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FONIX COLT Audiometer

Touch Interface

  • In the past, audiometers used push buttons and knobs to perform a variety of basic functions. These audiometers had limited functionality, but were generally easy to use because all the controls were in front of the user. Later-generation audiometers added new functionality, but often at the expense of the user interface, requiring users to use a mouse to navigate through multiple menus in order to adjust settings. The FONIX COLT Audiometer is a new third-generation audiometer, combining the easy-to-use controls and layout of a traditional audiometer with the advanced flexibility of a computer-based audiometer. No mouse or complicated menus are required for operation of the FONIX COLT Audiometer, and the layout of the controls mimics that of a traditional audiometer, with all the virtual knobs and buttons easily visible to the user. To perform measurements, the user simply touches those controls, and the audiometer responds instantly with a color change or other visual clue to indicate that the operation has been performed.

​Advanced Hardware Platform

  • While the user interface of the FONIX COLT Audiometer is handled by the Android Tablet, the hard work of accurate signal generation is performed by the hardware platform. This platform is an electronic work of art, containing the latest, most advanced collection of analog and digital circuits available. Flexibility and power are combined in one sleek package.

Graphical Display

  • The FONIX COLT Audiometer display contains graphs for both the left and right ear audiogram that are updated automatically as the clinician performs the test. If desired, the audiogram graphs can be swapped with a simple touch, making operation easy whether the patient is facing towards the clinician or away from the clinician.

Freedom of Movement

  • If desired, the user can simply lift the tablet from the platform and, using Bluetooth technology, perform the audiometric operations from a more convenient location. The operator does not have to be tied down to a desk in front of a traditional audiometer or computer.

Puretone Testing

  • The FONIX COLT Audiometer is capable of performing pure-tone air measurements up to 12,000 Hz and bone measurements up to 8,000 Hz using TDH headphones or sound field speakers (actual output dependent upon the transducer). The clinician can control each channel of the audiometer completely independently (dual frequency knobs are available as an advanced configuration), but several controls have been added to make standard clinical testing easy so that the clinician can focus on the patient instead of the audiometer controls. When activated, the Interlock key will lock the two stimulus buttons together. So when the user presses either the right or left stimulus button, both channels of the audiometer will be activated. This is particularly useful when performing tone testing in one ear while activating masking in the other ear. The Tracking button will likewise lock the attenuator virtual knobs together. When activated, whenever the user adjusts one HL knob, the other knob will be adjusted by the same amount (the knobs do not have to be set to the same value). Similar to the interlock button, the tracking button should ease use of the audiometer and allow the clinician to perform most measurements using only one hand.

Speech Testing

  • Speech testing is included with both the FONIX Audiometric Speech tests and the ANL (Acceptable Noise Level) test built directly into the COLT Audiometer’s Speech Test Screen. An external CD or MP3 player is not required; the user simply selects the desired test and audio track from the Speech Test controls and performs the test normally. The Score Calc box on the Speech Test screen allows the user to automatically calculate the speech test score as the test is running. Simply mark whenever the patient gets a word right or wrong. The percentage of right to wrong answers is automatically calculated.

Patient Data

  • If desired, the user can enter a patient number into the test screen using a touch-based keyboard. Test results can be saved onto the Android Tablet into a comma-delimited file with the Save button. Test results can be sent to a connected computer with the Send button.

NOAH

  • A USB connector is available for connection to an external PC running the FONIX NOAH Audiometer Module. Use the NOAH Module to remotely control your FONIX COLT, automatically collect test results performed from the COLT’s tablet, print test results, store data, and, if desired, display information on a large external video monitor for patient viewing.

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A New Breed of Audiometer

  • Frye Electronics has leaped ahead of the competition with a new, revolutionary audiometer built into an Android Tablet. With an intuitive touch-based interface that mimics the controls of a traditional audiometer, the FONIX COLT Audiometer is easy to use for both beginning and experienced clinicians.

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