Research on the Effect of Musical Experience on Vocoded Speech Presented at ASA Annual Meeting
The applications of this research span beyond the understanding of vocoded speech to a variety of acoustical interpretation patterns.
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Speech Is Not a Broadband Signal…But Music Is
We tend to be biased, both in our training and in our technologies we use. We tend to look at things based on spectra or frequencies.
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A Novel Technique to Improve Amplified Sound Quality for Both Music and Speech
Recently there have been some technical innovations by some manufacturers that involve both reducing the input (such as with a compressor before the A/D converter) and also post 16-bit architecture.
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Starkey Hearing Technologies to Sponsor Two Summer Music Festivals
Starkey Hearing Technologies, Eden Prairie, Minn, is proud to be the official Healthy Hearing Sponsor for both the 2017 Twin Cities Jazz Festival and Cities 97 Basilica Block Party, Starkey announced.
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Neuromonics Adds Personal Music Library Feature to Tinnitus Alleviator App
Individuals suffering from ringing in the ears now can seek relief with the music of their choice when using the Tinnitus Alleviator from Neuromonics, Inc., Westminster, Colo., a maker and distributor of patented and clinically proven medical devices designed for tinnitus relief, the company announced.
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Hear the Music Project Mobile Hearing Health Clinic to Visit Colorado Locations
Hear the Music Project, a hearing health mobile clinic designed by nonprofit Songs for Sound, will visit nine locations in Colorado in late April and May.
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Texas Music Festival to Host Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Accessible Concert in May
In recognition of May’s Better Hearing & Speech Month, the Good Vibrations Music & Arts Festival (GVMAF) will host the first fully-encompassing deaf and hard-of-hearing accessible concert on May 20, 2017 at the 1850 Settlement in San Antonio, Texas. Ticket sales and festival commissions will benefit Texas-based nonprofit, Aid the Silent.
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ASL Interpreters Help Visualize Lyrics at Musical Performances
For deaf or hard-of-hearing individuals, Amber Galloway Gallego provides visual and emotive cues at concerts as an interpretation of the artist’s performance, according to an article in Vox. Gallego is an American Sign Language (ASL) interpretor who has worked with 400 artists, many of them hip-hop performers.
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Expert Roundtable: Music & Hearing on the 100th Anniversary of Recorded Jazz
The guest-editors of this special Hearing Review Expert Roundtable provide a background for this special issue about music and hearing loss on the 100th anniversary of the first jazz recording.
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Promoting Safe Sounds in the Birth City of American Music
Hearing loss prevention helps maintain lifelong musical enjoyment. According to authors John Hutchings, MD, and Bethany Ewald Bultman, when performing or listening to music, one should always employ high-quality earplugs, avoid undue direct exposure to the sound, and limit alcohol intake which can lessen awareness of the pain of louder sounds.
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Back to Basics: Music Listening and Hearing Aids. Are All Approaches the Same? Stop and Listen.
In the past several years the hearing aid industry has introduced some ingenious solutions to handling the “music and hearing aids” problem. Simply stated, the higher level inputs of music tend to overdrive the analog-to-digital (A/D) converter or “front end” in many hearing aids. Dr Chasin discusses some possible solutions for music listening.
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House of Blues Promotes Hearing Health for Music Fans
House of Blues, a national chain of live music concert halls and restaurants, has announced the addition of Vibes Hi-Fidelity Earplugs to their list of product offerings for music fans at all their locations to help promote hearing conservation.
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MED-EL Creates Playlist of Holiday Music for Cochlear Implant Users
MED-EL USA launched a Spotify playlist of popular holiday music specially designed for cochlear implant users. The playlist, “MED-EL Music for the Holidays,” includes 24 songs developed using research-based criteria.
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Sound Engineer for Touring Musicians Uses Sensaphonics
For many sound monitor engineers working in the music industry, a pair of good in-ear monitors (IEMs) are crucial to success. One engineer has found that Sensaphonics 2MAX in-ear monitors work best for him when sound engineering for touring music artists.
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Music Festival Producers Strive to Protect Fans’ Hearing
Danny Wimmer Presents, an independent music festival producer, announced a partnership with Vibes Hi-Fidelity Earplugs, which are designed to protect the hearing of live music fans. Vibes earplugs are being given to all VIP ticket-holders at the Louder Than Life music festival on October 1-2.
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