Combining MUSHRA Test and Fuzzy Logic in the Evaluation of Benefits of Using Hearing Prostheses
Electronics (Switzerland), 2023 Assessing the effectiveness of hearing aid fittings based on the benefits they provide is crucial but intricate. While objective metrics of hearing aids like gain, frequency response, and distortion are measurable, they do not directly indicate user benefits.
Bozena Kostek
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Is a Multi-Slider Interface Layout Responsible for a Stimulus Spacing Bias in the MUSHRA Test?
Archives of Acoustics, 2015 The multi-stimulus test with hidden reference and anchors (MUSHRA) is commonly used for subjective quality assessment of audio systems. Despite its wide acceptance in scientific and industrial sectors, the method is not free from bias.
Sławomir ZIELIŃSKI
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Music Sound Quality Assessment in Bimodal Cochlear Implant Users—Toward Improved Hearing Aid Fitting [PDF]
Audiology ResearchBackground/Objectives: Cochlear implants (CIs) are a common treatment of severe-to-profound hearing loss and provide reasonable speech understanding, at least in quiet situations. However, their limited spectro-temporal resolution restricts sound quality,
Khaled H. A. Abdellatif +5 more
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Exploring the Link Between Sound Quality Perception, Music Perception, Music Engagement, and Quality of Life in Cochlear Implant Recipients [PDF]
Audiology ResearchBackground/Objectives: This study investigated the association between cochlear implant (CI) users’ assessed perception of musical sound quality and their subjective music perception and music-related quality of life (QoL).
Ayşenur Karaman Demirel +3 more
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webMUSHRA — A Comprehensive Framework for Web-based Listening Tests
Journal of Open Research Software, 2018 For a long time, many popular listening test methods, such as ITU-R BS.1534 (MUSHRA), could not be carried out as web-based listening tests, since established web standards did not support all required audio processing features.
Michael Schoeffler +6 more
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Assessment of music experience after cochlear implantation: A review of current tools and their utilization. [PDF]
World J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 2021 Objective To provide an overview of the current available music assessment tools after cochlear implantation (CI); to report on the utilization of music assessments in the literature; to propose potential future directions in music assessment after CI.
Hwa TP, Wen CZ, Ruckenstein MJ.
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Implementing a Statistical Parametric Speech Synthesis System for a Patient with Laryngeal Cancer [PDF]
Sensors, 2022 Total laryngectomy, i.e., the surgical removal of the larynx, has a profound influence on a patient’s quality of life. The procedure results in a loss of natural voice, which in effect constitutes a significant socio-psychological problem for the patient.
Krzysztof Szklanny, Jakub Lachowicz
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Effect of Frequency Response Manipulations on Musical Sound Quality for Cochlear Implant Users [PDF]
Trends in Hearing, 2022 Cochlear implant (CI) users commonly report degraded musical sound quality. To improve CI-mediated music perception and enjoyment, we must understand factors that affect sound quality. In the present study, we utilize frequency response manipulation (FRM)
Jonathan Mo +4 more
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Multimedia Archives: New Digital Filters to Correct Equalization Errors on Digitized Audio Tapes
Advances in Multimedia, 2021 Multimedia archives face the problem of obsolescing and degrading analogue media (e.g., speech and music recordings and video art). In response, researchers in the field have recently begun studying ad hoc tools for the preservation and access of ...
Niccolò Pretto +6 more
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Go Listen: An End-to-End Online Listening Test Platform
Journal of Open Research Software, 2021 Subjective listening tests are routinely conducted by academic researchers and industry professionals to assess the quality of various speech and audio processing algorithms and transmission services.
Dan Barry, Qijian Zhang, Andrew Hines
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