Methods and systems for hearing tests

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8968209
APP PUB NO 20130085411A1
SERIAL NO

13250781

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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.

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UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED9900 BREN ROAD EAST MINNETONKA MN 55343

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Van, Tasell Dianne J Tucson, US 1 10

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