On the use of a 16-bit multimedia sound board in a virtual instrument for hearing assessment

Author

Glüzmann, Alex ; Kunov, Hans

Author_Institution

Inst. of Biomed. Eng., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada

Volume

2

fYear

1995

fDate

20-23 Sep 1995

Firstpage

1609

Abstract

Describes some aspects of the design of a medical instrument for hearing assessment, using a multimedia sound board. The instrument measures otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) by means of virtual instrumentation. It was implemented in LabVIEW, a graphically based language for virtual instrumentation. The link between a high quality, but relatively inexpensive sound board, and LabVIEW made possible a cost effective medical instrument for research and clinical practice

Keywords

acoustic generators; acoustic variables measurement; biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; computerised instrumentation; data acquisition; medical computing; multimedia systems; visual languages; 16-bit multimedia sound board; LabVIEW; clinical practice; cost effective medical instrument; design; graphically based language; hearing assessment; medical instrument; otoacoustic emissions; research; virtual instrument; Acoustic emission; Acoustic noise; Acoustic testing; Acoustic transducers; Auditory system; Ear; Instruments; Intermodulation distortion; Medical diagnostic imaging; Working environment noise;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1995., IEEE 17th Annual Conference

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2475-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1995.579853

Filename

579853