Audiometer with interchangeable transducer

a technology of audiometers and transducers, applied in the field of audiometers, can solve problems such as transducer loss or damage, unsatisfactory solution, and art audiometer systems

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-06-10
MAYOU DAVID P +1
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A drawback of these prior art audiometer systems arises when transducers are lost or damaged.
This, however, is not a completely satisfactory solution since the transducers and test signal generator must still have been once physically connected.
Also, once supply of spare transducers is depleted, new transducers need to be matched by recalibration on site or at a repair facility.
For the user, if a backup audiometer with calibrated transducer is not available, the result is extended downtime when the audiometer is not available for use.
Moreover, it is often not economically feasible to maintain backups because of the relatively high cost of precision automatic audiometers.

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[0027]As depicted in the schematic diagram of FIG. 1, an embodiment of a computer controlled audiometer with interchangeable transducer system 20 generally includes an audiometer module 22 and a transducer set 23 including one or more transducers 24. Audiometer module 22 generally includes an oscillator 26, variable attenuator 28, final amplifier 29, channel selector switch 29A, a left signal output 30, a right signal output 32, a central processing unit (CPU) module 34, and a one-wire interface controller 36. Transducer set 23 generally includes left and right input jacks 38, 40, transducers 24 coupled thereto with wires 42, 44, and a non-volatile memory chip 46. Variable attenuator 28 generally includes a plurality of resistor networks 28A, a plurality of magnitude selector switches 28B, and one or more amplifiers 28C.

[0028]In a particular embodiment, a known CCA-100e Computer Controlled Audiometer, available from Benson Medical Instruments of Minneapolis, Minn., may be modified t...

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An audiometer including a processor controlled test signal generator is adjustable so as to produce a uniform output signal when coupled with a transducer load. Each transducer set to be used with the test signal generator includes recordable indicia in written or electronic form, upon which correction values for adjusting the electronic signal output of the audiometer module to produce a desired sound output from the each transducer in the transducer set. When the transducer set is connected to the audiometer module, the correction values are either retrieved automatically from the electronic indicia, which may be an EEPROM, or are input to the processor manually by a user through an interface such as a keyboard. These correction values are then used by the processor to dynamically adjust the output of the audiometer to correct for sound output response deviation of each transducer in the transducer set.

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RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 11 / 867498 filed Oct. 4, 2007, said application hereby fully incorporated herein by reference, including Appendix A of said application.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The instant invention relates to audiometers and more specifically to calibration of audiometers and associated components.COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTING APPENDIX[0003]A computer program listing was submitted as Appendix A to the parent application Ser. No. 11 / 867498, the computer program listing consisting of ASCII text files submitted electronically via the USPTO EFS-Web system. Said Appendix A includes the following files:TITLESIZE IN BYTESDATE OF CREATIONAppendixA.txt9,885Oct. 04, 2007[0004]The entire contents of Appendix A of said parent application is hereby incorporated by reference, including without limitation, the aforementioned files.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0005]Audiometers for testing the hearing of human subjects have been in wid...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04R29/00
CPCA61B2560/0223A61B5/121
Inventor MAYOU, DAVID P.BURR, MICHAEL R.
Owner MAYOU DAVID P
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