Patents by Inventor Nicolas Ellaham

Nicolas Ellaham has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Hearing screening application for mobile devices
    Patent number: 9119574
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for conducting a hearing assessment of a patient. The method includes: presenting a plurality of objects on a display of a computing device, where each object produces an audio output in response to a stimuli from the patient and the audio output by the objects varies in frequency and intensity amongst the plurality of objects; prompting a patient with a visual cue to classify objects producing sound; receiving an input from the patient for each object in the plurality of objects, where the input indicates whether the audio output by a given object was perceptible to the patient; and generating an audiogram for the patient using the input received from the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignees: The University of Ottawa, The Children's Hospital Of Eastern Ontario
    Inventors: Matthew Bromwich, Guy-Vincent Jourdan, Nicolas Ellaham
  • HEARING SCREENING APPLICATION FOR MOBILE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20130060159
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for conducting a hearing assessment of a patient. The method includes: presenting a plurality of objects on a display of a computing device, where each object produces an audio output in response to a stimuli from the patient and the audio output by the objects varies in frequency and intensity amongst the plurality of objects; prompting a patient with a visual cue to classify objects producing sound; receiving an input from the patient for each object in the plurality of objects, where the input indicates whether the audio output by a given object was perceptible to the patient; and generating an audiogram for the patient using the input received from the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicants: THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO, THE UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA
    Inventors: Matthew Bromwich, Guy-Vincent Jourdan, Nicolas Ellaham