A medical tool is described for supporting an individual suffering from a mental condition or disorder characterized by auditory psychosis symptoms. The tool can assist in training the individual to distinguish between an acute auditory psychosis episode and ambient sounds. The tool can monitor for a non-audio input by a patient, where the input represents an indication that the patient is hearing sounds potentially symptomatic of psychosis. A microphone can monitor ambient sounds, which are tested against a threshold to determine and whether an auditory psychosis episode may be occurring.

A method for preparing an audiogram of a test subject by use of a hearing instrument. A sound signal is recorded in an auditory canal of the test subject at least partially closed by the hearing instrument by a first electroacoustic input transducer of the hearing instrument. A first input signal is generated therefrom. A test sound is generated by an electroacoustic output transducer of the hearing instrument and output into the auditory canal of the test subject at least partially closed by the hearing instrument. A hearing threshold of the test subject at at least one test frequency is ascertained on a basis of a reaction of the test subject to the test sound and by use of the first input signal.

A device, system and related methods to provide assessment and treatment of amblyaudia through standardized methods that do not require advanced training or a booth with loudspeakers for the operator to administer. The ARIA stimuli protocols for both assessment and treatment, encoded in or to be used by a software program or application, are transferred to a stand-alone set of specialized noise-cancelling headphones attached or connected to, wired or wirelessly, a software platform on an electronic computing device. or integrated with the headphones. The program administers assessment tests to individuals through the noise-cancelling earphones. The device enables someone with minimal instructions to administer automatically or semi-automatically both assessment and treatment protocols, generate results, make interpretations, store data, and produce reports. The device or system may be loaded with standard protocols for English-speaking individuals, as well as dichotic speech material in any language.

A system includes a memory storing a user profile for a user of the system and machine-readable instructions and a control system including one or more processors configured to execute the machine-readable instructions to receive physiological data associated with the user during a sleep session, determine, based at least in part on the received physiological data, a set of sleep-related parameters for the sleep session, subsequent to the sleep session, select one of the set of sleep-related parameters as a targeted parameter, the selection of the targeted parameter being based at least in part on the stored user profile, the set of sleep-related parameters, or both, and cause information to be communicated to the user via a user device, the information being indicative of the targeted parameter, a recommendation associated with improving the targeted parameter for the user in one or more subsequent sleep sessions, or both.

A system and method for providing sensory relief from distractibility, inattention, anxiety, fatigue, and/or sensory issues to a user in need. The user can be autistic/neurodiverse, or neurotypical. The system can be configured to connect to a datastore storing one or more sensory thresholds specific to a user of a wearable device of the system, the sensory thresholds selected from auditory, visual or physiological sensory thresholds; record, using one or more sensors of the wearable device, a sensory input stimulus to the user; compare the sensory input stimulus with the sensory thresholds to determine an intervention to be provided to the user, the intervention configured to provide the user relief from distractibility, inattention, anxiety, fatigue, or sensory issues; and provide the intervention to the user, the intervention comprising filtering, in real-time, an audio signal presented to the user or an optical signal presented to the user.

The embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a system and method. The system may include at least one storage device configured to storage computer instruction; and at least one processor, in communication with the storage device. When executing the computer instructions, the at least one processor is configured to direct the system to perform operations including: obtaining a sensing signal of at least one sensing device; identifying a signal feature of the sensing signal; and determining, based on the signal feature, an operation of a target object associated with the at least one sensing device.

A wireless, patient-worn, physiological sensor configured to, among other things, help manage a patient that is at risk of forming one or more pressure ulcers is disclosed. According to an embodiment, the sensor includes a base having a top surface and a bottom surface. The sensor also includes a substrate layer including conductive tracks and connection pads, a top side, and a bottom side, where the bottom side of the substrate layer is disposed above the top side of the base. Mounted on the substrate layer are a processor, a data storage device, a wireless transceiver, an accelerometer, and a battery. In use, the sensor senses a patient's motion and wirelessly transmits information indicative of the sensed motion to, for example, a patient monitor. The patient monitor receives, stores, and processes the transmitted information.

The invention relates to a method for customized monitoring of sounds caused by respiratory distress in a group of farm animals in a specific farm, stable, or section of a stable, a non-transitory processor readable medium having stored thereon processor executable instructions configured to cause a processor to perform the method according to the invention, a computing device to carry out the method according to the invention, and a kit of parts for carrying out each of the inventive method comprising such a computing device and at least one microphone.

Disclosed herein are systems, devices, and methods for evaluating or analyzing complex audio signals using multi-dimensional statistical signatures and machine learning algorithms. One advantage of the present disclosure is the ability for remote evaluation of respiratory tract health using speech analysis. The need for remote collection capabilities that can sensitively and reliably characterize respiratory tract function is particularly pertinent in view of the recent Covid-19 pandemic, which may adversely affect the health of individuals who could already be experiencing health problems with respiratory tract function.

A biological sound detection device includes a housing, a medium, a transducer unit, a detection unit, and a pressure adjusting unit. The medium has an acoustic impedance closer to water than air. The transducer unit is arranged in the housing, and converts a biological sound transmitted through the medium into an electric signal. The detection unit provides, together with the housing, an accommodation region that accommodates the medium, detects the biological sound, transmits the biological sound to the medium, and is deformable in a direction approaching the transducer unit according to a load of a physical body. The pressure adjusting unit adjusts a pressure of the medium so as to suppress an increase in the pressure of the medium due to deformation of the detection unit.