Patent ID: 8577049

Claim:
A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium, comprising instructions which, responsive to being executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: causing a sequence of a plurality of user-selectable audio tests to be audibly presented to a user of a gaming application; presenting a graphical user interface for adjusting a portion of the plurality of audio tests; receiving a plurality of indications of the user's ability to sense the plurality of audio tests; adjusting an audio test according to a detected manipulation applied to the audio test via the graphical user interface, wherein the detected manipulation corresponds to the plurality of indications; recording the plurality of indications in a profile; modifying an original gaming sound, produced separately from the audio tests by the gaming application, according to the profile, wherein the modifying comprises frequency shifting segments of spectral audio content of the gaming application; presenting a sample of the original gaming sound and a sample of modified sound, to determine desirability of the modified sound in the gaming application; storing frequency shifting information regarding the modified sound, responsive to input via the graphical user interface; and presenting the modified sound in the gaming application, so that the original gaming sound of the gaming application at a first frequency is presented to the user as a modified gaming sound at a second frequency different from the first frequency.