Patent ID: 7854704

Claim:
A method of controlling a diagnostic hearing test, the method comprising the steps of: connecting a portable hearing test device to a local computer to communicate with a remote web client associated with a clinician at a remote site using a computer network, wherein the portable hearing test device has a function generator and an attenuator held therein, and wherein the portable hearing test device is configured to receive commands from the remote web client during a diagnostic hearing test session, at least some of the commands controlling output of the function generator in the hearing test device; serving web pages from a web server in communication with the portable hearing test device to a remote web client which indicate a status of the diagnostic hearing test, receiving requests from the web client in the portable test device which provide parameters for performing the diagnostic hearing test using the portable test device; and controlling operation of the hearing test device based on the parameters of the received requests from the web client so as to allow the clinician to control the diagnostic hearing test from the remote site during the hearing test session.