对于噪音,反响和助听器信号处理组合的双耳语音可理解性
James M Kates1, Mathieu Lavandier2, Ramesh Kumar Muralimanohar3
1Deptartment of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America.
PloS one
|January 15, 2025
概括
这项研究发现,在模拟房间条件下,无论是抑制噪音还是高级助听器 (HA) 处理,都没有显著改善正常听力或听力受损的听众的语音可理解性.
科学领域:
- 听力学 听力学是指听力学.
- 声学 声学 在声学方面
- 信号处理 信号处理
背景情况:
- 双耳语音可理解性受到房间声学,听力损失和助听器 (HA) 处理的影响.
- 了解这些因素对于提高听觉器械功效至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在模拟的房间环境中评估双耳语音可理解性,声条件和HA处理不同.
- 评估噪音,声和听力状态对语音感知的影响.
主要方法:
- 模拟无回声和音乐厅声学,具有多样化的语音/噪音空间配置.
- 包括三个级别的多语者语干扰,并测试了正常听力 (NH) 和听力受损 (HI) 的听众.
- 评估了三级模拟的HA处理,包括噪声抑制和先进的算法与线性放大.
主要成果:
- 无论是NH还是HI的听众都经历了可理解性降低,信号噪声比 (SNR) 降低,反响增加.
- 在使用测试的噪音抑制算法的NH听众中没有观察到显著的可理解性改善.
- 先进的HA处理与在测试条件下的线性放大相比,对HI听众来说并没有产生显著的可理解性增长.
结论:
- 房间声学和SNR对NH和HI听众的语音可理解性产生重大影响.
- 当前的噪声抑制和先进的HA处理算法在模拟的具有挑战性的声学环境中显示出有限的益处.
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