title: Communication interface and graphic module for audiometry equipment.
abstract: The National Rehabilitation Institute (INR) in Mexico City purchased 12 Madsen Orbiter 922 audiometers in 2006. While this audiometer is excellent for diagnosing the degree and type of hearing loss, it has presented problems in transfering, saving and printing the results of special tests and logoaudiometry from audiometer to workstation with the NOAH-3 system. The data are lost when the audiometer is turned off or a new patient is captured. There is no database storing and, shortly after the results have been printed on the thermal paper, the audiograms are erased. This problem was addressed by designing and implementing the InterAudio (AAMS) communication and graphical interface. The limitations and scope of the Automatic Audiometric Measurement System were analyzed, then a search of technical information was performed that included the resources for designing, developing and implementing the transfer interface, the user's graphical module requirements, and the tools for printing and saving the study.
authors.affiliation: National Rehabilitation Institute, Mexico City. jgutierrez@inr.gob.mx
authors.forename: Josefina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez Martinez
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Barraza López
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guadarrama Lara
authors.forename: Marco Antonio
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Núñez Gaona
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Delgado Esquerra
authors.forename: Ileana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez Farfán
mesh_terms: D001299:Audiometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D014584:User-Computer Interface