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Article: Can Dual Compression Offer Better Mandarin Speech Intelligibility and Sound Quality Than Fast-Acting Compression?
Title | Can Dual Compression Offer Better Mandarin Speech Intelligibility and Sound Quality Than Fast-Acting Compression? |
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Keywords | hearing aids Chinese speech perception compression sound quality |
Issue Date | 2021 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications (UK and US): Open Access Titles. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.sagepub.com/home/tia |
Citation | Trends in Hearing, 2021, Epub 2021-03-12, v. 25 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of dual compression for Mandarin-speaking hearing aid users. Dual compression combines fast and slow compressors operating simultaneously across all frequency channels. The study participants were 31 hearing aid users with symmetrical moderate-to-severe hearing loss, with a mean age of 67 years. A new pair of 20-channel behind-the-ear hearing aids (i.e., Phonak Bolero B90-P) was used during the testing. The results revealed a significant improvement in speech reception thresholds in noise when switching from fast-acting compression to dual compression. The sound quality ratings revealed that most listeners preferred dual compression to fast-acting compression for listening effort, listening comfort, speech clarity, and overall sound quality at +4 dB signal-to-noise ratio. These results are consistent with predictions based on the theoretical understanding of dual and fast-acting compression. However, whether these results can be generalized to other languages or other dual compression systems should be verified by future studies. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/301407 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.6 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.837 |
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dc.contributor.author | Chen, Y | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wong, LLN | - |
dc.contributor.author | Kuehnel, V | - |
dc.contributor.author | Qian, J | - |
dc.contributor.author | Voss, SC | - |
dc.contributor.author | WANG, S | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-07-27T08:10:36Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-07-27T08:10:36Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Trends in Hearing, 2021, Epub 2021-03-12, v. 25 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 2331-2165 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/301407 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of dual compression for Mandarin-speaking hearing aid users. Dual compression combines fast and slow compressors operating simultaneously across all frequency channels. The study participants were 31 hearing aid users with symmetrical moderate-to-severe hearing loss, with a mean age of 67 years. A new pair of 20-channel behind-the-ear hearing aids (i.e., Phonak Bolero B90-P) was used during the testing. The results revealed a significant improvement in speech reception thresholds in noise when switching from fast-acting compression to dual compression. The sound quality ratings revealed that most listeners preferred dual compression to fast-acting compression for listening effort, listening comfort, speech clarity, and overall sound quality at +4 dB signal-to-noise ratio. These results are consistent with predictions based on the theoretical understanding of dual and fast-acting compression. However, whether these results can be generalized to other languages or other dual compression systems should be verified by future studies. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | SAGE Publications (UK and US): Open Access Titles. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.sagepub.com/home/tia | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Trends in Hearing | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | hearing aids | - |
dc.subject | Chinese | - |
dc.subject | speech perception | - |
dc.subject | compression | - |
dc.subject | sound quality | - |
dc.title | Can Dual Compression Offer Better Mandarin Speech Intelligibility and Sound Quality Than Fast-Acting Compression? | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Wong, LLN: llnwong@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Wong, LLN=rp00975 | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/2331216521997610 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85102426739 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 323703 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | Epub 2021-03-12, v. 25 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000629490400001 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |