Title :
Annoyance perception and modeling for hearing-impaired listeners
Author :
Vishnubhotla, Srikanth ; Xiao, Jinjun ; Xu, Buye ; McKinney, Martin ; Zhang, Tao
Author_Institution :
Starkey Labs., Inc., Eden Prairie, NC, USA
Abstract :
Perceptual annoyance of environmental sounds is measured for normal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners under iso-level and iso-loudness conditions. Data from the hearing-impaired listeners shows similar trends to that from normal-hearing listeners, but with greater variability across individuals. A regression model based on the statistics of specific loudness and other perceptual features is fit to the data from the normal-hearing listeners, and is used to predict annoyance for the hearing-impaired listeners. Differences across the subject populations are discussed.
Keywords :
hearing aids; regression analysis; annoyance perception; environmental sounds; hearing-impaired listeners; iso-level; iso-loudness conditions; normal-hearing listeners; regression model; Data models; Modulation; Noise; Predictive models; Psychoacoustic models; Resonant frequency; Psycho-acoustic annoyance; hearing aids; hearing impaired; modeling;
Conference_Titel :
Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0045-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1520-6149
DOI :
10.1109/ICASSP.2012.6287842
