Patent ID: 9119574
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for conducting a hearing assessment of a patient, comprising the steps of: (i) presenting a plurality of objects on a touchscreen display of a computing device, wherein any given object from the plurality of objects is displayed at any given position on the display, and wherein each such object is capable of producing an audio output in response to a touch stimulus from the patient, and wherein the audio outputs by the objects varies in frequency and intensity amongst the plurality of objects; (ii) prompting the patient with a visual cue to classify each of said given objects subsequent to said touch stimulus from the patient for each of said given objects, wherein said visual cue is displayed on the display concurrently with the plurality of objects, and wherein said visual cue comprises displaying two containers on the display, whereby a first container of the two containers provides an indication that the container is for the given objects that produce audible audio output in response to the touch stimulus and the second container of the two containers provides an indication that the container is for the given objects that do not produce audible audio output in response to the touch stimulus; (iii) receiving touch stimulus on the touchscreen display from the patient that corresponds to the any given position of any given object on said touchscreen display; (iv) producing the audio output for the any given object in response to said touch stimulus; (v) receiving a touch input on the touchscreen display from the patient for the any given object, wherein said input comprises placement of the object by the patient in one of the first or second containers accordingly to indicate whether the audio output by the given object was audible to the patient; (vi) repeating steps (iii) to (v) until each of said objects in the plurality of objects has been so placed in one of the first or second containers; and (vii) generating, by the computing device, an audiogram for the patient based upon a totality of the input received from the patient for the plurality of objects.