Patent ID: 8075494

Claim:
A method for automatically classifying an audiogram with a processor programmed with a non-transitory software program to perform the method, the method comprising: selecting a configuration for the audiogram with the non-transitory software program, the configuration selected from the group consisting of a normal configuration, a flat configuration, a sloping configuration, a rising configuration, a trough configuration, a peaked configuration, and an other configuration; selecting a severity for the audiogram with the non-transitory software program, the severity depending on the selected configuration, wherein no severity is selected for the normal configuration, wherein the severity for the flat configuration is selected from the group consisting of mild, moderate, severe, and profound, wherein the severity for the sloping configuration is selected from the group consisting of normal-mild, normal-moderate, normal-severe, mild-moderate, mild-severe, moderate-severe, and severe-profound, wherein the severity for the rising configuration is selected from the group consisting of mild-normal, moderate-normal, moderate-mild, severe-normal, severe-mild, severe-moderate, profound-severe, and profound, wherein the severity for the trough configuration is selected from the group consisting of mild, moderate and severe, wherein the severity for the peaked configuration is selected from the group consisting of mild, moderate and severe, wherein the severity for the other configuration is selected from the group consisting of mild, moderate and severe; selecting a site of lesion for the audiogram with the non-transitory software program, the site of lesion selected from the group consisting of a conductive site of lesion, a sensorineural site of lesion, a mixed site of lesion, and a mixed/sensorineural site of lesion; and selecting a symmetry for the audiogram with the non-transitory software program, the symmetry selected from the group consisting of a symmetrical symmetry and an asymmetrical symmetry.