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Multimedia feature for diagnostic instrumentation

a diagnostic instrument and multi-media technology, applied in the field of multi-media interface of diagnostic test instruments, can solve the problems of little automation, if any, achieved in the past, and the cost of providing human test administrators to conduct tests is rather high, and the hearing test is far from standardized

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-09-06
DIAGNOSTIC GROUP
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Little automation, if any, has previously been achieved, however, in connection with the actual administration of the test.
Even after the invention of the audiometer, however, hearing testing was far from standardized, as testing varied in both procedures and determinations.
Also, supplying human test administrators to conduct tests is rather costly.

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[0026] Referring to FIG. 1, a functional block diagram of a conventional audiometer 2 may be described. Although the following discussion primarily addresses embodiments of the present invention employed for an audiometer, the embodiments have varied application in a wide variety of medical and diagnostic instrumentation. All those applications are intended as included within the scope of the invention. Also, the following describes various embodiments of the present invention as particularly employed with the conventional audiometer 2. It is to be understood that the conventional audiometer 2 is detailed only for example purposes, and all other alternative audiometer configurations, as well as other instrumentation and configurations thereof, are also applications for the invention in accordance with the principles herein.

[0027] Conventional Audiometer

[0028] The conventional audiometer 2 is generally comprised of three parts: microprocessor circuitry 4, audio circuitry 6, and cer...

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Abstract

A system for automatedly administering an audiometric test includes an audiometer for performing the test by outputting test tones, and a processor programmed for monitoring responses to the test tones, detecting an error condition, automatically delivering audible corrective instructions to address the error condition detected, and automatically resuming outputting test tones after the audible corrective instructions have been delivered without intervention by a human test administrator.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S) [0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10 / 685,240, filed Oct. 14, 2003, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,210,353, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10 / 156,415, filed May 28, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,644,120, which is a division of U.S. application Ser. No. 09 / 139,858, filed Aug. 25, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,416,482, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 08 / 639,694, filed Apr. 29, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,811,681.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates to a multimedia interface of a diagnostic test instrument and, more particularly, to automated testing, including multimedia-derived instructions, test monitoring, and error response, by an audiometer or other medical or diagnostic test instrument. [0003] A wide variety of medical and diagnostic test instrumentation is known. An example of such instrumentation is an audiometer. The audiometer is an electrically act...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61B5/12
CPCA61B5/121
Inventor BRAUN, LEROYFOREMAN, JACK
Owner DIAGNOSTIC GROUP
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