Abstract: A system and method for testing hearing of a subject in an environment in which ambient noise is present, which identifies threshold levels that require retesting due to presence of masking or distraction created by ambient noise during pure tone audiometry. An acoustic sensor monitors ambient noise in the vicinity of the subject during pure tone audiometry while pure tone stimuli are presented.

Abstract: Systems and methods for performing automated hearing tests using a hearing assistance device. A system may include a hearing assistance device and an interface device. The hearing assistance device may be configured to provide acoustic stimuli to a subject and the interface device may be configured to receive feedback from the subject in response to the acoustic stimuli. The system may generate results from the automated hearing test including hearing threshold levels. The results may be used to automatically adjust the hearing assistance device or may be automatically communicated. The results may also be communicated to a computing device of the system where a hearing professional may evaluate the results, recommend additional testing or manually adjust the hearing assistance device from the computing device.

Abstract: An audiogram classification system is provided. The classification system includes categories for configuration, severity, site of lesion and/or symmetry of an audiogram. A set of rules can be provided for selecting the categories, wherein the set of rules ignore one or more local irregularities on an audiogram and have been validated to maximize agreement with judges.

Abstract: An audiometric testing device is provided including a housing having one or more integral calibration couplers adapted to couple with a testing transducer. The testing device also includes a tone generator that generates tones of various frequencies and intensities during a hearing test. A calibration transducer is positioned proximate the coupler and converts an output of the testing transducer into a calibration signal. The calibration signal is measured by a signal measurement module within the housing, which generates a calibration measurement that can then be used to correct for undesired intensity level variations produced by the tone generator. Audiometric testing systems and calibration methods are also provided. In some cases a testing and/or calibration of an audiometric testing device is controlled by an external computing device coupled to the testing device.

Abstract: An audiogram classification system is provided. The classification system includes categories for configuration, severity, site of lesion and/or symmetry of an audiogram. A set of rules can be provided for selecting the categories, wherein the set of rules ignore one or more local irregularities on an audiogram and have been validated to maximize agreement with judges.