Patents by Inventor Steve Iseberg
Steve Iseberg 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).
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Publication number: 20130195299Abstract: Certain embodiments provide a hearing testing system. The hearing testing system includes a transducer and an environmental sensor coupled with an acoustic channel. The environmental sensor is configured to measure environmental conditions of the acoustic channel. The hearing testing system includes a processor. The processor is configured to receive the environmental conditions from the environmental sensor. The processor is configured to apply, based on the measure environmental conditions, correction data to a transducer response to generate a corrected transducer response. In certain embodiments, the processor is configured to control a heating element based on a measured temperature to maintain a pre-defined temperature, or range of temperatures, at a testing probe.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2013Publication date: August 1, 2013Applicant: Etymotic Research, Inc.Inventors: Steve Iseberg, Steve Viranyi, Andrew Dale, Jerrold S. Zdenek
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Publication number: 20120191004Abstract: Certain embodiments provide a hearing testing probe apparatus. The hearing testing probe apparatus includes a probe tube detachably coupled at a first end to a probe body and extending through a center hole in an eartip to align proximate a face of the eartip at a second end. The probe tube includes a plurality of stimulus lumens for receiving and carrying stimulus from the first end of the probe tube for output at the second end of the probe tube. The probe tube includes one or more microphone lumens for receiving and carrying one or more measured responses from the second end of the probe tube to one or more microphones at the first end of the probe tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2012Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: ETYMOTIC RESEARCH, INC.Inventors: Steve Iseberg, Mead C. Killion, Viorel Drambarean, Dan Mapes-Riordan, Jonathan Siegel, Sumitrajit Dhar, Steve Viranyi
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Publication number: 20070112279Abstract: A hearing screening system for testing hearing abilities of a patient includes an otoacoustic emission (OAE) module operable to perform OAE tests, a tympanometry (tymp) module operable to perform tymp tests, and at least one probe in communication with at least one of the OAE and tymp modules. The probe includes a probe tip that is configured to be positioned within an ear canal of a patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2005Publication date: May 17, 2007Inventors: Steve Iseberg, Steve Viranyi, Gregory Shaw, Viorel Drambarean, John French, Ron Scicluna, Mead Killion
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Patent number: 6831987Abstract: A microphone capsule for an in-the-ear hearing aid is disclosed. The capsule can include a top plate having first and second spaced openings defining front and rear sound inlets, and a directional microphone cartridge enclosing a diaphragm. The diaphragm is oriented generally perpendicular to the top plate and divides the directional microphone cartridge housing into a front chamber and a rear chamber. A front sound passage communicates between the front sound inlet and the front chamber, and a rear sound passage communicates between the rear sound inlet and the rear chamber. Front and rear acoustic damping resistors are associated with the front and rear sound passages. The acoustic resistor pair provides a selected time delay, such as about 4 microseconds, between the front and rear sound passages. The use of two acoustic resistors instead of one levels the frequency response, compared to the frequency response provided by a rear acoustic damping resistor alone.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2003Date of Patent: December 14, 2004Assignee: Etymotic Research, Inc.Inventors: Mead C. Killion, Jonathan Stewart, Don Wilson, Matthew J. Roberts, Steve Iseberg, Timothy S. Monroe
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Publication number: 20030198359Abstract: A microphone capsule for an in-the-ear hearing aid is disclosed. The capsule can include a top plate having first and second spaced openings defining front and rear sound inlets, and a directional microphone cartridge enclosing a diaphragm. The diaphragm is oriented generally perpendicular to the top plate and divides the directional microphone cartridge housing into a front chamber and a rear chamber. A front sound passage communicates between the front sound inlet and the front chamber, and a rear sound passage communicates between the rear sound inlet and the rear chamber. Front and rear acoustic damping resistors are associated with the front and rear sound passages. The acoustic resistor pair provides a selected time delay, such as about 4 microseconds, between the front and rear sound passages. The use of two acoustic resistors instead of one levels the frequency response, compared to the frequency fesponse provided by a rear acoustic damping resistor alone.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2003Publication date: October 23, 2003Inventors: Mead C. Killion, Jonathan Stewart, Don Wilson, Matthew J. Roberts, Steve Iseberg, Timothy S. Monroe
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Patent number: 6567526Abstract: A microphone capsule for an in-the-ear hearing aid is disclosed. The capsule can include a top plate having first and second spaced openings defining front and rear sound inlets, and a directional microphone cartridge enclosing a diaphragm. The diaphragm is oriented generally perpendicular to the top plate and divides the directional microphone cartridge housing into a front chamber and a rear chamber. A front sound passage communicates between the front sound inlet and the front chamber, and a rear sound passage communicates between the rear sound inlet and the rear chamber. Front and rear acoustic damping resistors are associated with the front and rear sound passages. The acoustic resistor pair provides a selected time delay, such as about 4 microseconds, between the front and rear sound passages. The use of two acoustic resistors instead of one levels the frequency response, compared to the frequency response provided by a rear acoustic damping resistor alone.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2000Date of Patent: May 20, 2003Assignee: Etymotic Research, Inc.Inventors: Mead C. Killion, Jonathan Stewart, Don Wilson, Matthew J. Roberts, Steve Iseberg, Timothy S. Monroe
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Patent number: 6285771Abstract: A microphone capsule for an in-the-ear hearing aid is disclosed. The capsule can include a top plate having first and second spaced openings defining front and rear sound inlets, and a directional microphone cartridge enclosing a diaphragm. The diaphragm is oriented generally perpendicular to the top plate and divides the directional microphone cartridge housing into a front chamber and a rear chamber. A front sound passage communicates between the front sound inlet and the front chamber, and a rear sound passage communicates between the rear sound inlet and the rear chamber. Front and rear acoustic damping resistors are associated with the front and rear sound passages. The acoustic resistor pair provides a selected time delay, such as about 4 microseconds, between the front and rear sound passages. The use of two acoustic resistors instead of one levels the frequency response, compared to the frequency response provided by a rear acoustic damping resistor alone.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2000Date of Patent: September 4, 2001Assignee: Etymotic Research Inc.Inventors: Mead C. Killion, Jonathan Stewart, Don Wilson, Matthew J. Roberts, Steve Iseberg, Timothy S. Monroe
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Patent number: 6134334Abstract: A microphone capsule for an in-the-ear hearing aid is disclosed. The capsule can include a top plate having first and second spaced openings defining front and rear sound inlets, and a directional microphone cartridge enclosing a diaphragm. The diaphragm is oriented generally perpendicular to the top plate and divides the directional microphone cartridge housing into a front chamber and a rear chamber. A front sound passage communicates between the front sound inlet and the front chamber, and a rear sound passage communicates between the rear sound inlet and the rear chamber. Front and rear acoustic damping resistors are associated with the front and rear sound passages. The acoustic resistor pair provides a selected time delay, such as about 4 microseconds, between the front and rear sound passages. The use of two acoustic resistors instead of one levels the frequency response, compared to the frequency response provided by a rear acoustic damping resistor alone.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2000Date of Patent: October 17, 2000Assignee: Etymotic Research Inc.Inventors: Mead C. Killion, Jonathan Stewart, Don Wilson, Matthew J. Roberts, Steve Iseberg, Timothy S. Monroe
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Patent number: 6075869Abstract: A microphone capsule for an in-the-ear hearing aid is disclosed. The capsule can include a top plate having first and second spaced openings defining front and rear sound inlets, and a directional microphone cartridge enclosing a diaphragm. The diaphragm is oriented generally perpendicular to the top plate and divides the directional microphone cartridge housing into a front chamber and a rear chamber. A front sound passage communicates between the front sound inlet and the front chamber, and a rear sound passage communicates between the rear sound inlet and the rear chamber. Front and rear acoustic damping resistors having different resistance values are associated with the front and rear sound passages. The acoustic resistor pair provides a selected time delay, such as about 4 microseconds, between the front and rear sound passages. The use of two acoustic resistors instead of one levels the frequency response, compared to the frequency response provided by a rear acoustic damping resistor alone.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 1998Date of Patent: June 13, 2000Assignee: Etymotic Research, Inc.Inventors: Mead C. Killion, Jonathan Stewart, Don Wilson, Matthew J. Roberts, Steve Iseberg, Timothy S. Monroe
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Patent number: 5954669Abstract: A hearing screener apparatus is provided. The hearing screener includes a housing, a testing probe and an elastic coupler suspending the testing probe from the housing. The testing probe preferably includes a microphone housing having a first end and a second end. A cavity extends longitudinally into the first end of the microphone housing, and a microphone is mounted to the housing adjacent the cavity. An ear tip is fitted onto the first end of the microphone housing for insertion into a patient's ear. The ear tip preferably has a flexible flange arranged at its end to seal within the ear canal of the patient. A further elastic coupler suspends the ear tip assembly from the testing probe. Preferably. the elastic coupler is a number of elastic bands or o-rings distributed to concentrically suspend the probe within the housing. The screener allows the testing probe to be manipulated about all axes and has an isolation body which is also capable of being manipulated relative to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 1997Date of Patent: September 21, 1999Assignee: Etymotic Research, Inc.Inventor: Steve Iseberg
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Patent number: 5878147Abstract: A microphone capsule for an in-the-ear hearing aid is disclosed. The capsule can include a top plate having first and second spaced openings defining front and rear sound inlets, and a directional microphone cartridge enclosing a diaphragm. The diaphragm is oriented generally perpendicular to the top plate and divides the directional microphone cartridge housing into a front chamber and a rear chamber. A front sound passage communicates between the front sound inlet and the front chamber, and a rear sound passage communicates between the rear sound inlet and the rear chamber. Front and rear acoustic damping resistors having different resistance values are associated with the front and rear sound passages. The acoustic resistor pair provides a selected time delay, such as about 4 microseconds, between the front and rear sound passages. The use of two acoustic resistors instead of one levels the frequency response, compared to the frequency response provided by a rear acoustic damping resistor alone.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 1996Date of Patent: March 2, 1999Assignee: Etymotic Research, Inc.Inventors: Mead C. Killion, Jonathan Stewart, Don Wilson, Matthew J. Roberts, Steve Iseberg, Timothy S. Monroe