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ArticleInterspeech2018

Testing paradigms for assistive hearing devices in diverse acoustic environments.

Ram M C Charan, Hussnain Ali, John H L Hansen

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Article in Interspeech, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 40% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. CCi-MOBILE: Design and Evaluation of a Cochlear Implant and Hearing Aid Research Platform for Speech Scientists and Engineers.... IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics. IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Ram M C CharanCochlear Implant Laboratory - Center for Robust Speech Systems The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson TX, USA.
Hussnain AliCochlear Implant Laboratory - Center for Robust Speech Systems The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson TX, USA.
John H L HansenCochlear Implant Laboratory - Center for Robust Speech Systems The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson TX, USA.
Cochlear (Australia) · AU

Funding

CCI-Mobile: Signal Processing Advancements for Cochlear Implant Users in Naturalistic EnvironmentsR01DC016839 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DALLAS · PI HANSEN, JOHN H.L., LITOVSKY, RUTH Y · 2018 to 2022
$3.6M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC016839
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many individuals worldwide are at risk of hearing loss due to unsafe acoustical exposure and chronic listening experience using personal audio devices. Assistive hearing devices(AHD), such as hearing-aids(HAs) and cochlear-implants(CIs) are a common choice for the restoration and rehabilitation of the auditory function. Audio sound processors in CIs and HAs operate within limits, prescribed by audiologists, not only for acceptable sound perception but also for safety reasons. Signal processing(SP) engineers follow best design practices to ensure reliable performance and incorporate necessary safety checks within the design of SP strategies to ensure safety limits are never exceeded irrespective of acoustic environments. This paper proposes a comprehensive testing and evaluation paradigm to investigate the behavior of audio devices that addresses the safety concerns in diverse acoustic conditions. This is achieved by characterizing the performance of devices with large amounts of acoustic inputs and monitoring the output behavior. The CCi-MOBILE Research-Interface(RI) (used for CI/HA research) is used in this study as the testing paradigm. Factors such as pulse-width(PW), inter-phase gap(IPG) and a number of other parameters are estimated to evaluate the impact of AHDs on hearing comfort, subjective sound quality and characterize audio devices in terms of listening perception and biological safety.

Indexed as

Assistive Hearing DevicesCochlear ImplantsHearing AidsInter-phase gapResearch Interface

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PMID34307637
PMCPMC8297665
OpenAlexW2889053680

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