SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING SOUND DELIVERY TO A HEARING SYSTEM RECIPIENT

    公开(公告)号:US20220160247A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-26

    申请号:US17104908

    申请日:2020-11-25

    摘要: An illustrative sound calibration system is configured to direct a loudspeaker to present a sound to a recipient by way of a length of tubing extending from the loudspeaker to an ear tip disposed at an ear canal of the recipient. The directing is configured to cause the sound to have a target sound pressure level at the ear canal. The system is further configured to obtain, from a probe microphone disposed within the ear tip, a detected sound pressure level of the sound as the sound is presented at the ear canal. The system is further configured to identify a discrepancy between the detected and target sound pressure levels of the sound as the sound is presented at the ear canal, and, based on the identified discrepancy, to direct a remedial action to be performed to compensate for the discrepancy. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.

    Modulation of brainwave activity using non-invasive stimulation of sensory pathways

    公开(公告)号:US10946165B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-16

    申请号:US15571583

    申请日:2016-05-04

    发明人: Steven Metzger

    摘要: Methods and apparatus for modulation of the central nervous system, and more particularly for modulation of brain oscillatory activity and the brain networks that give rise to it. The methods involve using one or more non-invasive stimuli, either alone or in combination, to increase, decrease, or otherwise modulate neural oscillations in the brain. Also described are methods and devices for detecting sub-optimal or pathological neural oscillatory patterns, developing treatment protocols to modify the neural oscillations in a desired manner, introducing a non-invasive stimulus or stimuli through one or more sensory pathways to treat the conditions, and adjusting the treatment protocol to improve the therapeutic effect of the stimulus or stimuli.

    METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR THERAPEUTIC NEUROMODULATION

    公开(公告)号:US20210052183A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-25

    申请号:US16947653

    申请日:2020-08-11

    申请人: Biosensor, Inc.

    发明人: Natalia IZVARINA

    摘要: Systems, methods and computer-readable media are disclosed for providing therapeutic auditory stimulation. Consistent with disclosed embodiments, a system for providing therapeutic auditory stimulation may comprise a diagnostic unit that computes an EEG spectral density of a patient and a heart rate spectral density of a patient and provides values for one or more EEG frequency bands and one or more heart rate frequency bands. The system may also comprise a therapy unit that generates, based on the provided values, one or more stimulation waveforms corresponding to one or more of the EEG frequency bands and provides the stimulation waveforms for therapeutic auditory stimulation. The stimulation waveforms may comprise audible carrier frequencies modulated by signals with frequencies that vary exponentially with time. The EEG frequency bands may comprise the delta, theta, alpha, beta 1, beta 2, and gamma EEG frequency hands.

    Pattern stimulus for visual function testing

    公开(公告)号:US10888221B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-12

    申请号:US16418207

    申请日:2019-05-21

    摘要: A pattern stimulus system is described that includes a hemispherical concave surface, a plurality of illumination sources, and a controller. The illumination sources are arranged on the hemispherical concave surface in a plurality of annular rows and a plurality of radial columns. The control is configured to operate the illumination sources to display a checkerboard pattern by illuminating a first subset of the illumination sources and dimming a second subset of the illumination sources. The control is further configured to invert the checkerboard pattern by dimming the first subset of the illumination sources and illuminating the second subset of the illumination sources. Methods are also described for using the pattern stimulus system to evaluate a condition of the eye and to diagnose diseases of the eye.

    Generating natural language representations of mental content from functional brain images

    公开(公告)号:US10856815B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-08

    申请号:US15752276

    申请日:2016-10-21

    摘要: By way of introduction, the present embodiments described below include apparatuses and methods for generating natural language representations of mental content from functional brain images. Given functional imaging data acquired while a subject reads a text passage, a reconstruction of the text passage is produced. Linguistic semantic vector representations are assigned (1301) to words, phrases or sentences to be used as training stimuli. Basis learning is performed (1305), using brain imaging data acquired (1303) when a subject is exposed to the training stimuli and the corresponding semantic vectors for training stimuli, to learn an image basis directly. Semantic vector decoding (1309) is performed with functional brain imaging data for test stimuli and using the image basis to generate a semantic vector representing the test imaging stimuli. Text generation (1311) is then performed using the decoded semantic vector representing the test imaging stimuli.