Patent №
US 8,968,209
Granted
2015-03-03
Filed 2011
Owner
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED
Lab
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AI components
2
nlp · speech
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
13250781
An apparatus, system, and method for hearing tests are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method determines a set of candidate audiograms for a user. In one embodiment, the method includes estimating the slope of hearing level of a user. The method also includes estimating a pure tone average for the user based on the answers of the user to a questionnaire. The gender of the user is also determined. The gender, estimated slope, estimated pure pone average of the user are used to estimate the most possible audiograms from a set of predetermined candidate audiograms. A hearing aid is programmed based on the estimated audiograms for the user. The programmed hearing aid has several settings, each based on the estimated audiograms, for the user to choose from.
AI classification
Ownership
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED
assignment · 278100376
Assignors
VAN TASELL, DIANNE J.
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