Patent ID: 9326706
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: A61B,H04R

Claim Text:
1. A method of administering a hearing evaluation for a consumer, the method comprising: generating test audio signals at predetermined levels by an audio generator; delivering a sequence of calibrated acoustic test stimuli, representing the test audio signals, in each of three or more test frequency bands within an audiometric frequency range, to the ear of the consumer at suprathreshold sound levels of at least 20 dB HL, and wherein a step level for consecutive calibrated test stimuli at each test frequency band is at least 10 dB; registering, using a computerized hearing test system, minimum audibility levels of the consumer within the suprathreshold sound levels delivered at each test frequency band; and presenting a computed hearing profile score to the consumer by the computerized hearing test system, wherein the computed hearing profile score is based on the consumer's minimum audibility level only within the suprathreshold sound levels delivered at or above 20 dB HL in step sizes of at least 10 dB at each test frequency band.