Patent 10012529 was granted and assigned to Staton Techiya, LLC on July, 2018 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Methods of operating an audio device are provided. A method includes measuring sound pressure levels (SPLECM) for acoustic energy received by an ear canal microphone (ECM) during a time increment Δt; and calculating a SPL_DoseΔt during the time increment Δt using SPLECM.