The “Auditory Profile”: Proposal from the European HEARCOM project

Authors

  • Wouter A. Dreschler Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Thamar van Esch Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Birgitta Larsby Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
  • Mathias Hällgren Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
  • Mark E. Lutman Institute for Sound and Vibration Research, Southampton, United Kingdom
  • Johannes Lyzenga VU University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Matthias Vormann HörTech GmbH, Oldenburg, Germany
  • Birger Kollmeier HörTech GmbH, Oldenburg, Germany

Abstract

This paper describes a new approach to auditory diagnostics, which is one of the central themes of the EU-project HEARCOM. For this purpose we de ned a so-called “Auditory Profile” that can be assessed for each individual listener using a standardized battery of audiological tests that – in addition to the pure-tone audiogram– focus on loudness perception, frequency resolution, temporal acuity, speech perception, binaural functioning, listening effort, subjective hearing abilities, and cognition. For the sake of testing time only summary tests are included from each of these areas, but the broad approach of characterizing auditory communication problems by means of standardized test is expected to have an added value above traditional testing in understanding the reasons for poor speech reception. The auditory profile may also be relevant in the field of auditory rehabilitation and for design of acoustical environments.

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Additional Files

Published

2007-12-15

How to Cite

Dreschler, W. A., van Esch, T., Larsby, B., Hällgren, M., Lutman, M. E., Lyzenga, J., … Kollmeier, B. (2007). The “Auditory Profile”: Proposal from the European HEARCOM project. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research, 1, 321–334. Retrieved from https://proceedings.isaar.eu/index.php/isaarproc/article/view/2007-31

Issue

Vol. 1 (2007): Auditory Signal Processing in Hearing Impaired Listeners

Section

2007/4. Speech perception and processing

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