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Investigation of Hearing Loss Influence on Music Perception, In Auditoria, by Means of Stereo Dipole Reproduction

Authors: Binelli, Marco; Capra, Andrea; Farina, Angelo; Marmiroli, Daniela; Martignon, Paolo

AES Convention 121 · Paper 6887 · October 2006

Abstract

The largest part of who seats in theatres or in auditoria has not an optimal perception of sound, because of hearing loss. So, in order to find out a correlation between objective parameters and subjective descriptors, executing therefore meaningful listening tests, we need first to study the perception of the customer. For this purpose, selected theatergoers, different for age, sex and degree, were chosen as subjects. The listening test was based on the virtual spatial recreation of several theaters, by means of an optimized stereo dipole technology. The test was repeated, for 30 subjects, with and without hearing aid, which was previously set to compensate the auditory loss. Some preliminary data analysis results are here shown.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 121
AES Convention
121
Paper number
6887
Publication date
October 6, 2006
Session subject
Psychoacoustics, Perception, and Listening Tests
Affiliation
University of Parma (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper