Patent ID: 8394032

Claim:
A system for reporting a patient's hearing test results in an automated diagnostic hearing test, comprising: transducers, including an air conduction transducer and a bone conduction transducer; a hearing test device connected to the transducers; a computer connected to the hearing test device, the computer being programmed with and adapted to store a user interface for an automated hearing test, the user interface providing a graphical interface for the patient and configured to cause the computer to: present the patient's hearing test results from the automated diagnostic hearing test on a graphical report, the graphical report including a plurality of graphical symbols, each graphical symbol representing a different aspect of the patient's hearing test results; present one or more interpretive comments on the report regarding a degree of severity of the patient's hearing loss based on whether the patient's hearing test results satisfy one or more predefined criteria in a list of predefined criteria, the one or more interpretive comments being based upon a computer interpretation of the hearing test results and additionally pointing out possible inconsistencies, asymmetries, or areas of concern in the test results; and present one or more treatment solutions on the report based on the patient's hearing test results and the one or more interpretive comments.