IP Library Granted Patent US 9,282,917
Granted Patent B2
US 9,282,917 · App. 14/317,333 · Granted Mar 15, 2016

Systems and methods for a tinnitus therapy

Inventors: Daniel Drexler (Montevideo, UY); Michael Baker (Portland, OR); Marisa Pedemonte Benvenuto (Montevideo, UY); Dario Geisinger Yasky (Givat Shmuel, IL); Andres Bianco de Olea (Lomas de Solymar, UY)
Assignee: Otoharmonics Corporation
A61B5/128A61B5/4836G06F19/3487H03G3/00H04R25/75A61B5/0022
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Patent No.
US 9,282,917
App. No.
14/317,333
Granted
Mar 15, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The treatment of tinnitus may include a tinnitus therapy including generating a tinnitus therapy sound that is similar to a patient's perceived tinnitus sound. In one example, a method for generating a tinnitus adjusted sound may include presenting a plurality of different sound templates to a user from a series of tinnitus therapy sound templates, receiving a selection by the user of one or more of the templates, receiving an adjustment to one or more of the selected templates, and generating a therapy sound based on the adjusted selections.

Claims (25)

1. A method for generating a tinnitus adjusted sound, comprising:

presenting a plurality of different sound templates to a user from a series of tinnitus therapy sound templates;

receiving a selection by the user of one or more of the templates;

receiving an adjustment to one or more of the selected templates, wherein receiving the adjustment to one or more of the selected templates includes receiving a white noise edge enhancement adjustment having an intensity level based on an edge enhancement intensity input; and

generating a therapy sound based on the adjusted selections including based on the received white noise edge enhancement adjustment.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the adjustment to one or more of the selected templates includes receiving an adjustment of one or more of a frequency, intensity, reverberation, timbre, Q factor, and vibrato for each of the one or more selected templates.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the timbre adjustment includes one or more of an octave adjustment and a harmonic adjustment.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the series of tinnitus therapy sound templates includes pre-defined tinnitus therapy sound templates, the method further comprising adjusting the pre-defined tinnitus therapy sound templates based on hearing threshold data from a patient audiogram, the hearing threshold data including one or more of decibel and frequency data.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the series of tinnitus therapy sound templates includes a white noise, pink noise, pure tone, broad band noise, a cricket noise, an amplitude modulated sine wave, and a combined sound template.

6. A method for creating a tinnitus therapy, comprising:

presenting each of a white noise, a pure tone, and a combined tone tinnitus therapy sound template to a user;

adjusting the tinnitus therapy sound based on at least one of a frequency parameter and an intensity parameter selected by the user;

adjusting the tinnitus therapy sound first based on the frequency parameter, second based on the intensity parameter, third based on one or more timbre inputs, the one or more timbre inputs including one or more of an octave input and a harmonic input, fourth based on a reverberation input, and fifth based on an edge enhancement input when the tinnitus therapy sound template selected by the user is the pure tone tinnitus therapy sound template; and

generating a tinnitus therapy sound based on the tinnitus therapy sound template selected by the user including based on the adjusted tinnitus therapy sound.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the presenting includes presenting each of the white noise, pure tone, and combined tone tinnitus therapy sound template to the user sequentially in a specified order.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the presenting includes presenting each of the white noise, pure tone, and combined tone tinnitus therapy sound template to the user at different times and in groups by sound type.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein adjusting the tinnitus therapy sound based on the intensity parameter includes separately adjusting a right ear input and a left ear input intensity of the tinnitus therapy sound.

10. The method of claim 6 , further comprising presenting each of a pink noise, a broad band noise, an amplitude modulated sine wave, and a cricket noise tinnitus therapy sound template to the user and further comprising adjusting the tinnitus therapy sound first based on the intensity parameter and second based on the reverberation input when the tinnitus therapy sound template selected by the user is one of the white noise tinnitus therapy sound template or the pink noise tinnitus therapy sound template.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising adjusting the tinnitus therapy sound first based on the frequency parameter, second based on a Q factor input, third based on the intensity parameter, fourth based on the reverberation input, and fifth based on the edge enhancement input when the tinnitus therapy sound template selected by the user is the broad band noise tinnitus therapy sound template.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising adjusting the tinnitus therapy sound first based on the frequency parameter, second based on the intensity parameter, third based on a vibrato input, fourth based on the reverberation input, and fifth based on the edge enhancement input when the tinnitus therapy sound template selected by the user is the cricket noise tinnitus therapy sound template.

13. A method for creating a tinnitus therapy, comprising:

presenting each of a white noise, a pure tone, and a combined tone tinnitus therapy sound template to a user;

adjusting the tinnitus therapy sound based on at least one of a frequency parameter and an intensity parameter selected by the user, wherein the combined tone tinnitus therapy template is a combined pure tone and broad band noise tinnitus therapy sound template and further comprising adjusting the tinnitus therapy sound first based on the frequency parameter, second based on a Q factor input, third based on the intensity parameter, fourth based on a timbre input, the timbre input including one or more of an octave input and a harmonic input, fifth based on a reverberation input, and sixth based on an edge enhancement input when the tinnitus therapy sound template selected by the user is the combined pure tone and broad band noise tinnitus therapy sound template; and

generating a tinnitus therapy sound based on the tinnitus therapy sound template selected by the user including based on the adjusted tinnitus therapy sound.

14. The method of claim 6 , wherein the user includes one or more of a patient and a medical provider and further comprising continuously playing the adjusted tinnitus therapy sound without breaks and tracking intensity changes to the continuously played tinnitus therapy sound over time based on input from the patient.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2021
From: CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
To: LEVO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057824/0197 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2020
From: OTOHARMONICS CORPORATION
To: CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
Reel/Frame 054684/0377 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2019
From: OTOHARMONICS CORPORATION
To: CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
Reel/Frame 050207/0921 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2016
From: DREXLER, DANIEL; BAKER, MICHAEL; BENVENUTO, MARISA PEDEMONTE; YASKY, DARIO GEISINGER; BIANCO DE OLEA, ANDRES
To: OTOHARMONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037609/0145 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2014
From: DREXLER, DANIEL; BAKER, MICHAEL
To: OTOHARMONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033198/0473 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 61841221 · Jun 28, 2013
Provisional Application 61841254 · Jun 28, 2013
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