In order to better understand the effect of hearing impairment on the perception of audio signals and speech in everyday life, a thorough understanding of the underlying mechanisms and factors influencing audio and speech reception in various listening conditions is highly desirable. This contribution therefore reviews a series of studies by our group to model audio and speech reception in normal and hearing-impaired listeners in a multidisciplinary approach. In order to make the effect of hearing impairment accessible to normal listeners, an auralization technique is described which does not only include the “attenuation” component of hearing loss, but also the “distortion” component.

Authors: Kollmeier, Birger; Brand, Thomas; Huber, Rainer; Hohmann, Volker
Affiliations: HörTech; Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Conference: 47th International Conference: Music Induced Hearing Disorders (June 2012)
Paper Number: 4
Publication Date: June 20, 2012
Subject: Technologies for Producing Multimedia Content for the Hearing Impaired

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