Patents by Inventor Thomas Jennsen

Thomas Jennsen 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).

  • Method for automatic non-cooperative frequency specific assessment of hearing impairment and fitting of hearing aids
    Patent number: 8277390
    Abstract: A method and device for automatically assessing loss of hearing sensitivity and compression (recruitment) with user defined frequency resolution by means of extrapolated DPOAE I/O functions and ABRs as well as for automatically fitting hearing aids without any cooperation of the subject tested using a device having a display screen attached to a handheld device generating and collecting otoacoustic emission signals and brain stem response signals into a programmed with a clinical audiogram with fitting parameters for hearing aids calculated on the basis of assessed hearing threshold and compression and identifying the type of hearing required for the individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Natus Medical Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas Jennsen, Peter Zoth
  • Method for automatic non-cooperative frequency specific assessment of hearing impairment and fitting of hearing aids
    Publication number: 20120059274
    Abstract: A method and device for automatically assessing loss of hearing sensitivity and compression (recruitment) with user defined frequency resolution by means of extrapolated DPOAE I/O functions and ABRs as well as for automatically fitting hearing aids without any cooperation of the subject tested using a device having a display screen attached to a handheld device generating and collecting otoacoustic emission signals and brain stem response signals into a programmed with a clinical audiogram with fitting parameters for hearing aids calculated on the basis of assessed hearing threshold and compression and identifying the type of hearing required for the individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: NATUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Peter Zoth, Thomas Jennsen