An Intrinsically Digital Amplification Scheme for Hearing Aids
<p/> <p>Results for linear and wide-dynamic range compression were compared with a new 64-channel digital amplification strategy in three separate studies. The new strategy addresses the requirements of the hearing aid user with efficient computations on an open-platform digital signal p...
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| author | Blamey Peter J Macfarlane David S Steele Brenton R |
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| description | <p/> <p>Results for linear and wide-dynamic range compression were compared with a new 64-channel digital amplification strategy in three separate studies. The new strategy addresses the requirements of the hearing aid user with efficient computations on an open-platform digital signal processor (DSP). The new amplification strategy is not modeled on prior analog strategies like compression and linear amplification, but uses statistical analysis of the signal to optimize the output dynamic range in each frequency band independently. Using the open-platform DSP processor also provided the opportunity for blind trial comparisons of the different processing schemes in BTE and ITE devices of a high commercial standard. The speech perception scores and questionnaire results show that it is possible to provide improved audibility for sound in many narrow frequency bands while simultaneously improving comfort, speech intelligibility in noise, and sound quality.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fb8c9d24a56c418981eb30d10a3afb932022-12-21T18:58:29ZengSpringerOpenEURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing1687-61721687-61802005-01-01200518731371An Intrinsically Digital Amplification Scheme for Hearing AidsBlamey Peter JMacfarlane David SSteele Brenton R<p/> <p>Results for linear and wide-dynamic range compression were compared with a new 64-channel digital amplification strategy in three separate studies. The new strategy addresses the requirements of the hearing aid user with efficient computations on an open-platform digital signal processor (DSP). The new amplification strategy is not modeled on prior analog strategies like compression and linear amplification, but uses statistical analysis of the signal to optimize the output dynamic range in each frequency band independently. Using the open-platform DSP processor also provided the opportunity for blind trial comparisons of the different processing schemes in BTE and ITE devices of a high commercial standard. The speech perception scores and questionnaire results show that it is possible to provide improved audibility for sound in many narrow frequency bands while simultaneously improving comfort, speech intelligibility in noise, and sound quality.</p>http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/ASP.2005.3026amplificationcompressionhearing instrumentADRO |
| spellingShingle | Blamey Peter J Macfarlane David S Steele Brenton R An Intrinsically Digital Amplification Scheme for Hearing Aids EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing amplification compression hearing instrument ADRO |
| title | An Intrinsically Digital Amplification Scheme for Hearing Aids |
| title_full | An Intrinsically Digital Amplification Scheme for Hearing Aids |
| title_fullStr | An Intrinsically Digital Amplification Scheme for Hearing Aids |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Intrinsically Digital Amplification Scheme for Hearing Aids |
| title_short | An Intrinsically Digital Amplification Scheme for Hearing Aids |
| title_sort | intrinsically digital amplification scheme for hearing aids |
| topic | amplification compression hearing instrument ADRO |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/ASP.2005.3026 |
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