• 센서학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.272-278
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• 2011

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.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제14권12호
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• pp.1279-1286
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• 2004

This paper continues companion paper, part I : measurement and analysis. As shown in companion Paper, information and energy in monaural signal is quite different from that of binaural signal. In this paper, difference between monaural and binaural signal of transportation noise are investigated in subjective response test. We executed hearing screening test before giving a subject response test and excluded subjects who had physical hearing loss. An annoyance response test was conducted using headphone to avoid cross-talk effect in binaural testing. Percentage of highly annoyed under binaural signal reproduction is higher than percentage of highly annoyed under monaural signal reproduction. Result implies binaural reproduction technique is proper for a study of human response to short-term noise exposure in a headphone simulated-environment.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.209-214
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• 2016

Binaural hearing aids with a voice transmitter have been widely used to enhance sound quality in noisy environment. However, this system has a limitation on sound-source localization. In this study, we investigated automatic directional-gain control method using geomagnetic sensors to provide directional information to binaural hearing aid user. The loudness gains of two hearing aids were differently controlled based on the directional information between a speaker position and a viewing direction of hearing aids user. This relative directional information was measured by two geomagnetic sensors on hearing aids user and a speaker. The results showed that the loudness gains were accurately controlled and could provide directional information based on the cue of interaural level differences.

• 음성과학
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.197-202
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• 2005

The cochlear implantation(CI) as an useful tool for aural rehabilitation in bilateral severe to profound hearing impairment. However, CI prefer to usually one ear in spite of bilateral hearing impaired. because of the various characteristics of hearing loss, the hearing conservation for the future possibility, and socioeconomic condition of hearing impaired person and their families. The unilateral CI has limitations such as a directional loss, a difficult speech understanding in noise and a neural plasticity. These limitations will be overcome by hearing aid(HA) which is familiar with hearing impairer. but HA fitting for bimodal-binaural hearing are difficult because the difference output characteristic of HA and CI. This study will be confirm realities of use of HA in unilateral cochlear implantee. For this goal, 25(m:f=10:15) child participated who are used to HA for 1 to 17 months. We had telephone interviews with their mother about use of HA, change of auditory performance and own voice. As the results, hearing threshold levels of unimplanted ear, the use of a appropriate HA, implanted and aided hearing threshold level(HTL) are must be considered for successful biomodal-binaural hearing. Especially, implanted and aided HTL should be very useful parameter for a prediction of HA effect and a criterion of selection for bilateral cochlear implantation.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.57-63
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• 2020

바이노럴 비트는 양이에 도달한 소리의 주파수 차이로 유발된 주관적인 맥놀이 현상이다. 물리적으로 맥놀이의 세기는 주파수가 다른 두 신호의 크기에 영향을 받는다. 따라서 바이노럴 비트는 좌우 청력의 차이에 따라 영향을 받을 것으로 예상된다. 본 연구에서는 청력에 따른 효과를 평가하기 위해, 정상 청력을 가진 34명의 피실험자가 한 쪽 귀에 기준음[440 Hz, 50 dB Sound Pressure Level(SPL)], 반대 측 귀에 주파수가 다른 제시음(450 Hz)을 SPL을 감소하며 들을 때, 주관적으로 느끼는 바이노럴 비트 의 세기의 변화를 Semantic Differential Method(SDM) 이용하여 평가하도록 했다. 실험 결과 피실험자가 느끼는 바이노럴 비트의 세기는, 좌우 소리의 SPL 차이가 역치(2.2 dB)보다 크면, 좌우 소리의 SPL 차이가 증가함에 따라 지속적으로 유의하게 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 바이노럴 비트 효과를 최대로 하기 위해 좌우 청력 차이를 적절한 범위(예. 2.2 dB) 이내로 유지하는 것이 필요하다는 것을 시사한다.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2004년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.109-114
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• 2004

Measurement of noise is not only to know the information of acoustic pressure but to assess human response for noise. Provided that want to find human response for transportation noise, we will have to reproduce the measured noise. The method of reproduction is largely divided into monaural and binaural reproduction techniques. Human fundamentally hears sound through both ears, which is binaural hearing. And binaural technique includes the more information of physical phenomena like acoustical reflection and deflection. So, binaural reproduction is more suitable for assessment of the psychoacoustical and physiological response for transportation noise exposures.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제14권12호
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• pp.1268-1278
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• 2004

Measurement of noise is not only to know the information of acoustic pressure but to assess human response to noise. To find human response to transportation noise through the laboratory study we have to measure and reproduce noise. The method of noise reproduction is largely divided into monaural and binaural techniques. But human fundamentally hears sound through both ears, referred as binaural hearing. Binaural signal is different from monaural signal because it includes more information of physical phenomena like acoustical reflection, diffraction and refraction. Especially head and pinna play an important role in perceiving change of signal origin. So, the amplitude of binaural signal is higher than that of monaural signal and spectrum of both signals is discriminated. Most of assessment and regulation of transportation noise are, however, based on monaural measurement techniques. The quantitative difference between monaural and binaural measurement is investigated in this study. Comparison on several transportation noisesshows defect of information in monaural measurements.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.678-682
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• 2021

실내에서 소음과 함께 존재하는 잔향시간은 어음인지에 영향을 미친다. 그 정도는 청취 조건이나 사용된 언어의 특성에 따라서 그 내용이 다를 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 양이 청취 조건에서 잔향시간이 정상 성인 10인의 표준화 된 한국어 단음절 변별력에 미치는 효과를 확인하고자 하였다. 양이 청취효과는 diotic(양이 소음간 동일 위상) 조건과 dichotic(양이 소음 간 위상차 존재, π) 조건에서 신호대잡음비를 0 dB로 고정하였다(55 dB HL). 잔향시간 효과를 관찰할 수 있는 3.4 s에서 대상의 단음절 변별력인 Word Recognition Score(WRS)점수를 분석하였다. 결과에서 dichotic인 경우에는 단측 청취 결과와 비교하여 유의한 변별력 개선이 보였고(p < 0.05), diotic 조건에서는 단측청취와 유의한 차이를 관찰할 수 없었다. 이러한 결과는 잔향시간을 고려한 여러 소음 음향 환경 분석에 참고가 될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• 제25권1E호
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• pp.25-31
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• 2006

Two twin microphones may produce particular patterns of binaural directivity by time delays between the twin microphones. The boundary element method (BEM) was used for the simulation of the sound pressure field around the KEMAR head model in order to quantify the acoustic head effect. The sound pressure onto the microphone was calculated by the BEM to an incident sound pressure. Then a planar directivity pattern was formed by four sound pressure signals from four microphones. The optimal binaural directivity pattern may be achieved by adjusting time delays at each frequency while maintaining the forward beam pattern is relatively bigger than the backward beam pattern. The simulation results were verified by the experimental measurement.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• 제24권3E호
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• pp.115-122
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• 2005

Two twin microphones may produce particular patterns of binaural directivity by time delays between twin microphones. The boundary element method (BEM) was used for the simulation of the sound pressure field around the head model in order to quantify the acoustic head effect. The sound pressure onto the microphone was calculated by the BEM to an incident sound pressure. Then a planar directivity pattern was formed by four sound pressure signals from four microphones. The optimal binaural directivity pattern may be achieved by adjusting time delays at each frequency while maintaining the forward beam pattern is relatively bigger than the backward beam pattern.