Title :
Development of a digital audiologists toolbox
Author :
Magotra, N. ; Stewart, J. ; Bricker, K. ; Weaver, R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
Research to produce a digital device which can aid audiologists in working with the hearing impaired is described. The device is referred to as the digital audiologist´s toolbox or DATbox. It provides the audiologist with the capability of performing various audiometric tests on the patient, as well as the capability of performing biaural speech equalization to improve the hearing-impaired patient´s speech perception and discrimination abilities. A prototype (walkman style) biaural digital hearing aid has been designed
Keywords :
hearing; hearing aids; speech analysis and processing; speech recognition; DATbox; audiometric tests; biaural digital hearing aid; biaural speech equalization; digital audiologists toolbox; hearing impaired; speech discrimination; speech perception; Auditory system; Band pass filters; Deafness; Hardware; Instruments; Performance evaluation; Prototypes; Speech analysis; Testing; USA Councils;
Conference_Titel :
TENCON '92. ''Technology Enabling Tomorrow : Computers, Communications and Automation towards the 21st Century.' 1992 IEEE Region 10 International Conference.
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, Vic.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0849-2
DOI :
10.1109/TENCON.1992.271907
