TY - GEN
T1 - Canceling Crosstalk Sound in Bone Conduction Hearing
T2 - 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, EMBC 2023
AU - Irwansyah,
AU - Otsuka, Sho
AU - Nakagawa, Seiji
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 IEEE.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Bone conduction hearing aids offer a unique solution for people with conductive hearing loss, providing a direct transmission of sound to the cochlea. However, a common issue called "crosstalk"can occur, where sound intended for one ear is received by the opposite ear via bone conduction, affecting the ability to localize sound sources and understand speech in noise. To address this issue, we investigated whether canceling "crosstalk"at an accelerometer located on the mastoid would create a "quiet zone"that reaches the cochlea in the inner ear. Our evaluation with individuals having normal hearing abilities showed that their hearing thresholds were improved with crosstalk cancellation than without. These results indicate that although designed to cancel "crosstalk"at the mastoid, the cancellation still reached the cochlea, making it perceptible and potentially beneficial for those with conductive hearing loss.
AB - Bone conduction hearing aids offer a unique solution for people with conductive hearing loss, providing a direct transmission of sound to the cochlea. However, a common issue called "crosstalk"can occur, where sound intended for one ear is received by the opposite ear via bone conduction, affecting the ability to localize sound sources and understand speech in noise. To address this issue, we investigated whether canceling "crosstalk"at an accelerometer located on the mastoid would create a "quiet zone"that reaches the cochlea in the inner ear. Our evaluation with individuals having normal hearing abilities showed that their hearing thresholds were improved with crosstalk cancellation than without. These results indicate that although designed to cancel "crosstalk"at the mastoid, the cancellation still reached the cochlea, making it perceptible and potentially beneficial for those with conductive hearing loss.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85173283800&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10340123
DO - 10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10340123
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 38083288
AN - SCOPUS:85173283800
T3 - Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS
BT - 2023 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, EMBC 2023 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 24 July 2023 through 27 July 2023
ER -
