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How Can Digital Signal Processing Help Musicians?

How Can Digital Signal Processing Help Musicians?

May 4, 2009 | | 0 |

Hard-of-hearing musicians have special needs that are not always met by hearing aid technology. This article illustrates how clinical choices, state-of-the-art digital signal processor (DSP) systems, and advanced DSP software engineering improved the music listening experience for three musicians. A continuation from HR’s special issues in February and March on Musicians and Hearing Aid Design co-edited by Marshall Chasin, AuD, and Larry Revit, MS.

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Surviving Dance Club Music (Noise) with Hearing Intact

Mar 6, 2009 | | 0 |

By tweaking a system in the ear that limits how much sound is heard, a global team of researchers has discovered one alteration that shows that the ability of the ear to turn itself down contributes to protecting against permanent hearing loss. The report appears in PLoS Biology.

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The Use of a High Frequency Emphasis Microphone for Musicians

The Use of a High Frequency Emphasis Microphone for Musicians

Feb 4, 2009 | , , , , , | 0 |

Instrumental music, whether related to its overall higher intensity or its greater crest factor, tends to overdrive the front end of the hearing aid because of the limited available dynamic range on the given A/D converters. Here is one possible solution that can be added to the dispensing professional’s toolbox: the HF microphone hearing aid.

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What Special Hearing Aid Properties Do Performing Musicians Require?

What Special Hearing Aid Properties Do Performing Musicians Require?

Feb 3, 2009 | , , , , , | 0 |

Although for a while the emphasis in hearing aid design appeared to have been in favor of speech at the expense of music fidelity, there seems to be no evidence to support the need for a trade-off between high fidelity for music and high intelligibility for speech in noise, says the author. Presented here is a look at the requirements for digitally reproducing and presenting music through appropriate hearing aid design, selection, and fitting.

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The Hearing Aid as a Music Synthesizer

The Hearing Aid as a Music Synthesizer

Oct 3, 2008 | | 0 |

A brief introduction to the neurological representation of music and its physiological effect, as well as a summary of the characteristics of music that are known to be most conducive to relaxation and how these can be integrated into the design of a digital signal processing hearing aid.

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