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Implementation of Binaural Communication Open Platform for Binaural Hearing Aids Developing

양이 보청기 개발을 위한 양이 통신 오픈 플랫폼 구현

  • Kim, Dong-Wook (Dept. of Electrical Eng. and Computer Science Graduate School, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Park, Ju-Man (Institute of Biomedical Engineering Research, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Wei, Qun (Dept. of Electrical Eng. and Computer Science Graduate School, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Lim, Hyung-Gyu (Dept. of Electrical Eng. and Computer Science Graduate School, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Park, Hee-Joon (School of Electrical Engineering, Keimyoung Unversity) ;
  • Seong, Ki-Woong (Institute of Biomedical Engineering Research, Kyungpook National Unversity) ;
  • Lee, Jyung-Hyun (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Kyungpook National Unversity Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Myoung-Nam (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering,School of Medicine, Kyungpook National Unversity) ;
  • Cho, Jin-Ho (Dept. of Electrical Eng. and Computer Science Graduate School, Kyungpook National University)
  • 김동욱 (경북대학교 대학원 전자전기컴퓨터학부) ;
  • 박주만 (경북대학교 의공학연구소) ;
  • 웨이췬 (경북대학교 대학원 전자전기컴퓨터학부) ;
  • 임형규 (경북대학교 대학원 전자전기컴퓨터학부) ;
  • 박희준 (계명대학교 의용공학과) ;
  • 성기웅 (경북대학교 의공학연구소) ;
  • 이정현 (경북대학교병원 의공학과) ;
  • 김명남 (경북대학교 의학전문 대학원 의공학교실) ;
  • 조진호 (경북대학교 대학원 전자전기컴퓨터학부)
  • Received : 2011.06.17
  • Accepted : 2011.07.20
  • Published : 2011.07.31
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Abstract

Recently, the performance of binaural hearing aids is rapidly improved with the technology advancement of wireless communication, digital signal processing, and integrated circuit design. However, the previous hearing aids developer platforms can't be applied to binaural hearing aids developing, because it has no consideration for wireless communication and binaural hearing control. Also, the previous developer platforms are not easy to use for the algorithm development, because programming languages are limited. In this paper, we designed and implemented the open platform board for binaural hearing aids developing. The designed board can be programmed by general programming language and can be used wireless communication module. In order to verify the designed open platform board, we used the volume control algorithm using two open platform board. As a result of experiment, we verified the performance of designed and implemented open platform board that was successfully operated the binaural hearing control and the wireless communication.

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