Naslov
Speech intelligibility improvement for hearing impaired with hearing instruments and fm systems

Autori
Šušković, Davor ; Fajt, Siniša ; Matić, Domagoj

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
The 8th Congress of the Alps Adria Acoustics Association – Conference Proceedings / Horvat, Marko ; Krhen, Miljenko - Zagreb : Hrvatsko akustičko društvo (HAD), 2018, 284-288

ISBN
978-953-95097-2-7

Skup
The 8th Congress of the Alps Adria Acoustics Association

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 20.09.2018. - 21.09.2018

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
speech intelligibility, formants, hearing instruments, noise reduction, FM systems

Sažetak
Speech, as an electrical signal, presents its most complicated form. Phonemes cover wide frequency range. Most types of hearing losses are characterized with higher level of hearing loss toward the higher frequencies. As a result, high frequency piece of a phonem becomes inaudible, and hearing impaired persons have a feeling that they can hear but can not understand the speech. The primary goal of the hearing instruments is to give better speech intelligibility. Modern digital hearing instruments use many algorithms to improve speech intelligibility in a head to head communication, even in the most challenging hearing situations with the surrounding noise. However, if the speech is coming from bigger distance, it is necessary to improve the hearing solution with the FM technology. FM systems brings a major benefit in speech intelligibility in difficult hearing situations and are recommended for hearing impaired children during their education.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Elektrotehnika

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