TY - JOUR
T1 - Verification of an automated headphone-based test of spatial release from masking
AU - Gallun, Frederick J.
AU - McMillan, Garnett P.
AU - Kampel, Sean D.
AU - Jakien, Kasey M.
AU - Srinivasan, Nirmal K.
AU - Stansell, Meghan M.
AU - Gordon, Samuel Y.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the National Institutes of Health's National Institute for Deafness and Communication Disorders (NIH/NIDCD R01 DC011828) and the Department of Veterans Affairs RR&D National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research (NCRAR).
Funding Information:
This research was supported by the N ational Institutes of Health’s atN ional Institute for Deafness and Communication Disorders (NIH/NIDCD R01 011828)DC and the Department of Veterans Affairs &RRD National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research (RANC R).
PY - 2015/11/2
Y1 - 2015/11/2
N2 - Currently there are many different laboratory-based tests of spatial release from masking (SRM) that use speech materials, however there is still disagreement as to the impacts of age and hearing loss on SRM. It is time, then, to take these tests out of the laboratory and begin testing larger numbers of listeners varying in age and hearing ability in order to provide the statistical power needed to answer the questions currently being asked. Unfortunately, most of the tests that have been developed are either open set, and thus require a tester to administer them, or require complex soundfield speaker arrays. Our laboratory has recently developed and verified an automated headphone-based test that can be presented in only five to ten minutes and that provides results that are predictive of results obtained in an anechoic chamber.
AB - Currently there are many different laboratory-based tests of spatial release from masking (SRM) that use speech materials, however there is still disagreement as to the impacts of age and hearing loss on SRM. It is time, then, to take these tests out of the laboratory and begin testing larger numbers of listeners varying in age and hearing ability in order to provide the statistical power needed to answer the questions currently being asked. Unfortunately, most of the tests that have been developed are either open set, and thus require a tester to administer them, or require complex soundfield speaker arrays. Our laboratory has recently developed and verified an automated headphone-based test that can be presented in only five to ten minutes and that provides results that are predictive of results obtained in an anechoic chamber.
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U2 - 10.1121/2.0000165
DO - 10.1121/2.0000165
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85010943877
VL - 25
JO - Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics
JF - Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics
SN - 1939-800X
IS - 1
M1 - 050001
T2 - 170th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America 2015
Y2 - 2 November 2015 through 6 November 2015
ER -