Estimation of auditory attention with measurement of oto-acoustic emission

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K13158
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Experimental psychology
• Research Institution: Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
• Principal Investigator: Miyauchi Ryota 北陸先端科学技術大学院大学, 先端科学技術研究科, 助教 (30455852)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 耳音響放射 / 聴覚的注意 / 能動的聴取 / 聴覚末梢

Outline of Final Research Achievements

To investigate whether auditory attention affects otoacoustic emission (OAE), OAEs were measured with various sound pressure levels and frequencies presented in various patterns of sound sequence. The results showed that there are no acoustical features of the OAEs to suggest the effects of auditory attention. However, the results indicated that OAE has two different components, and one component has the delay time which seems to be from post-stage of the auditory peripheral.

Free Research Field

聴覚心理学