Patent ID: 8840565

Claim:
A system for use in performing reflectance tympanometry, the system comprising: a probe configured to be coupled into an ear canal in a substantially leak-free state, wherein the probe comprises at least one acoustic transmitter to present one or more acoustic stimulus signals into the ear canal, and further wherein the probe comprises at least one acoustic transducer to measure an acoustic response to the one or more acoustic stimulus signals; a pump operatively coupled to the probe to vary the static pressure in the ear canal; a processing apparatus operable to initiate one or more auditory tests on a patient upon receipt of input from a user, wherein the processing apparatus is operable for use in initiating and controlling performance of a reflectance tympanometry test on the patient using the probe resulting in reflectance tympanometry data comprising at least one or more transfer functions based at least on a response to an acoustic stimulus signal and a calibrated acoustic transfer function; a static pressure transducer to detect static pressure in the ear canal; and a controller for use in comparing detected actual static pressure in the ear canal to a desired static pressure, wherein the pump is controlled to maintain the desired static pressure in the ear canal based on the comparison.