DocumentCode
3005559
Title
A wearable, pocket-sized processor for digital hearing aid and other hearing prostheses applications
Author
Engebretson, A. ; Morley, Robert E. ; Connell, Michael P O
Author_Institution
Central Institute for the Deaf, Saint Louis, Missouri
Volume
11
fYear
1986
fDate
31503
Firstpage
625
Lastpage
628
Abstract
Studies of wearable hearing prostheses such as digital hearing aids, multichannel vibrotactile aids, and cochlear implants have been restricted to rather simple circuits. The availability of small, high performance, digital signal processors has made it possible to implement models of hearing prostheses in real time. And, it is now possible to implement these models in wearable form with low-power digital signal processors. A wearable signal processor is described in this paper that is intended for the study of a four-channel, instantaneous compression hearing aid. In addition, other possible applications, such as a 16-channel vibrotactile aid and the modeling of cochlear implant devices are considered.
Keywords
Acoustic measurements; Auditory system; Circuits; Cochlear implants; Digital signal processors; Ear; Hearing aids; Prosthetics; Sensor arrays; Signal processing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, IEEE International Conference on ICASSP '86.
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICASSP.1986.1169016
Filename
1169016
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