)日：2005-04-21

申请号：US10876173

申请日：2004-06-24

申请人： Mark Burrows ,  John Cronin ,  Tushar Narsana ,  John Singarayar

发明人： Mark Burrows ,  John Cronin ,  Tushar Narsana ,  John Singarayar

IPC分类号： A61B5/00 ,  G06F19/00 ,  A63B15/02 ,  A63B71/00 ,  A63B21/002

CPC分类号： G06F19/3481 ,  A61B5/00 ,  G16H50/70

摘要： A rehabilitation plan for an individual with a medical condition is selected in view of physical dimensions and personal environment dimensions of the individual that can impact successful use of an instrument for treating the medical condition. Measurement results obtained from assessments of respective physical dimensions and personal environment dimensions of the individual are used to define respective diagnostics metrics, and also to generate diagnostic and goal scores for the respective metrics. A rehabilitation plan for the individual is selected in view of the diagnostic and goal scores with the intention of increasing an individual's compatibility with the plan and the likelihood of success for rehabilitation. The selection of a rehabilitation plan can include querying a database including previously prescribed rehabilitation plans indexed by physical and personal environment dimensions characteristics of respective patients that were prescribed the rehabilitation plans.

摘要翻译： 考虑到可能影响用于治疗医疗状况的器械的成功使用的个人的身体尺寸和个人环境尺寸，选择具有医疗状况的个体的康复计划。 用于评估各个物理尺寸和个人环境维度的测量结果用于定义各自的诊断度量，并且还为各个度量产生诊断和目标得分。 考虑到诊断和目标得分，选择个人的康复计划，旨在增加个人与计划的兼容性以及康复成功的可能性。 选择康复计划可以包括查询数据库，包括以前规定的康复计划规定的各个患者的身体和个人环境维度特征索引的康复计划。

公开(公告)号：US20080107294A1

公开(公告)日：2008-05-08

申请号：US11570490

申请日：2005-06-14

申请人： Mark Burrows ,  John Cronin ,  Tushar Narsana ,  John Anthony Singarayar

发明人： Mark Burrows ,  John Cronin ,  Tushar Narsana ,  John Anthony Singarayar

IPC分类号： H04R25/02 ,  H04R29/00

CPC分类号： H04R25/552 ,  H04R1/1041 ,  H04R5/033 ,  H04R25/70 ,  H04R2225/41 ,  H04R2225/55 ,  H04R2420/07

摘要： A programmable hearing aid (100) combined with a headphone apparatus. The headphone apparatus may be directly interfaced with various types of electronic equipment so that the user is able to listen to music recordings, voice recordings, or other types of sound signals that are then corrected, via programming, for the user's particular hearing needs (104). A method of using the hearing aid combined with the headphones, including the associated programming system (102) for making corrections for the particular hearing needs are also provided.

摘要翻译： 与耳机装置组合的可编程助听器（100）。 耳机装置可以与各种类型的电子设备直接接口，使得用户能够通过节目针对用户的特定听力需要（104）来收听音乐录音，语音记录或其他类型的声音信号，然后通过编程进行校正 ）。 还提供了一种使用与耳机组合的助听器的方法，包括用于针对特定听力需求进行校正的相关节目系统（102）。

公开(公告)号：US20080056518A1

公开(公告)日：2008-03-06

申请号：US11570472

申请日：2005-06-13

申请人： Mark Burrows ,  John Cronin ,  Nancy Edwards ,  Tushar Narsana ,  Steven Shaya

发明人： Mark Burrows ,  John Cronin ,  Nancy Edwards ,  Tushar Narsana ,  Steven Shaya

IPC分类号： H04R25/00

CPC分类号： H04R25/70

摘要： The present invention is a system for and method of adjusting hearing aids (130) by discrete frequency ranges (FIG. 3a); continual tuning and reprogramming of the hearing aid is accomplished in real time via iterations between a patient (with hearing aid in ear, 120) and an audiologist (131). A test tone or other sound is played and the patient gives feedback on the test tone's suitability (such as loudness). The hearing aid (130) is further tuned and reprogrammed accordingly as the sound is replayed and the patient (120) gives additional feedback. These steps continue until the patient (120) considers the hearing optimized, compensating for both the patient's hearing loss and individual preferences in the discrete frequency ranges. The following are twelve commonly tested frequency ranges: 125 Hz, 250 Hz, 750 Hz, 1000 Hz, 1500 Hz, 2000 Hz, 3000 Hz, 4000 Hz, 5000 Hz, 6000 Hz, 8000 Hz, and 10,000 Hz.

摘要翻译： 本发明是一种通过离散频率范围调整助听器（130）的系统和方法（图3）。 助听器的持续调谐和重新编程通过患者（使用耳朵助听器，120）和听力学家（131）之间的迭代实时完成。 播放测试音或其他声音，患者对测试音的适应性（如响度）给出反馈。 当声音被重放时，助听器（130）被进一步调谐和重新编程，并且患者（120）给出额外的反馈。 这些步骤继续进行，直到患者（120）认为听力被优化，补偿了患者的听力损失和离散频率范围内的个人偏好。 以下是十二个通常测试的频率范围：125 Hz，250 Hz，750 Hz，1000 Hz，1500 Hz，2000 Hz，3000 Hz，4000 Hz，5000 Hz，6000 Hz，8000 Hz和10,000 Hz。

公开(公告)号：US20050148908A1

公开(公告)日：2005-07-07

申请号：US10746953

申请日：2003-12-24

申请人： Gregory Skover ,  Raymond Hull ,  Mark Burrows ,  John Cronin ,  Tushar Narsana

发明人： Gregory Skover ,  Raymond Hull ,  Mark Burrows ,  John Cronin ,  Tushar Narsana

IPC分类号： A45D34/04 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B17/00 ,  A61B17/54 ,  A61H1/00 ,  A61H7/00 ,  A61H15/02 ,  A61H23/02 ,  A61K8/41 ,  A61K8/64 ,  A61K8/67 ,  A61K8/97 ,  A61K31/07 ,  A61Q19/00 ,  A61Q19/02

CPC分类号： A61B17/54 ,  A45D34/04 ,  A45D2200/207 ,  A61B2017/00747 ,  A61B2017/00761 ,  A61H7/004 ,  A61H7/005 ,  A61H15/02 ,  A61H2201/105 ,  A61K8/41 ,  A61K8/64 ,  A61K8/671 ,  A61K8/97 ,  A61K31/07 ,  A61Q19/00 ,  A61Q19/02 ,  A61Q19/08

摘要： The invention features an apparatus for delivering mechanical energy to skin, wherein the apparatus includes: (a) a user output assembly, the user output assembly including: (i) a skin-contactable element having a skin contactable surface; (ii) a motor; and (iii) a transfer member for transferring energy from the motor to the skin-contactable element a transfer member for transferring energy from the motor to the skin-contactable element; (b) a receiving element adapted to receive user-attribute data that is provided to the apparatus by a user; and (c) a controller coupled to the receiving element and the user output assembly, wherein the controller provides action instructions to the user output assembly based upon the user-attribute data received by the receiving element.

摘要翻译： 本发明的特征在于一种用于向皮肤递送机械能的装置，其中所述装置包括：（a）用户输出组件，所述用户输出组件包括：（i）具有皮肤可接触表面的皮肤接触元件; （ii）电机; 和（iii）用于将能量从电动机传递到皮肤接触元件的转移构件，用于将能量从电动机传递到皮肤接触元件的转移构件; （b）适于接收由用户提供给所述装置的用户属性数据的接收元件; 和（c）耦合到所述接收元件和所述用户输出组件的控制器，其中所述控制器基于由所述接收元件接收的所述用户属性数据向所述用户输出组件提供动作指令。

公开(公告)号：US20080125672A1

公开(公告)日：2008-05-29

申请号：US11570466

申请日：2005-06-10

申请人： Mark Burrows ,  John Cronin ,  Nancy Edwards ,  Steven D. Gabel ,  Tushar Narsana ,  Steven A. Shaya ,  John Anthony Singarayar

发明人： Mark Burrows ,  John Cronin ,  Nancy Edwards ,  Steven D. Gabel ,  Tushar Narsana ,  Steven A. Shaya ,  John Anthony Singarayar

IPC分类号： A61B5/12

CPC分类号： A61B5/121 ,  H04R25/30 ,  H04R2225/43

摘要： System and method for diagnosing hearing loss in an individual using a self-executable, interactive electronic hearing loss diagnosis apparatus including a data storage media and a media player for accessing data on the media. The diagnostic apparatus provides hearing loss diagnostic data to the individual in the form of coded data. A hearing loss professional can use the coded data to further diagnose the hearing loss of the individual.

摘要翻译： 用于使用自行执行的交互式电子听力损失诊断装置来诊断个体中的听力损失的系统和方法，包括用于访问媒体上的数据的数据存储介质和媒体播放器。 诊断装置以编码数据的形式向个人提供听力损失诊断数据。 听力损失专业人员可以使用编码数据进一步诊断个人的听力损失。

公开(公告)号：US20080269636A1

公开(公告)日：2008-10-30

申请号：US11570463

申请日：2005-06-10

申请人： Mark Burrows ,  John Cronin ,  Nancy Edwards ,  Tushar Narsana ,  Steven A. Shaya ,  John Anthony Singarayar

发明人： Mark Burrows ,  John Cronin ,  Nancy Edwards ,  Tushar Narsana ,  Steven A. Shaya ,  John Anthony Singarayar

IPC分类号： A61B5/00

CPC分类号： A61B5/121

摘要： System and method for conducting a hearing test that is accessible to a mass market of individuals with potential hearing loss. The hearing test is stored on a centrally located computer (140) that is accessible via communications device (121). The system provides step-by-step guidance on the next steps to be taken if hearing loss is found, and provides a means to store and organize the user test data to create a means for reuse of the data.

摘要翻译： 进行听力测试的系统和方法，可以让潜在听力损失的个人的大众市场进入。 听力测试存储在可通过通信设备（121）访问的位于中心的计算机（140）上。 系统提供了关于如果发现听力损失时要采取的后续步骤的逐步指导，并提供了存储和组织用户测试数据以创建重新使用数据的手段的手段。

公开(公告)号：US20080253579A1

公开(公告)日：2008-10-16

申请号：US11570453

申请日：2005-06-10

申请人： John Cronin ,  Tushar Narsana ,  Mark Burrows

发明人： John Cronin ,  Tushar Narsana ,  Mark Burrows

IPC分类号： H04R29/00

CPC分类号： H04R25/30 ,  H04R25/505 ,  H04R25/654 ,  H04R2460/17

摘要： The present invention is an apparatus for and method of remotely, automatically, and routinely conducting diagnostic testing on a programmable hearing aid to ensure that it is functioning as intended when optimized for an individual's needs and preferences. Because hearing aids deteriorate with time and buildup of earwax, individuals can be uncertain whether their hearing is worsening or the hearing aid is malfunctioning. The net effect is diminished hearing aid performance and thus diminished quality of life. The present invention tests the hearing aid for proper function as frequently as daily. Additionally, the present invention includes elements (201, 202) that enable the apparatus to perform a cleaning process to effectively remove earwax and other undesirable debris from the hearing aid. The cleaning process can occur prior to the diagnostic testing or as a result of the diagnostic testing.

摘要翻译： 本发明是一种用于远程，自动和常规地对可编程助听器进行诊断测试的装置和方法，以确保当根据个人的需要和偏好进行优化时，其按预期运行。 因为助听器随着时间的推移和耳垢的积累而恶化，所以个人可能不确定听力是否恶化或助听器是否发生故障。 净效应减弱了助听器的性能，从而降低了生活质量。 本发明每天频繁地测试助听器的正常功能。 另外，本发明还包括元件（201,202），其使得该装置能够执行清洁过程以有效地从助听器中去除耳垢和其它不期望的碎屑。 清洁过程可以在诊断测试之前或作为诊断测试的结果发生。

公开(公告)号：US20080187145A1

公开(公告)日：2008-08-07

申请号：US11570459

申请日：2005-06-14

申请人： Mark Burrows ,  John Cronin ,  Nancy Edwards ,  Steven D. Gabel ,  Tushar Narsana ,  Steven A. Shaya ,  John Anthony Singarayar

发明人： Mark Burrows ,  John Cronin ,  Nancy Edwards ,  Steven D. Gabel ,  Tushar Narsana ,  Steven A. Shaya ,  John Anthony Singarayar

IPC分类号： H04R29/00

CPC分类号： A61B5/121 ,  A61B5/0002 ,  H04R25/30 ,  H04R25/70

摘要： Method and system (400) for becoming aware of some hearing loss and the need for a professional hearing test. Simple and professional hearing testing provide an understanding of the improvement in the quality of life that can be achieved through use of a hearing aid. Ordering and fitting of the hearing aid, and training on use of a hearing aid, are performed to further demonstrate and provide for improved quality of life. The system (400) includes a user (410), a hearing test unit (415), a test administrator computer (420), a pair of headphones (422), a keyboard (423), a monitor (426), a series of hearing test programs (446), a central hearing health system (440), a database, a device (433), and a set of individual results.

摘要翻译： 方法和系统（400）用于了解一些听力损失和需要专业听力测试。 简单和专业的听力测试提供了通过使用助听器可以实现的生活质量的改善的理解。 执行助听器的订购和安装以及使用助听器的培训，以进一步证明和提供改善的生活质量。 系统（400）包括用户（410），听力测试单元（415），测试管理员计算机（420），一对耳机（422），键盘（423），监视器（426） 听力测试程序（446），中央听力健康系统（440），数据库，设备（433）和一组单独的结果。