Method for testing adequacy of human hearing

1994 ◽  
Vol 95 (6) ◽  
pp. 3686-3686
Author(s):  
Patrick M. Zurek ◽  
William M. Rabinowitz
Keyword(s):  
Human Hearing

Review of Forty Germinal Papers in Human Hearing.

1970 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. 475-476
Author(s):  
BERTRAM SCHARF
Keyword(s):  
Human Hearing

scholarly journals Multichannel acoustic source and image dataset for the cocktail party effect in hearing aid and implant users

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Fischer ◽  
Marco Caversaccio ◽  
Wilhelm Wimmer
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Aids ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Cocktail Party ◽  
Acoustic Source ◽  
Image Dataset ◽  
Cocktail Party Effect ◽  
Spatial Coordinates ◽  
Acoustic Chamber ◽  
Human Hearing ◽  
Human Sense

AbstractThe Cocktail Party Effect refers to the ability of the human sense of hearing to extract a specific target sound source from a mixture of background noises in complex acoustic scenarios. The ease with which normal hearing people perform this challenging task is in stark contrast to the difficulties that hearing-impaired subjects face in these situations. To help patients with hearing aids and implants, scientists are trying to imitate this ability of human hearing, with modest success so far. To support the scientific community in its efforts, we provide the Bern Cocktail Party (BCP) dataset consisting of 55938 Cocktail Party scenarios recorded from 20 people and a head and torso simulator wearing cochlear implant audio processors. The data were collected in an acoustic chamber with 16 synchronized microphones placed at purposeful positions on the participants’ heads. In addition to the multi-channel audio source and image recordings, the spatial coordinates of the microphone positions were digitized for each participant. Python scripts were provided to facilitate data processing.

Transputer-based human hearing simulation

1998 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 479-491
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Tyrrell ◽  
David M. Howard ◽  
Tim Brookes
Keyword(s):  
Human Hearing

scholarly journals Numerical Analysis of the Influence of the Auditory External Canal Geometry on the Human Hearing Response

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Caminos ◽  
Antonio Garcia-Gonzalez ◽  
Antonio Gonzalez-Herrera ◽  
Christopher A. Shera ◽  
Elizabeth S. Olson
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Analysis ◽  
External Canal ◽  
Human Hearing

TAPIR Sound as a New Medium for Music

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 49-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Woon Seung Yeo ◽  
Keunhyoung Kim ◽  
Seunghun Kim ◽  
Jeong-seob Lee
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Media ◽  
Human Hearing

The Theoretically Audible, but Practically Inaudible Range (TAPIR) is sound in the highest bandwidth of human hearing; it is barely perceptible by most people but can be transmitted and received by stereotypical transducers. The authors suggest the potential of TAPIR sound as a new medium for music, sonic arts and mobile media.

scholarly journals Effects of Crowd Size, Composition, and Noise Level On Pool Use in a Mixed-Species Penguin Colony

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 507-520
Author(s):  
Ashley N. Edes ◽  
Eli Baskir ◽  
Karen L. Bauman ◽  
Nathasha Chandrasekharan ◽  
Michael Macek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Size Composition ◽  
Neutral Stimulus ◽  
Noise Levels ◽  
Mixed Species ◽  
Adults And Children ◽  
Human Adults ◽  
Penguin Colony ◽  
Crowd Size ◽  
Human Care ◽  
Human Hearing

Studies on how visitors affect penguins in human care report a mixture of negative, neutral, and positive impacts on behavior and physiology. Swimming is a highly motivated behavior that may promote positive welfare in penguins. We investigated how visitor crowd size, composition, and noise levels impact pool use in a mixed-species colony housing king (Aptenodytes patagonicus; n = 20), gentoo (Pygoscelis papua; n = 14), and southern rockhopper (Eudyptes chrysocome; n = 24) penguins. We used video and sound loggers to record if penguins were on land or in water, the number of human adults and children present, and noise levels using 5-minute scan samples from 09:00-15:00 over 36 continuous days. Data were analyzed using linear mixed models with proportion of penguins in the water as the dependent variable and crowd size, composition, and noise levels in A-weighted (dBA) and C-weighted (dBC) scales as independent variables. Crowd size was positively associated with pool use in gentoo penguins. Crowd composition did not predict pool use in any species. Noise levels in dBA, which is adjusted to the higher frequencies of human hearing, positively predicted pool use in southern rockhopper penguins. Noise levels in dBC, which captures lower frequencies, did not predict pool use in any species. No evidence of negative visitor effects was observed. Instead, these results suggest visitors are a neutral stimulus to king penguins and may be enriching to gentoo and southern rockhopper penguins.

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