Patent ID: 8529464

Claim:
A computer-assisted method of presenting a diagnostic hearing test to a patient by a hearing health professional in person, comprising: displaying icons representing a graphical set of controls for a diagnostic hearing test instrument, the graphical set of controls being displayed on a display unit that is physically connected to the diagnostic hearing test instrument and controlling various aspects of the diagnostic hearing test instrument; receiving one or more aspects of the diagnostic hearing test, the diagnostic hearing test composed of a plurality of individual hearing test signals that collectively constitute one diagnostic hearing test, the one or more aspects being specified manually by the hearing health professional using the graphical set of controls, wherein said diagnostic hearing test instrument is capable of automatically specifying said one or more aspects; presenting a hearing test signal from the plurality of individual hearing test signals that collectively constitute the diagnostic hearing test to the patient via a transducer physically connected to the diagnostic hearing test instrument in accordance with the graphical set of controls as specified by the hearing health professional; storing a patient response to the hearing test signal after the hearing test signal is presented when manually indicated by the hearing health professional via the graphical set of controls during the diagnostic hearing test and before another hearing test signal from the plurality of individual hearing test signals that collectively constitute the diagnostic hearing test is presented to the patient; and generating a report of the result of the diagnostic hearing test for the hearing health professional, the report being generated by the diagnostic hearing test instrument from stored patient responses.