Patent Document ID: 7572234
Application ID: 11292266
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. An objective method for diagnosing tinnitus comprising: (a) determining a perceived tinnitus tone pitch of a subject; (b) recording an auditory evoked potential using an EEG machine of the subject to the tinnitus tone pitch and to at least one other tone pitch, wherein the tinnitus tone pitch and the at least one other tone pitch are individually played to the subject at a first intensity; (c) repeating step (b) with at least a second intensity; (d) calculating the slope of augmenting/reducing (AR) response of N100 for the tinnitus pitch and the at least one other tone pitch using data collection and analysis software, wherein an increase in the slope of the AR response to the tinnitus tone pitch is indicative of tinnitus, thereby diagnosing tinnitus.