This section of The Hearing Review features descriptions of current and upcoming OAE, ABR, AER and cortical response diagnostic testing systems. The companies are listed in alphabetical order. Descriptions of the products were provided by the manufacturers upon request of The Hearing Review. |
Bio-Logic Systems Corp.
Navigator® Pro, ABaerTM and Transient OAE are three new products available from Bio-Logic Systems Corp. Navigator® Pro System is a modular, portable system offering three standard hearing screening options and diagnostic capabilities in a single unit. The ABaerTM (automated brainstem auditory evoked response) system provides three screening methodologies in a single, expandable platform. The Transient OAE hearing screening methodology is offered on any of the three screening platforms including ABaerTM.
Bio-logic Systems Corp., Mundelein, IL.
800-323-8326.
Grason-Stadler Inc./Nicolet Biomedical
Grason-Stadler Inc. offers the GSI 70 Automated OAE Screener and its new clinical middle-ear analyzer along with a full line of products for audiology, such as Spirit 2000 and the Spirit 2000 Lite (a portable configuration). Other products offered include the Compass Meridian featuring AEP testing in an affordable Windows-based system, the Nystar in Windows which offers analysis of ENG data in a Windows environment, and the GSI 61 two-channel clinical audiometer.
Grason-Stadler Inc./Nicolet Biomedical, Madison, WI.
(800) 356-0007
ICS Medical
CHARTR OAE runs under the NOAH database and can be used for both screening and diagnostic testing. It uses a Windows-based platform and offers a menu of testing options including “pass” and “refer” OAE screening, transient evoked OAE’s and distortion product OAE’s. CHARTR EP with PediABR combined with CHARTR OAE is the only integrated system offering all the pediatric tests needed to evaluate hearing loss in infants, according to the company. This combined testing protocol can be used to follow-up infants who fail initial screening tests. ICS Medical, Schaumburg, IL. |
Intelligent Hearing Systems
The company offers SmartOAE, an otoacoustic emissions screening and testing system, SmartScreener, an automated ABR-based infant screening system, and SmartEP, an auditory evoked potential diagnostic system. A portable USB system is the company’s new product that can be plugged into any laptop, desktop or lunchbox computer with Windows 98 and a USB port. The device can combine SmartOAE, SmartScreener and SmartEP to provide a cost efficient hearing screening and diagnostic solution, according to the company. Additional options include Intelligent Visual Reinforcement Audiometry (IVRA), ENG and VOG combinations.
Intelligent Hearing Systems, Miami, FL.
800-IHSYSTEMS.
Interacoustics, USA
Interacoustics USA, Benicia, CA. |
Madsen Electronics
The Echo-Screen TEOAE Infant Hearing Screener is a new hand-held otoacoustic emissions hearing screener designed specifically for newborn babies. The instrument reportedly conducts reliable hearing screenings in just seconds per ear. It features automatic artifact suppression which assists the tester in obtaining test results even in noisy environments, and measurements are automatically evaluated using a mathematical binomial signal statistical method. Test results are displayed as “Pass” or “Refer” on the display panel. The device reportedly has a sensitivity of virtually 100% and a specificity of >95%, and includes a label printer, two probes for not interrupting testing and stores up to 120 tests in memory.
CapellaTM Cochlear Emissions Analyzer is designed to be a comprehensive diagnostic OAE system that incorporates DPOAE, TEOAE and SOAE measurement capability in one portable PC-driven system. The system is NOAHTM, Hi-TrackTM and OZTM compatible for convenient storage and retrieval of patient tests. Capella’s Windows®-based software is designed for easy navigation and features individual user-defined tests and auto-sequences for custom-designed operation.
Madsen Electronics, Minnetonka, MN.
800-362-3736
Maico Diagnostics
Maico Diagnostics, Eden Prairie, MN. |
Medical Technologies
The company offers sales and services on the screening ABR, diagnostic ABR/evoked potentials, screening OAEs, and diagnostic OAEs in areas from infant hearing screening programs to intra operative monitoring. The products offered are from a variety of manufacturers. The company can help users analyze solutions to their needs, demonstrate equipment, get the right product and train them after the instrumentation has arrived, according to the company. Services are offered in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.
Medical Technologies, Burnsville, MN.
800-328-6709
Otodynamics Ltd.
Otodynamics Ltd. manufactures OAE systems for newborn hearing screening, clinical use and for research. The ECHOCHECK is a hand-held OAE screener that can give a “Pass” or “Refer” result in less than 10 seconds with the results capable of being downloaded to the PC. The ECHOPORTplus is a stand-alone system with TEOAE or DPOAE testing, featuring on-board patient management, customizable pass criteria and automatic scoring. The Echoport, used with a laptop PC, is available as a TEOAE-only or TE+DP system. Other products offered by the company include desktop products and disposable tips. All the screening systems are compatible with OZ SIMS and NCHAM’s Hi-Track patient management programs.
Otodynamics Ltd., England.
(800)659-7776