Multimedia applications for the hearing impaired

• Autorzy: Czyżewski A. , Skarżyński H.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Hearing impairment is one of the fastest growing diseases of modern society. Therefore it is very important to develop new methods for diagnosis and therapy of hearing disorders. Some of them were introduced to practice as a result of a co-operation between institutions mentioned in the header. The system for mass-scale hearing screening is one of multimedia programs for testing communication senses introduced by the authors. The further developments include among others an application of dithering theory to practical solutions for tinnitus patients and a method of fitting hearing aids employing soft computing. The implemented hearing diagnostic & therapy applications and systems with their underlying concepts are reviewed in this paper.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

hearing screening; tinnitus; hearing aids fitting

• Wydawca: Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN ; Komitet Akustyki PAN ; Polskie Towarzystwo Akustyczne
• Czasopismo: Archives of Acoustics
• Rocznik: 2007
• Tom: Vol. 32, No. 3
• Strony: 491--504
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 14 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Czyżewski A.

• Gdańsk University of Technology Multimedia Systems Department Narutowicza 11/12, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland

autor

Skarżyński H.

• Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing Zgrupowania AK Kampinos 1, 01-942 Warszawa, Poland

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