Subjective Evaluation of a Spatialization Feature for Hearing Aids by Normal-Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Subjects

Courtois G, Lissek H, Estoppey P, Oesch Y, Gigandet X. Subjective Evaluation of a Spatialization Feature for Hearing Aids by Normal-Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Subjects. In: AES Convention 144. Audio Engineering Society; 2018. Paper 10002. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=19398

@inproceedings{Courtois2018_19398,
  author = {Courtois, Gilles and Lissek, Hervé and Estoppey, Philippe and Oesch, Yves and Gigandet, Xavier},
  title = {{Subjective Evaluation of a Spatialization Feature for Hearing Aids by Normal-Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Subjects}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 144},
  note = {Paper 10002},
  year = {2018},
  month = may,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=19398}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - Subjective Evaluation of a Spatialization Feature for Hearing Aids by Normal-Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Subjects
AU  - Courtois, Gilles
AU  - Lissek, Hervé
AU  - Estoppey, Philippe
AU  - Oesch, Yves
AU  - Gigandet, Xavier
T2  - AES Convention 144
M1  - Paper 10002
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2018/05/06
UR  - https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=19398
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - Remote microphone systems significantly improve speech intelligibly performance offered by hearing aids. The voice of the speaker(s) is captured close to the mouth by a microphone, then wirelessly sent to the hearing aids. However, the sound is rendered in a diotic way, which bypasses the spatial cues for localizing and identifying the speaker. The authors had formerly proposed a feature that localizes and spatializes the voice. The current study investigates the perception of that feature by normal-hearing and hearing-impaired subjects with and without remote microphone system experience. Comparing the diotic and binaural reproductions, subjects rated their preference over various audiovisual stimuli. The results show that experienced subjects mostly preferred the processing achieved by the feature, contrary to the other subjects.
ER  -