CA2235067A1 - Spatialization for hearing evaluation - Google Patents

Spatialization for hearing evaluation

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CA2235067A1
CA2235067A1 CA002235067A CA2235067A CA2235067A1 CA 2235067 A1 CA2235067 A1 CA 2235067A1 CA 002235067 A CA002235067 A CA 002235067A CA 2235067 A CA2235067 A CA 2235067A CA 2235067 A1 CA2235067 A1 CA 2235067A1
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audibility
acoustic signal
measured
spectral
individual
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Adnan Shennib
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K/S Himpp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R29/00—Monitoring arrangements; Testing arrangements
    • H04R29/001—Monitoring arrangements; Testing arrangements for loudspeakers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/12—Audiometering
    • A61B5/121—Audiometering evaluating hearing capacity
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/68—Arrangements of detecting, measuring or recording means, e.g. sensors, in relation to patient
    • A61B5/6801—Arrangements of detecting, measuring or recording means, e.g. sensors, in relation to patient specially adapted to be attached to or worn on the body surface
    • A61B5/6813—Specially adapted to be attached to a specific body part
    • A61B5/6814—Head
    • A61B5/6815—Ear
    • A61B5/6817—Ear canal
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/68—Arrangements of detecting, measuring or recording means, e.g. sensors, in relation to patient
    • A61B5/6887—Arrangements of detecting, measuring or recording means, e.g. sensors, in relation to patient mounted on external non-worn devices, e.g. non-medical devices
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/70—Adaptation of deaf aid to hearing loss, e.g. initial electronic fitting

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Otolaryngology (AREA)
  • Pathology (AREA)
  • Medical Informatics (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • Biophysics (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • Biomedical Technology (AREA)
  • Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
  • Surgery (AREA)
  • Molecular Biology (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Audiology, Speech & Language Pathology (AREA)
  • Neurosurgery (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Measurement Of The Respiration, Hearing Ability, Form, And Blood Characteristics Of Living Organisms (AREA)
  • Measurement Of Mechanical Vibrations Or Ultrasonic Waves (AREA)
  • Casings For Electric Apparatus (AREA)
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Abstract

An audibility spectrogram provides a graphical tool that shows the audibility of any acoustic signal with respect to the hearing profile of an individual. Spectral and temporal features of an acoustic signal, measured in the ear of an individual, are analysed in spectral regions determined to be critical for the audibility of the acoustic signal.
The measured spectrogram is compared to the threshold and supra-threshold audiogram measurements previously obtained and spectral differences between a measured acoustic signal and audiogram data are sorted and displayed on a single plot to indicate degrees of audibility across audiometric frequencies.
CA002235067A 1995-12-20 1996-08-14 Spatialization for hearing evaluation Expired - Lifetime CA2235067C (en)

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US58005295A 1995-12-20 1995-12-20
US08/580,051 US5825894A (en) 1994-08-17 1995-12-20 Spatialization for hearing evaluation
US08/580,051 1995-12-20
US08/580,052 1995-12-20
PCT/US1996/013126 WO1997023117A1 (en) 1995-12-20 1996-08-14 Virtual electroacoustic audiometry for unaided, simulated aided, and aided hearing evaluation

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AU (1) AU724786B2 (en)
BR (1) BR9612098A (en)
CA (1) CA2235067C (en)
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