2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A study on the application of auditory brainstem responses using speech sounds to a hearing aid fitting
| Project/Area Number |
15K12600
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
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| Research Institution | Kyushu University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Research Collaborator |
FUJIHIRA Haruna 九州大学, 大学院芸術工学専攻
UCHIDA Takumi 九州大学, 大学院芸術工学専攻
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 補聴器フィッティング / 聴性脳幹反応 / 音声 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study employed a stimulus presentation method by a loudspeaker and various averaging numbers to record clear speech auditory brainstem responses (speech ABR). The goal was to clarify the relationship between listeners’ consonant discrimination scores and speech ABR characteristics for an objective hearing aid fitting. As a result, the speech ABR obtained with a loudspeaker were almost similar to the waveforms obtained with an inserted earphone in time and frequency domains. The averaging number of 4000 times was suitable for recording clear speech ABRs. It was found that the relationship between the consonant discrimination scores and the coding pattern of the transition portion of the speech ABR showed good correlation in subjects with normal hearing. In subjects with hearing loss, however, there was no relationship between the consonant discrimination scores and the speech ABRs.
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| Free Research Field |
聴覚障害学
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