Tympany's OtogramT products allow healthcare professionals to assist patients in conducting automated, self-administered, diagnostic and comprehensive hearing tests, including pure-tone air and bone conduction, speech reception threshold and speech discrimination tests, all with masking; tympanometry and acoustic reflex; otoacoustic emissions.
The Otogram makes a significant contribution to any practice!
No sound booth required due to patented Ambient Noise Management System™
Any staff member can conduct test
Patient Response System™
Automated standardized report
Intuitive touch screen interface
Foam ear tips
The OtogramTM uses artificial intelligence, touch-screen technology, and proprietary hearing testing equipment to allow patients to self-administer the hearing test, after brief instructions from an administrator.
Automation - enables patients to self-administer tests
Artificial intelligence - provides expert audiological systems to enable automation
Miniaturization - allows testing in any location
Time and money are the two most valuable resources in any busy practice. When it comes to diagnostic hearing tests, isn't your practice ready for the OtogramT?
Any staff member, including an audiologist or medical assistant, can initiate Tympany's automated self-administered hearing test; and any examination room or sound booth can function as a diagnostic testing environment.
The Otogram™ involves a few simple steps and takes
about 13-20 minutes to complete!
Step
1:
Patient completes a standard intake sheet identifying hearing loss and any staff can enter patient's information into the OtogramT.
Step
2:
Staff member fits Otogram's
patented bone vibrator headset (the Otobow) and places
insert-phone transducers into the patient's ears.
Step
3:
Patient is
now ready to begin a self-administered test after listening to brief instructions.
The diagnostic test begins with air and bone conduction with masking, followed by speech reception threshold and discrimination tests. Simple verbal commands and pictographic touch-screen operation.
Step
4:
Patient response system not only ensures that
the staff member is a push-button away if the patient has any questions, but also notifies him/her when the patient has completed each phase and
the entire test. The OtogramT prints immediate and standardized results in a computer-generated
report at completion of the test.
All patient instructions are provided by computer through voice, pictures and onscreen
text, in any of the available languages. Pure-tone and speech thresholds and supra-threshold speech recognition are measured by automated sound presentation and patient response scoring. Masking is applied appropriately and automatically, and circumstances that may prevent accurate masking are identified and
noted, using patented methods.
Tolerance for ambient noise during threshold testing is increased by using noise-attenuating insert earphones and by testing bone conduction with the ears occluded.
Using Tympany's patented process, ambient noise is monitored for the purpose of establishing the noise floor for the threshold measurements, and absolute hearing thresholds are differentiated from thresholds that might have been elevated by the presence of ambient noise.
Upon completion of the test, the OtogramT immediately presents
data in standard audiometric graphs and tables in computer-generated
reports. The standardized results are transferable to electronic
medical records and are available for simple access and
historical comparison. (Click
here to view a sample report).
“The
reimbursement makes it one of the best practices opportunities
in years. The test results are also simple and easy to
read.” Evan L. Lipkis, M.D Advanced Center for Total Healthcare
Glenview, IL
“We
love the Otogram. It meets our needs to improve
our workflow and provide cost-effective testing on demand.”
Ted
Brown, M.D. Spring Hill,
FL
"It’s
amazing! 24/7 hearing testing capability in 6 languages without a sound
booth! It’s very simple to operate and my patients like it too."
M. Horwitz, M.D. Houston TX
“This is the best product
I have ever seen at any Academy meeting!”
2003
AAO attendee
“We
continue to love the Otogram™ and appreciate
the training and support that Tympany has given us.
I appreciate your fine work.”
ENT
physician
Georgia.
"Our practice is entirely dependent upon the Otogram™ on a daily basis for our core testing needs."
Heidi L. Close, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Des Moines, Iowa
"The
reimbursement makes the Otogram one of the best practice opportunities in years.
We are very pleased with the Otogram."
Lonnie Rutherford, Medical Insurance & Billing
Mt. Shasta, CA
"The
best thing about the test is that I don’t have to stay with the patient throughout
the test and am beeped when the patient needs help."
