IMPROVED WHITE-NOISE METHOD IN THE EVALUATION OF LINEAR HEARING-AIDS CHARACTERISTICS

Authors
GRANADOS P ALJAMA T CADENA P CORNEJO JM
Citation
P. Granados et al., IMPROVED WHITE-NOISE METHOD IN THE EVALUATION OF LINEAR HEARING-AIDS CHARACTERISTICS, Medical progress through technology, 20(1-2), 1994, pp. 37-42
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Biomedical
Journal title
Medical progress through technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00476552
Volume
20
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
37 - 42
Database
ISI
SICI code
0047-6552(1994)20:1-2<37:IWMITE>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
In this paper an alternative method of determining the standardized el ectroacoustical parameters for hearing aids is discussed. This is done by using white noise as the input stimulus and a high resolution algo rithm, Burg's method, to obtain the spectral estimation of the frequen cy response. Three types of hearing-aid are analyzed according to both the pure tonal and white noise method and their standardized computed electroacoustical characteristics are compared. The results show deep differences at the low frequency range and a close match at high freq uencies (HFA-ref. test and SSPL-90 dB(SPL)).