WO2013008412A1 - 補聴適合度判定装置、および、補聴適合度判定方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a hearing aid suitability determination device and a hearing aid suitability determination method.
- Binaural separation hearing aid (Dicotic Hearing Aid) is a hearing aid method that improves the intelligibility of speech heard by the hearing impaired. It is known that binaural hearing aids can improve the intelligibility of speech heard by a hearing-impaired person (eg, Non-Patent Document 1).
- Patent Document 1 a technique for presenting information regarding applicability of binaural separation hearing aid has been disclosed by the present inventor.
- an object of the present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and the hearing aid suitability for determining the suitability including information on whether or not the subject can hear the sound clearly by binaural hearing aid.
- An object is to provide a determination device or the like.
- a hearing aid suitability determination device includes a hearing information input unit that receives input of hearing information indicating hearing for each frequency of a subject, and a tendency of change in hearing with respect to frequency.
- the hearing type determination unit that determines at least one hearing type corresponding to the hearing information based on the frequency characteristics of the hearing information received by the hearing information input unit, and the hearing type Based on the at least one hearing type discriminated by the discriminating unit, the fitness determining unit that determines the fitness for the binaural separation hearing aid of the subject, and the fitness that presents the fitness determined by the fitness determining unit
- a degree of intelligibility that is the degree to which the intelligibility of the sound perceived by the subject is improved by binaural separation hearing aid.
- the fitness is determined based on the intelligibility improvement amount for each speech sound corresponding to the at least one hearing type determined by the hearing type determination unit by referring to the correspondence relationship shown for each speech sound in each. To do.
- the degree of fitness including information as to whether or not the subject can hear the voice clearly through binaural hearing aids is simply determined.
- FIG. 1A is a block diagram illustrating a hearing aid suitability determination apparatus according to Embodiment 1.
- FIG. 1B is a flowchart showing the operation of the hearing aid suitability determination apparatus according to Embodiment 1.
- FIG. 2A is a diagram illustrating an example of the hearing level.
- FIG. 2B is a diagram illustrating an example of a classification algorithm for a hearing type.
- FIG. 3A is a diagram illustrating an example of an audiogram that is discriminated to be a high-pitched sound type.
- FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating an example of an audiogram discriminated as a mountain shape.
- FIG. 3C is a diagram illustrating an example of an audiogram that is discriminated to be a horizontal type.
- FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating an example of data in the fitness database.
- FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating another example of data in the fitness database.
- FIG. 5A is a diagram illustrating an example of a fitness level display screen.
- FIG. 5B is a diagram illustrating another example of the fitness level display screen.
- FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a hearing aid suitability determination apparatus according to the second embodiment.
- FIG. 7A is a flowchart showing the operation of the hearing aid suitability determination apparatus according to Embodiment 2.
- FIG. 7B shows (a) an example of a speech hearing test answer in the second embodiment, (b) an example of a correct answer rate for each phoneme, (c) an example of a level of the correct answer rate for each phoneme, and (d) for each phoneme. It is a figure which shows an example of an expected improvement amount, and (e) an example of a test subject's expected improvement amount.
- FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a conventional hearing aid suitability determination apparatus.
- FIG. 9A is a diagram illustrating an example of an audiogram.
- FIG. 9B is a diagram showing an example of input values to the hearing level input means.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating the operation of binaural separation hearing aid.
- FIG. 11 is a block diagram of binaural separation hearing aid determination according to the prior art.
- the most common auditory characteristic test is to measure the minimum sound pressure level (hearing level) that a subject (hearing person) can hear by using a device called an audiometer to generate a pure tone. .
- FIG. 9A is a diagram showing an example of an audiogram.
- the minimum audible hearing level (hereinafter referred to as hearing level) is measured for sine waves (pure sounds) of 125 Hz, 250 Hz, 500 Hz, 1000 Hz, 2000 Hz, 4000 Hz, and 8000 Hz. If necessary, the same measurement may be performed for 750 Hz, 1500 Hz, 3000 Hz, or 6000 Hz.
- the unit of the hearing level is dB (decibel), and the sound pressure level that can be heard by a person with healthy hearing is 0 dB. The larger the hearing level value, the lower the hearing ability.
- a plot of the hearing level of each frequency is an audiogram, which is widely used for setting hearing aids.
- FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a general hearing aid adjustment system 800s.
- the pure sound generated by the audiometer 801 is presented to the subject with the headphones 802, and when the subject hears the measurement sound, the measurer operates the audiometer 801, Hearing level is measured.
- FIG. 9B is a diagram illustrating an example of an input value to the hearing level input unit.
- the hearing aid suitability determination apparatus 800 uses the hearing level input unit 803 to input the hearing level of each frequency measured by the audiometer 801 as shown in FIG. 9B. get.
- the amplification amount calculation unit 804 calculates an amplification amount for compensating for the hearing deterioration of the subject from the input hearing level for each frequency.
- the amplification amount is notified to the measurer by the amplification amount display unit 805 and is set as an internal parameter of the hearing aid 807 via the hearing aid setting unit 806.
- frequency resolution is also lowered.
- the frequency resolution is the ability to distinguish two sounds having different frequencies.
- the normal hearing person can distinguish two sounds whose frequencies are close to each other, for example, a sound of 1 kHz and a sound of 1.2 kHz.
- a hearing-impaired person whose frequency resolution has deteriorated cannot distinguish these two sounds.
- auditory filters have been proposed as models for expressing the mechanism of frequency analysis in human hearing. This expresses the mechanism of frequency analysis in the human inner ear as an aggregate of band filters (auditory filters) divided into multiple frequency bands. If the width of the frequency band in the auditory filter is wide, the frequency resolution decreases. It is the idea that it is judged that
- the problem due to the deterioration of the frequency resolution is a phenomenon based on a principle different from the deterioration of the hearing level. For this reason, even if it amplifies a sound with a hearing aid, it cannot be solved, but it is a big problem about hearing of a hearing impaired person's word.
- the input signal is divided into two left and right ear signals on the frequency axis. There is a binaural hearing aid to present.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a hearing aid processing adjustment system 1003s for binaural separation hearing aid.
- the voice of the speaker 1001 is converted into an electric signal by the microphone 1003.
- the input audio signal 1004 (graph (a)) is divided by the low-pass filter 1005 and the high-pass filter 1006 using the frequency at which the auditory filter is spread as the cutoff frequency.
- one ear (right ear 1002R) is divided into an audio signal 1007 (graph (b)) lower than the division frequency and the other ear (left ear 1002L) is divided.
- Non-Patent Document 1 It has been reported that this can avoid the upward masking described above and improve the clarity of speech.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a hearing aid compatibility determination method at this time.
- the auditory filter measurement unit 1101 measures the auditory filter, and the frequency resolution calculation unit 1102 determines the high frequency at which frequency according to the value obtained by this measurement. Decide whether to separate the low range.
- Patent Document 1 a hearing aid suitability determination device that determines the application of binaural separation hearing aid from a hearing deterioration pattern.
- the hearing type is determined based on information on the hearing ability of the hearing impaired person, and the suitability for binaural separation hearing aid (binaural separation hearing aid) is determined based on the hearing type.
- the degree of whether or not the voice can be clearly heard in the case of the above is statistically determined.
- an object of the present invention is made in view of such a problem, and determines the degree of fitness including information on whether or not a hearing-impaired person (subject) can hear sound clearly by binaural hearing aids.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a hearing aid suitability determination device and the like.
- a hearing aid suitability determination device includes a hearing information input unit that receives input of hearing information indicating hearing for each frequency of a subject, and a tendency of change in hearing with respect to frequency.
- the hearing type determination unit that determines at least one hearing type corresponding to the hearing information based on the frequency characteristics of the hearing information received by the hearing information input unit, and the hearing type Based on the at least one hearing type discriminated by the discriminating unit, the fitness determining unit that determines the fitness for the binaural separation hearing aid of the subject, and the fitness that presents the fitness determined by the fitness determining unit
- a degree of intelligibility that is the degree to which the intelligibility of the sound perceived by the subject is improved by binaural separation hearing aid.
- the fitness is determined based on the intelligibility improvement amount for each speech sound corresponding to the at least one hearing type determined by the hearing type determination unit by referring to the correspondence relationship shown for each speech sound in each. To do.
- the hearing aid suitability determination device can hear the word sound, which is a unit constituting the voice, by the binaural separation hearing aid based on the hearing information obtained as a result of the hearing measurement for the subject. Determine whether or not. Based on the determination result, information can be obtained as to whether or not the subject can hear the voice clearly by binaural hearing aids. Therefore, it is possible to determine the degree of fitness including information indicating whether or not the subject can hear the voice clearly by binaural separation hearing aid.
- the hearing aid suitability determination device may further include a speech sound input unit that receives a speech sound test answer for the subject, and the subject correctly hears the speech based on the answer received by the speech sound input unit.
- a phoneme correct answer rate calculating unit that calculates a phoneme correct answer rate indicating, for each phoneme that is a unit constituting a speech sound, whether or not it was able to be heard, the fitness determining unit is determined by the hearing type determining unit The goodness of fit is determined based on the intelligibility improvement amount of each word sound corresponding to the at least one hearing type and the phoneme correct answer rate for each phoneme calculated by the phoneme correct answer rate calculation unit.
- the hearing aid suitability determination device more accurately determines whether or not the subject can hear sound clearly for each speech sound by binaural hearing aid based on the answer of the speech sound test to the subject. Can be determined. Therefore, it is possible to more accurately determine the degree of fitness including information on whether or not the subject can hear the sound clearly by binaural hearing aids.
- the fitness determination unit has the correspondence for each divided frequency in binaural separation hearing aid, and the articulation level for each word sound corresponding to the at least one hearing type determined by the hearing type determination unit Based on the amount of improvement, the division frequency is determined so that the effect of allowing the subject to correctly hear the sound by binaural separation hearing is maximized, and the fitness level presentation unit determines the division level determined by the fitness level determination unit. The frequency is presented along with the goodness of fit.
- the hearing aid suitability determination apparatus can select a division frequency that enhances the effect of binaural separation hearing aid for a subject from among a plurality of candidates for binaural separation hearing aid division frequency. Therefore, it is possible to more accurately determine the degree of fitness including information on whether or not the subject can hear the sound clearly by binaural hearing aids.
- the hearing aid suitability determination apparatus further includes a hearing aid processing setting unit that outputs setting information for a hearing aid for causing the subject to perform binaural separation hearing aid to the hearing aid.
- the hearing aid suitability determination apparatus can perform setting for causing the subject's hearing aid to perform binaural separation hearing aid when the suitability of binaural separation hearing aid for the subject is high.
- the fitness determining unit determines the clarity improvement amount for each word sound corresponding to the at least one hearing type determined by the hearing type determining unit as the matching level.
- the hearing aid suitability determination device presents the subject with a degree of intelligibility improvement for each speech as the suitability.
- the subject can determine whether or not binaural separation hearing aid is suitable for himself / herself based on the intelligibility improvement amount for each word sound indicated by the hearing aid suitability determination device and the intelligibility for each word sound he / she hears. .
- the fitness determining unit determines the average value of the articulation improvement amount for each speech corresponding to the at least one hearing type determined by the hearing type determining unit as the fitness.
- the hearing aid suitability determination device presents the average value of the degree of intelligibility improvement for each speech as the suitability.
- the subject judges whether or not binaural separation hearing aid is suitable for himself / herself based on the average value of the intelligibility improvement amount for each speech sound indicated by the hearing aid suitability determination device and the intelligibility for each speech sound heard by the subject. be able to.
- the fitness determination unit may determine the phoneme correct answer rate for each phoneme calculated by the phoneme correct answer rate calculation unit in the at least one hearing type determined by the hearing type determination unit. The degree of improvement is determined as the fitness.
- the hearing aid suitability determination apparatus presents to the subject a degree of intelligibility improvement for each speech considering the correctness information of the speech hearing test for the subject as the suitability. Based on the amount of improvement in clarity, the subject can determine whether or not binaural separation hearing aid is suitable for himself / herself.
- the fitness determination unit may determine the phoneme correct answer rate for each phoneme calculated by the phoneme correct answer rate calculation unit in the at least one hearing type determined by the hearing type determination unit. The average value of the degree of improvement is determined as the fitness.
- the hearing aid suitability determination device presents to the subject the average value of the degree of intelligibility improvement for each speech considering the correctness information of the speech hearing test for the subject as the suitability. Based on the amount of improvement in clarity, the subject can determine whether or not binaural separation hearing aid is suitable for himself / herself.
- the hearing aid suitability determination method includes a hearing information input step for receiving input of hearing information indicating hearing for each frequency of a subject, and a plurality of hearing types determined by a tendency of a change in hearing with respect to the frequency.
- an audio type determination step for determining at least one audio type corresponding to the audio information based on a frequency characteristic of the audio information received by the audio information input step
- an audio type determination step A fitness level determining step for determining a fitness level of the subject for binaural separation hearing aid based on the at least one hearing type; and a fitness level presenting step for presenting the fitness level determined by the fitness level determining step;
- the intelligibility of speech perceived by the subject is improved by binaural hearing aids. For each word sound corresponding to the at least one hearing type determined in the hearing type determination step, by referring to a correspondence relationship for each word sound in each of the plurality of hearing types. The suitability is determined based on the articulation improvement amount.
- a recording medium recording medium such as a system, a method, an integrated circuit, a computer program or a computer-readable CD-ROM, and the system, method, integrated circuit, You may implement
- FIG. 1A is a diagram showing a hearing aid suitability determination system 100s including a hearing aid suitability determination device 100 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- the hearing aid suitability determination system 100 s includes an audiometer 101, headphones 102, and a hearing aid suitability determination device 100.
- the audiometer 101 generates a pure sound 102p.
- the pure sound 102p is presented to the hearing aid user (subject) 100u via the headphones 102.
- Information 101I indicating whether or not the subject can hear the presented sound is transmitted to the audiometer 101 via the measurer or the interface, and the audiometer 101 is used to measure the hearing level.
- the hearing aid suitability determination device 100 Based on the measurement result of the hearing level by the audiometer 101, the hearing aid suitability determination device 100 adjusts the hearing aid processing in the two hearing aids 110a of the left ear hearing aid 110 and the right ear hearing aid 111.
- the hearing aid suitability determination apparatus 100 includes a first hearing level input unit 103, a second hearing level input unit 104, a hearing type determination unit 105, a suitability determination unit 106a, and a suitability presentation unit 108.
- the fitness level determination unit 106 a includes a fitness level calculation unit 106 and a fitness level database 107.
- the first hearing level input unit 103 and the second hearing level input unit 104 are collectively referred to as a hearing information input unit 103a.
- the hearing aid suitability determination apparatus 100 may further include a hearing aid setting unit 109.
- the first hearing level input unit 103 receives an input of the hearing level 103I of one ear (for example, the left ear) of the subject.
- the second hearing level input unit 104 receives an input of the hearing level 104I of the other ear (for example, the right ear) of the subject.
- the hearing type determination unit 105 determines the hearing type of the hearing aid user based on the frequency characteristic of the subject's hearing level as at least one of a plurality of hearing types determined by the tendency of the change in hearing with respect to the frequency. .
- the fitness database 107 is a database that describes the fitness of binaural hearing aids for each hearing type.
- the fitness level calculation unit 106 extracts fitness level information corresponding to the subject's hearing type from the fitness level database 107.
- the fitness level presentation unit 108 presents the fitness level to the subject.
- the hearing aid setting unit 109 sets the hearing aid setting information in the subject's hearing aid.
- the hearing level in the left and right ears of the subject output from the audiometer 101 is input by the first hearing level input unit 103 and the second hearing level input unit 104.
- the outputs of the first hearing level input unit 103 and the second hearing level input unit 104 are input to the hearing type determination unit 105.
- the output (information 105I) of the hearing type discrimination unit 105 is input to the fitness calculation unit 106.
- the information (information 107I) described in the fitness database 107 is referred to by the fitness calculator 106.
- the output (information 106I) of the fitness level calculation unit 106 is input to the fitness level presentation unit 108 and the hearing aid setting unit 109.
- the output of the hearing aid setting unit 109 is input to the left ear hearing aid 110 and the right ear hearing aid 111.
- FIG. 1B is a flowchart showing the operation of the hearing aid suitability determination device 100. With reference to FIG. 1B, the operation of the hearing aid suitability determination apparatus 100 will be described.
- the hearing level value (information 103I, 104I) for each frequency for the left ear or the right ear is input to the first hearing level input unit 103 and the second hearing level input unit 104, respectively (step S121). .
- the hearing type discriminating unit 105 determines the hearing type of the subject's hearing based on the input frequency characteristics of the left and right hearing levels from among a plurality of hearing types determined by the tendency of the change in hearing with respect to the frequency. Is determined as at least one of them (step S122).
- This determination is made as follows, for example.
- FIG. 2A is a diagram showing examples of hearing levels when the average values of the left and right hearing levels at three frequencies a, b, and c (a ⁇ b ⁇ c) are La, Lb, and Lc, respectively.
- the horizontal axis in the graph of FIG. 2A indicates the frequency, and the further to the right, the higher the frequency.
- the vertical axis indicates the hearing level, and the lower the level, the higher the level, that is, the greater the deterioration of the hearing.
- FIG. 2B is a diagram showing an example of a classification algorithm for hearing type.
- the hearing type determination unit 105 determines that the subject's hearing type is a high-pitched gradual type when La ⁇ Lb ⁇ Lc.
- the hearing type discriminating unit 105 in La ⁇ Lb ⁇ Lc, in the region where the frequency is relatively higher (frequency c) than the hearing level difference in the region where the frequency is relatively low (frequency a, b).
- the hearing level difference is equal to or greater than a certain level, the subject's hearing type is determined to be a high-pitched tone type.
- the hearing type determination unit 105 determines that the subject's hearing type is a mountain type when La ⁇ Lb> Lc.
- the hearing type discrimination unit 105 discriminates the subject's hearing type as the horizontal type when La ⁇ Lb ⁇ Lc.
- the hearing type discrimination unit 105 discriminates using the average value of the left and right hearing levels in order to judge the left and right hearing levels in an integrated manner.
- the lesser hearing level may be used.
- FIG. 3A is a diagram showing an example of an audiogram discriminated as a high-pitched sound type.
- FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating an example of an audiogram discriminated as a mountain shape.
- FIG. 3C is a diagram illustrating an example of an audiogram that is discriminated to be a horizontal type.
- the hearing type determination unit 105 determines as follows. That is, the hearing type discrimination unit 105 compares the hearing level (302) at the frequency (303) with the hearing threshold (301) one octave below the frequency with a predetermined value ( For example, if there is a frequency having a level (lower level) higher than the value (302) added with 30 dB), the subject's hearing type is determined to be a high-pitched tone type.
- the hearing type determination unit 105 determines that the subject's hearing type is a mountain type.
- the hearing type determination unit 105 determines whether the difference (321) between the maximum value and the minimum value of the hearing threshold is less than a predetermined value (for example, 30 dB). If the difference (321) between the maximum value and the minimum value of the hearing threshold is less than a predetermined value (for example, 30 dB), the hearing type determination unit 105 The type is determined to be horizontal.
- the hearing type determination unit 105 determines that the subject's hearing type is a high-tone gradual type.
- the hearing type discrimination unit 105 in FIG. 1A discriminates the hearing type of the user 100u from the hearing type of the outline based on the outline of the frequency characteristic of the hearing level.
- Information about the hearing type (information 105I in FIG. 1A) is output to the fitness calculation unit 106.
- the fitness level calculation unit 106 refers to the fitness level database 107 and calculates the fitness level of binaural separation hearing aid corresponding to the hearing type discriminated by the hearing type discrimination unit 105 (step S123).
- FIG. 4A shows an example of the fitness database 107.
- each sound produced by binaural separation hearing (second column, third column, etc.
- the expected value of the clarity improvement effect (for example, “4” (107m) in the second row and the second column) is accumulated as information (information 107Ia) that can be referred to in the table.
- the expected value of the effect of improving the clarity is shown in units of points that mean a percentage (%) difference.
- the information 107I in FIG. 1A may be this information 107Ia, for example.
- the word sound is a sound constituting a word, and means a sound composed of a vowel, a consonant, or a combination thereof.
- a table may be provided, and the table to be referred may be switched to the table of the divided frequency for each divided frequency of binaural separation hearing aid, and the table after the switching may be referred to.
- the information 107I in FIG. 1A may be information 107Ib including a plurality of these tables.
- this table may be configured to describe each word sound for each phoneme (each vowel and consonant).
- the structure which describes each speech sound according to 50 sounds may be sufficient, and the structure which describes them for every division
- segmentation frequency of binaural separation hearing aid may be sufficient.
- a different table may be selected from a plurality of tables depending on the language used and the race of the patient, and the table may be referred to.
- the structure which adds the correction data which corrects the value of a table for every destination with respect to a basic database may be sufficient.
- the goodness-of-fit calculation unit 106 refers to the expected improvement ⁇ of each word sound stored in the goodness-of-fit database 107 using the hearing type (information 105I) classified by the hearing type discrimination unit 105 as a key (for example, FIG. 4A). 107m).
- the fitness level presentation unit 108 presents the fitness level to the user of the hearing aid fitness level determination device 100 (step S124).
- the degree of fitness may be presented by displaying information on a screen of a computer or the like.
- the degree of fitness may be presented by using lighting such as an LED (Light Emitting Diode). Any other method may be used as long as the degree of conformity is presented.
- FIG. 5A is a diagram showing an example of the fitness level display screen.
- an average improvement amount for each phoneme (an improvement amount display unit for each phoneme) 504 is displayed as a symbol on the screen 501.
- “ ⁇ ” is indicated by the fitness level presentation unit 108
- “ ⁇ ” is indicated when it is ⁇ 5% to 5%
- “X” is indicated when it is less than ⁇ 5%.
- the magnitude of the improvement amount may be displayed with a different color, or the improvement amount may be displayed with a numerical value.
- the average improvement amount for each phoneme is displayed, but the average improvement amount for each speech sound may be displayed.
- the screen 501 may be provided with an input space 505 for inputting which of the left and right ears is to be presented with a high range so as to cope with the case where the left and right ears have different hearing types. Then, when it is possible to predict from the subject's hearing information which of the left and right ears the high range should be presented, the fitness level presentation unit 108 may display the prediction result as the initial value of the input space 505. Good.
- the screen 501 may be provided with an input space 506 for inputting a division frequency. Then, when the division frequency with the largest improvement amount can be predicted from the hearing information of the subject, the fitness level presentation unit 108 may display the prediction result as the initial value of the input space 506.
- the fitness level presentation unit 108 may display the divided frequency having the greatest effect of improving the clarity for the subject at an arbitrary place, It may be displayed in the input space 506.
- an arbitrary frequency may be selected from those that exceed the predetermined effect of improving the clarity.
- an interface such as a button 507 may be provided so that the user of the hearing aid suitability determination device 100 can finally determine whether or not to perform binaural separation hearing aid.
- the hearing aid setting unit 109 sets setting information for the hearing aid.
- the fitness level presentation unit itself may be an interface, and the display color of the fitness level presentation unit may be changed by operation of the interface.
- the shape of the interface is not limited to a button, but may be an icon or a slide bar.
- the overall clarity improvement possibility 502 and the expected clarity improvement amount 503 may be displayed together.
- the invention according to the present embodiment, it is possible to determine the suitability of binaural separation hearing aid for the user and to set the hearing aid only by measuring the hearing level.
- the first hearing level input unit 103, the second hearing level input, etc. when the subject's hearing type is known, such as when the subject replaces a hearing aid.
- the configuration may be such that the hearing type is directly input to the fitness calculation unit 106 without passing through the unit 104 and the hearing type discrimination unit 105.
- the audiometer 101 and the hearing aid suitability determination device 100 are integrated to measure the hearing level, A configuration in which a measurement result of the measurement is used as an input value may be used.
- the frequency characteristics of the left and right hearing levels are similar, only the left or right hearing level may be used as the input value.
- the hearing aid suitability determination device and the hearing aid suitability determination method for determining the suitability of the hearing aid have been described above, the present invention is not limited to this, and the same determination and setting may be performed for other audio devices. Can do.
- the hearing aid suitability determination device is a unit in which the subject configures speech based on the hearing information obtained as a result of the hearing measurement on the subject. It is determined whether or not the word sound can be clearly heard by binaural hearing aids. Based on the determination result, information can be obtained as to whether or not the subject can hear the voice clearly by binaural hearing aids. Therefore, it is possible to determine the degree of fitness including information indicating whether or not the subject can hear the voice clearly by binaural separation hearing aid.
- a division frequency that enhances the binaural separation hearing aid effect for the subject can be selected. Therefore, it is possible to more accurately determine the degree of fitness including information on whether or not the subject can hear the sound clearly by binaural hearing aids.
- the hearing aid suitability determination device can perform setting for causing the subject's hearing aid to perform binaural separation hearing aid when the suitability of binaural separation hearing aid for the subject is high.
- the hearing aid suitability determination device presents the subject with a degree of intelligibility improvement for each speech as the suitability.
- the subject can determine whether or not binaural separation hearing aid is suitable for himself / herself based on the intelligibility improvement amount for each word sound indicated by the hearing aid suitability determination device and the intelligibility for each word sound he / she hears. .
- the hearing aid suitability determination device presents the subject with the average value of the degree of intelligibility improvement for each speech as the suitability.
- the subject judges whether or not binaural separation hearing aid is suitable for himself / herself based on the average value of the intelligibility improvement amount for each speech sound indicated by the hearing aid suitability determination device and the intelligibility for each speech sound heard by the subject. be able to.
- an example of a hearing aid suitability determination apparatus that presents an amount of improvement expected when a subject performs binaural separation hearing aid based on the test result of the subject's speech and hearing ability.
- the word sound is a unit of language formed by vowels, consonants, or a combination thereof.
- the word sound is expressed, for example, as “ji (Zi)”, “ra (Ra)” or “o (o)”.
- a phoneme means each vowel or consonant.
- the phoneme is represented by, for example, “A”, “I”, “U”, “K”, or “S”.
- the speech and hearing ability test is a test for measuring how much a subject can hear a word.
- FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a hearing aid suitability determination device 601a according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- the hearing aid suitability determination device 601a of the present embodiment includes a speech sound hearing input unit 601, a phoneme correct answer rate calculator 602, a phoneme suitability calculator 603, a suitability database 604, and a suitability calculator. 605, a fitness level presentation unit 606, and a hearing aid setting unit 607.
- the speech sound hearing input unit 601 receives an input of a test subject's answer to the speech sound hearing test.
- the phoneme correct answer rate calculation unit 602 determines whether or not the subject's answer is correct with respect to the speech and hearing test, and calculates the correct answer rate for each phoneme.
- the phoneme fitness calculation unit 603 determines the suitability of binaural separation hearing aid from the correct answer rate for each phoneme.
- the fitness database 604 describes the fitness for binaural hearing aids for each hearing type.
- the fitness level calculation unit 605 extracts fitness level information corresponding to the subject's hearing type from the fitness level database 604.
- the fitness level presentation unit 606 notifies the fitness level.
- the hearing aid setting unit 607 sets compliance information for the hearing aid.
- the answer (information 601I) of the subject to the speech sound test is input to the speech sound input unit 601.
- the output of the speech sound hearing input unit 601 is input to the phoneme correct answer rate calculation unit 602, and the output of the phoneme correct answer rate calculation unit 602 is input to the phoneme suitability calculation unit 603.
- Information (information 604I) described in the fitness database 604 is referred to by the phoneme fitness calculator 603.
- the output (information 603I) of the phoneme fitness calculator 603 is input to the fitness calculator 605, and the output of the fitness calculator 605 is input to the fitness presentation unit 606 and the hearing aid setting unit 607.
- the output of the hearing aid setting unit 607 is input to the left ear hearing aid 110 and the right ear hearing aid 111.
- FIG. 7A is a flowchart showing the operation of the hearing aid suitability determination apparatus according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 7B shows (a) an example of a speech hearing test answer in this embodiment, (b) an example of a correct answer rate for each phoneme, (c) an example of a level of the correct answer rate for each phoneme, and (d) for each phoneme. It is a figure which shows an example of an expected improvement amount, and (e) an example of a test subject's expected improvement amount.
- the speech sound hearing input unit 601 receives an input of a test subject's speech sound hearing test (S701 in FIG. 7A).
- the speech sound input unit 601 associates correct answer information in the speech sound test and the test subject's answer as shown in FIG. 7B (a).
- the phoneme correct answer rate calculation unit 602 determines whether the answer received in step S701 is correct (S702 in FIG. 7A).
- the phoneme correct answer rate calculation unit 602 compares correct answer information in the speech sound hearing test with the test subject's answer, and performs correct / incorrect determination for each phoneme.
- the phoneme correct answer rate calculation unit 602 includes the test subject's answer received by the speech sound hearing input unit 601 (for example, the second “Ra” from the leftmost) and the correct answer of the speech sound test. Based on the information (information 601Ix. For example, “Ra” in the second), correct / incorrect determination is made for each consonant and vowel of each word sound.
- a circle (“ ⁇ ” mark) indicates a correct answer
- a cross mark indicates an incorrect answer
- an underscore (“_” mark) indicates a corresponding consonant. Indicates that it does not exist.
- the phoneme fitness calculation unit 603 calculates the correct answer rate for each phoneme based on the correctness determination performed in step S702 (S703 in FIG. 7A). As shown in (b) of FIG. 7B, the phoneme fitness calculation unit 603 sets the ratio of the number of correct answers of each phoneme to the number of appearances of each phoneme in the correct information in (a) of FIG. 7B as the correct answer rate for each phoneme. Tally.
- the phoneme fitness calculation unit 603 classifies the correct answer rate for each phoneme calculated in step S703 into three levels (S704 in FIG. 7A).
- the fitness database 604 as shown in FIG. 7B (c), the expected value of the effect of improving the intelligibility of each word sound by binaural separation hearing aid obtained in advance by experiment is accumulated.
- the correct answer rate for each phoneme is The expected value of the effect of improving the intelligibility of each word sound by binaural separation hearing aid is accumulated for each of a level of less than 30%, a level of 30% to 80%, and a level of 80% or more.
- the expected value of the effect of improving the clarity is shown in units of points that mean a percentage (%) difference.
- the level of the correct answer rate is three, but the number of levels is not limited to three and may be any number of two or more.
- the goodness-of-fit calculation unit 605 calculates an expected improvement amount for each level of the correct answer rate for each phoneme classified in step S704 (S705 in FIG. 7A).
- the goodness-of-fit calculation unit 605 calculates the intelligibility improvement amount corresponding to the level of the correct answer rate of the word sound for each word sound in (c) of FIG. 7B as the intelligibility improvement amount of the word sound ((( d)).
- the degree of clarity improvement corresponding to the level of correct answer rate of 80% or more in phoneme “A” is 0 point.
- the intelligibility improvement amount of the phoneme “A” of the subject is calculated as 0 points.
- the degree of clarity improvement corresponding to the level of correct answer rate of 30 to 80% in phoneme “K” is 20 points.
- the clarity improvement amount of “K” is calculated as 20 points.
- the fitness calculation unit 605 calculates an expected improvement amount when the subject performs binaural separation hearing aid (S706 in FIG. 7A).
- the fitness calculation unit 605 calculates the average value of the expected improvement amount for each phoneme in (d) of FIG. 7B as the expected improvement amount when the subject performs binaural separation hearing aid.
- the fitness level presentation unit 606 displays the expected improvement amount.
- the expected improvement amount for the phoneme with the lowest correct answer rate may be displayed as a representative value.
- the hearing aid suitability determination device and the hearing aid suitability determination method for determining the suitability of the hearing aid have been described above, the present invention is not limited to this, and the same determination and setting may be performed for other audio devices. Can do.
- the subject can clearly hear the sound for each sound by binaural hearing aid based on the answer of the speech sound hearing test to the subject. Whether or not can be obtained more accurately. Therefore, it is possible to more accurately determine the degree of fitness including information on whether or not the subject can hear the sound clearly by binaural hearing aids.
- the hearing aid suitability determination apparatus presents to the subject a degree of intelligibility improvement for each speech that takes into account the correctness information of the speech hearing test for the subject as the suitability. Based on the amount of improvement in clarity, the subject can determine whether or not binaural separation hearing aid is suitable for himself / herself.
- the hearing aid suitability determination apparatus presents to the subject an average value of the degree of intelligibility improvement for each speech considering the correctness information of the speech hearing test for the subject as the suitability. Based on the amount of improvement in clarity, the subject can determine whether or not binaural separation hearing aid is suitable for himself / herself.
- Each of the above devices is specifically a computer system including a microprocessor, a ROM, a RAM, a hard disk unit, a display unit, a keyboard, a mouse, and the like.
- a computer program is stored in the RAM or hard disk unit.
- Each device achieves its functions by the microprocessor operating according to the computer program.
- the computer program is configured by combining a plurality of instruction codes indicating instructions for the computer in order to achieve a predetermined function.
- a part or all of the components constituting each of the above devices may be configured by one system LSI (Large Scale Integration).
- the system LSI is an ultra-multifunctional LSI manufactured by integrating a plurality of components on a single chip, and specifically, a computer system including a microprocessor, ROM, RAM, and the like. .
- a computer program is stored in the RAM.
- the system LSI achieves its functions by the microprocessor operating according to the computer program.
- a part or all of the constituent elements constituting each of the above devices may be constituted by an IC card or a single module that can be attached to and detached from each device.
- the IC card or the module is a computer system including a microprocessor, a ROM, a RAM, and the like.
- the IC card or the module may include the super multifunctional LSI described above.
- the IC card or the module achieves its function by the microprocessor operating according to the computer program. This IC card or this module may have tamper resistance.
- the present invention may be the method described above. Further, the present invention may be a computer program that realizes these methods by a computer, or may be a digital signal composed of the computer program.
- the computer program or the digital signal may be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium.
- the computer-readable recording medium include a flexible disk, a hard disk, a CD-ROM, an MO, a DVD, a DVD-ROM, a DVD-RAM, a BD (Blu-ray Disc), and a semiconductor memory.
- the present invention may be the digital signal recorded on these recording media.
- the computer program or the digital signal may be transmitted via an electric communication line, a wireless or wired communication line, a network represented by the Internet, a data broadcast, or the like.
- the present invention may also be a computer system including a microprocessor and a memory.
- the memory may store the computer program, and the microprocessor may operate according to the computer program.
- the program or the digital signal is recorded on the recording medium and transferred, or the program or the digital signal is transferred via the network or the like, and executed by another independent computer system. It is good.
- each component may be configured by dedicated hardware or may be realized by executing a software program suitable for each component.
- Each component may be realized by a program execution unit such as a CPU or a processor reading and executing a software program recorded on a recording medium such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory.
- the software that realizes the hearing aid suitability determination device and the like of each of the above embodiments is the following program.
- this program is a computer for hearing information input among a plurality of hearing types determined by a hearing information input step for receiving input of hearing information indicating a hearing for each frequency of a subject and a change in hearing with respect to the frequency.
- a hearing type determination step for determining at least one hearing type corresponding to the hearing information based on a frequency characteristic of the hearing information received by the step; and the at least one hearing type determined by the hearing type determination step.
- a fitness level determination step for determining the fitness level of the subject for binaural separation hearing aid, and a fitness level presentation step for presenting the fitness level determined by the fitness level determination step.
- step the intelligibility of the sound perceived by the subject is improved by binaural hearing aids
- the clarity improvement amount that is a match is determined for each word sound corresponding to the at least one hearing type determined in the hearing type determination step. Based on the clarity improvement amount, a process for determining the fitness is executed.
- the hearing aid suitability determination device has been described based on the embodiment, but the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. Unless it deviates from the gist of the present invention, one or more of the present invention may be applied to various modifications that can be conceived by those skilled in the art, or forms constructed by combining components in different embodiments. It may be included within the scope of the embodiments.
- the hearing aid suitability determination device and the hearing aid suitability determination method according to the present invention have the effect that the suitability determination of binaural hearing aid and the setting to the hearing aid can be easily performed.
- the present invention is useful for all devices that perform voice reproduction or voice calls, such as hearing aids, audio equipment, mobile phones, and public loudspeakers.
- Hearing aid suitability determination apparatus 100s, 800s, 1003s Hearing aid suitability determination system 100u, 1002 Hearing aid user 101, 801 Audiometer 102, 802 Headphone 103 First hearing level input unit 103a Hearing information input unit 104 Second Hearing level input unit 105 Hearing type discrimination unit 106, 605 Fitness level calculation unit 106a Fitness level determination unit 107, 604 Fitness level database 108, 606 Fitness level presentation unit 109, 607 Hearing aid setting unit 110 Left ear hearing aid 111 Right ear hearing aid 501 Screen 502 Conformity display space 503 Average improvement amount display space 504 Average improvement amount display space for each speech 505 High-frequency presentation ear input space 506 Division frequency input space 507 Button 601 Speech sound input Unit 602 Phoneme correct answer rate calculation unit 603 Phoneme fitness calculation unit 803 Hearing level input unit 804 Amplification amount calculation unit 805 Amplification amount display unit 806 Hearing aid setting unit 807 Hearing aid 1001 Speaker 1003 Microphone 1004, 1007, 1008 Audio signal 1005 Low pass filter 1006 High-
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本発明者は、「背景技術」の欄において記載した補聴方法において、以下の問題が生ずることを見出した。
図1Aは、本発明の実施の形態1に係る補聴適合度判定装置100を含む補聴適合度判定システム100sを示す図である。
本実施の形態において、被験者の語音聴力検査の結果に基づいて、当該被験者が両耳分離補聴をする場合に期待される改善量を提示する補聴適合度判定装置の例を示す。なお、語音とは、母音、子音、または、それらの組み合わせにより形成される言語の単位である。語音とは、例えば、「じ(Zi)」、「ら(Ra)」または「お(o)」などと表される。また、音素とは、母音または子音のそれぞれを意味する。音素とは、例えば、「A」、「I」、「U」、「K」または「S」などと表される。ここで、語音聴力検査とは、被験者が言葉をどの程度聞き取れるかを測定する検査である。
なお、本発明を上記実施の形態に基づいて説明してきたが、本発明は、上記の実施の形態に限定されないのはもちろんである。以下のような場合も本発明に含まれる。
100s、800s、1003s 補聴適合度判定システム
100u、1002 補聴器利用者
101、801 オージオメータ
102、802 ヘッドホン
103 第1聴力レベル入力部
103a 聴力情報入力部
104 第2聴力レベル入力部
105 聴力型判別部
106、605 適合度算出部
106a 適合度決定部
107、604 適合度データベース
108、606 適合度提示部
109、607 補聴器設定部
110 左耳用補聴器
111 右耳用補聴器
501 画面
502 適合度の表示スペース
503 平均改善量の表示スペース
504 語音毎の平均改善量の表示スペース
505 高域呈示耳の入力スペース
506 分割周波数の入力スペース
507 ボタン
601 語音聴力入力部
602 音素正答率算出部
603 音素適合度算出部
803 聴力レベル入力部
804 増幅量算出部
805 増幅量表示部
806 補聴器設定部
807 補聴器
1001 話者
1003 マイクロホン
1004、1007、1008 音声信号
1005 ローパスフィルタ
1006 ハイパスフィルタ
1009 音声
1101 聴覚フィルタ計測部
1102 周波数分解能算出部
Claims (10)
- 被験者の周波数ごとの聴力を示す聴力情報の入力を受け付ける聴力情報入力部と、
周波数に対する聴力の変化の傾向で定められる複数の聴力型のうち、前記聴力情報入力部が受け付けた前記聴力情報の周波数特性に基づいて、前記聴力情報に対応する少なくとも一つの聴力型を判別する聴力型判別部と、
前記聴力型判別部が判別した前記少なくとも一つの聴力型に基づいて、前記被験者の両耳分離補聴に対する適合度を決定する適合度決定部と、
前記適合度決定部が決定した前記適合度を提示する適合度提示部と
を備え、
前記適合度決定部は、前記被験者が知覚する音声の明瞭度が両耳分離補聴により改善される度合いである明瞭度改善量を、前記複数の聴力型のそれぞれにおいて語音ごとに示す対応関係を参照することで、前記聴力型判別部が判別した前記少なくとも一つの聴力型に対応する語音ごとの前記明瞭度改善量に基づいて、前記適合度を決定する
補聴適合度判定装置。 - 前記補聴適合度判定装置は、さらに、
前記被験者に対する語音聴力検査の回答を受け付ける語音聴力入力部と、
前記語音聴力入力部が受け付けた前記回答に基づいて、前記被験者が語音を正しく聞き取ることができたか否かを、語音を構成する単位である音素ごとに示す音素正答率を算出する音素正答率算出部とを備え、
前記適合度決定部は、
前記聴力型判別部が判別した前記少なくとも一つの聴力型に対応する各語音の前記明瞭度改善量と、前記音素正答率算出部が算出した音素ごとの前記音素正答率とに基づいて、前記適合度を決定する
請求項1に記載の補聴適合度判定装置。 - 前記適合度決定部は、
両耳分離補聴における分割周波数ごとに前記対応関係を有し、前記聴力型判別部が判別した前記少なくとも一つの聴力型に対応する語音ごとの前記明瞭度改善量に基づいて、前記被験者が両耳分離補聴により語音を正しく聞き取るようになる効果が最も大きくなる前記分割周波数を決定し、
前記適合度提示部は、
前記適合度決定部が決定した前記分割周波数を、前記適合度とともに提示する
請求項1または請求項2に記載の補聴適合度判定装置。 - 前記補聴適合度判定装置は、さらに、
前記被験者に両耳分離補聴をさせるための補聴器に対する設定情報を、前記補聴器に出力する補聴処理設定部を備える
請求項1~3のいずれか1項に記載の補聴適合度判定装置。 - 前記適合度決定部は、
前記聴力型判別部が判別した前記少なくとも一つの聴力型に対応する語音ごとの前記明瞭度改善量を、前記適合度として決定する
請求項1に記載の補聴適合度判定装置。 - 前記適合度決定部は、
前記聴力型判別部が判別した前記少なくとも一つの聴力型に対応する語音ごとの前記明瞭度改善量の平均値を、前記適合度として決定する
請求項1に記載の補聴適合度判定装置。 - 前記適合度決定部は、
前記聴力型判別部が判別した前記少なくとも一つの聴力型において、前記音素正答率算出部が算出した音素ごとの前記音素正答率のそれぞれに対応する前記明瞭度改善量を、前記適合度として決定する
請求項2に記載の補聴適合度判定装置。 - 前記適合度決定部は、
前記聴力型判別部が判別した前記少なくとも一つの聴力型において、前記音素正答率算出部が算出した音素ごとの前記音素正答率のそれぞれに対応する前記明瞭度改善量の平均値を、前記適合度として決定する
請求項2に記載の補聴適合度判定装置。 - 被験者の周波数ごとの聴力を示す聴力情報の入力を受け付ける聴力情報入力ステップと、
周波数に対する聴力の変化の傾向で定められる複数の聴力型のうち、前記聴力情報入力ステップにより受け付けられた前記聴力情報の周波数特性に基づいて、前記聴力情報に対応する少なくとも一つの聴力型を判別する聴力型判別ステップと、
前記聴力型判別ステップにより判別された前記少なくとも一つの聴力型に基づいて、前記被験者の両耳分離補聴に対する適合度を決定する適合度決定ステップと、
前記適合度決定ステップにより決定された前記適合度を提示する適合度提示ステップと
を含み、
前記適合度決定ステップでは、前記被験者が知覚する音声の明瞭度が両耳分離補聴により改善される度合いである明瞭度改善量を、前記複数の聴力型のそれぞれにおいて語音ごとに示す対応関係を参照することで、前記聴力型判別ステップにおいて判別された前記少なくとも一つの聴力型に対応する語音ごとの前記明瞭度改善量に基づいて、前記適合度を決定する
補聴適合度判定方法。 - 請求項9に記載の補聴適合度判定方法をコンピュータに実行させるためのプログラム。
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