Auditory perceptual systems

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9795325
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14211164

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A new hearing profile assessment plays each of a plurality of frequency tones multiple times at a plurality of loudness levels. For each frequency, the patient indicates which tones that they can hear, establishing minimum-amplitude thresholds for each frequency. The assessment adapts loudness levels until the patient indicates consistent minimum-amplitude thresholds for each frequency. Also, a new system for training the hearing of a subject is disclosed. The system instructs the subject to vocalize various sound items and remember the sounds that they vocalize. The system plays either recorded samples of the subject's own voice, or comparison samples of a synthesized voice or other's vocalizations of the same sound items. The system prompts the subject to compare the played samples with the sounds they remembered vocalizing. The system uses the feedback to adjust sound processing parameters for a hearing aid, cochlear implant, sound output devices, or a training program.

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POSIT SCIENCE CORPORATION77 GEARY STREET SUITE 303 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94108

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Jackson, Wesley Marshall Daly City, US 3 85
Merzenich, Michael M San Francisco, US 66 2429

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