Patent attributes
A wideband acoustic immittance measurement apparatus including an ear probe having an acoustic output port for emitting sound into an ear canal and an acoustic input port for receiving sound from the ear canal, a loudspeaker that is acoustically connected with the acoustic output port, a microphone acoustically connected with the acoustic input port for generating an audio signal as a function of sound received at the acoustic input port, and a processor for controlling the loudspeaker to emit sound spanning a frequency range and receiving the audio signal of the microphone, determining a complex acoustic admittance Y(f)=G(f)+jB(f) as a function of frequency f based on the emitted sound and the received audio signal, and identifying at least one middle ear resonance based on both the real and imaginary part of the determined acoustic admittance as a function of frequency f.
