WO2001026420A3 - Apparatus and method for mitigating hearing impairments - Google Patents

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WO2001026420A3
WO2001026420A3 PCT/US2000/027460 US0027460W WO0126420A3 WO 2001026420 A3 WO2001026420 A3 WO 2001026420A3 US 0027460 W US0027460 W US 0027460W WO 0126420 A3 WO0126420 A3 WO 0126420A3
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bptd
pathological
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Joan Marie Burleigh
Michael Wayne Thompson
Susan Patricia James
Michael Leroy Peterson Jr
Kathleen Wright Mcintosh
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Univ Colorado State Res Found
Joan Marie Burleigh
Michael Wayne Thompson
Susan Patricia James
Michael Leroy Peterson Jr
Kathleen Wright Mcintosh
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Priority to AU78595/00A priority Critical patent/AU7859500A/en
Priority to AT00968722T priority patent/ATE257637T1/en
Priority to DE60007659T priority patent/DE60007659D1/en
Priority to CA2386653A priority patent/CA2386653C/en
Priority to EP00968722A priority patent/EP1234480B1/en
Priority to US10/110,035 priority patent/US7120258B1/en
Publication of WO2001026420A2 publication Critical patent/WO2001026420A2/en
Publication of WO2001026420A3 publication Critical patent/WO2001026420A3/en
Priority to US11/443,859 priority patent/US7929711B2/en

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L21/00—Speech or voice signal processing techniques to produce another audible or non-audible signal, e.g. visual or tactile, in order to modify its quality or its intelligibility
    • G10L21/04—Time compression or expansion
    • 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
    • H04R25/55—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception using an external connection, either wireless or wired
    • H04R25/552—Binaural

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  • Audiology, Speech & Language Pathology (AREA)
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  • Quality & Reliability (AREA)
  • Computational Linguistics (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Measurement Of The Respiration, Hearing Ability, Form, And Blood Characteristics Of Living Organisms (AREA)
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Abstract

Pathological binaural phase time delay (PBTD) asynchrony is measured at a variety of frequencies and to speech stimuli to develop a BPTD profile for a subject. Then a corrective device (600, 1000) is designed to apply clinical PBTD to compensate for the subject's pathological BPTD. An electronic device (500) is used to measure the subject's ability to comprehend words at a variety of relative time delays between ears to estimate the ideal overall relative time delay. The optimal relative phase shift at a variety of frequencies is also measured. An electronic device (600) may be used to correct the pathological BPTD by delaying sound in different frequency bands differently to the target ear, according to the BPTD profile, or a passive filtered earplug (1000) may be used to correct smaller amounts of BPTD.
PCT/US2000/027460 1999-10-05 2000-10-05 Apparatus and method for mitigating hearing impairments WO2001026420A2 (en)

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AU78595/00A AU7859500A (en) 1999-10-05 2000-10-05 Apparatus and methods for mitigating impairments due to central auditory nervoussystem binaural phase-time asynchrony
AT00968722T ATE257637T1 (en) 1999-10-05 2000-10-05 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING DISORDERS IN THE BINAURAL PHASE AND TIME DELAY BY THE CENTRAL AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM
DE60007659T DE60007659D1 (en) 1999-10-05 2000-10-05 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING DISTURBANCES OF THE BINAURAL PHASE AND TIME DELAY BY THE CENTRAL HORN VENTILATION SYSTEM
CA2386653A CA2386653C (en) 1999-10-05 2000-10-05 Apparatus and methods for mitigating impairments due to central auditory nervous system binaural phase-time asynchrony
EP00968722A EP1234480B1 (en) 1999-10-05 2000-10-05 Apparatus and method for mitigating impairments due to the central auditory nervous system binaural phase-time asynchrony
US10/110,035 US7120258B1 (en) 1999-10-05 2000-10-05 Apparatus and methods for mitigating impairments due to central auditory nervous system binaural phase-time asynchrony
US11/443,859 US7929711B2 (en) 1999-10-05 2006-05-31 Apparatus and methods for mitigating impairments due to central auditory nervous system binaural phase-time asynchrony

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US5434924A (en) * 1987-05-11 1995-07-18 Jay Management Trust Hearing aid employing adjustment of the intensity and the arrival time of sound by electronic or acoustic, passive devices to improve interaural perceptual balance and binaural processing
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