Abstract

New forms of signal processing for hearing aids will be developed. The techniques will focus on improved methods of amplitude compression, noise reduction and two-channel signal processing for binaural hearing aids. Speech production and reception in deaf children will be investigated and improved methods of speech training using modern technological aids will be developed. Speech problems at both the segmental and suprasegmental level will be addressed. Measurements of articulatory behavior, fundamental frequency contours and breathing patterns during speech will be obtained. Tactile supplements to speechreading will be investigated. Wearable tactile displays of voice fundamental frequency and of formant frequencies will be developed and relevant data on tactile perception and speech perception and production in deaf adults will be obtained. Rehabilitation strategies for cochlear implant patients will be evaluated. Evaluation techniques for both children and adults will be developed. Methods of noise reduction for sensory aids in general will be studied. Both single-microphone and two-microphone techniques will be examined and improved methods of noise reduction and speech feature extraction in noise will be developed.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Type
Specialized Center (P50)
Project #
5P50DC000178-13
Application #
2124974
Study Section
Communicative Disorders Review Committee (CDR)
Project Start
1981-12-01
Project End
1995-03-31
Budget Start
1993-12-01
Budget End
1995-03-31
Support Year
13
Fiscal Year
1994
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
CUNY Graduate School and University Center
Department
Other Health Professions
Type
Other Domestic Higher Education
DUNS #
620128194
City
New York
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10016

  Publications

Kosky, Christine; Boothroyd, Arthur (2003) Validation of an on-line implementation of the Imitative test of Speech Pattern Contrast perception (IMSPAC). J Am Acad Audiol 14:72-83
Boothroyd, Arthur; Boothroyd-Turner, Dorothy (2002) Postimplantation audition and educational attainment in children with prelingually acquired profound deafness. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol Suppl 189:79-84
Plant, G; Gnosspelius, J; Levitt, H (2000) The use of tactile supplements in lipreading Swedish and English: a single-subject study. J Speech Lang Hear Res 43:172-83
Martin, B A; Boothroyd, A (2000) Cortical, auditory, evoked potentials in response to changes of spectrum and amplitude. J Acoust Soc Am 107:2155-61
Mackersie, C; Neuman, A C; Levitt, H (1999) A comparison of response time and word recognition measures using a word-monitoring and closed-set identification task. Ear Hear 20:140-8
Martin, B A; Boothroyd, A (1999) Cortical, auditory, event-related potentials in response to periodic and aperiodic stimuli with the same spectral envelope. Ear Hear 20:33-44
Smith, L Z; Levitt, H (1999) Consonant enhancement effects on speech recognition of hearing-impaired children. J Am Acad Audiol 10:411-21
Mackersie, C; Neuman, A C; Levitt, H (1999) Response time and word recognition using a Modified-Rhyme monitoring task: list equivalency and time-order effects. Ear Hear 20:515-20
Ostroff, J M; Martin, B A; Boothroyd, A (1998) Cortical evoked response to acoustic change within a syllable. Ear Hear 19:290-7
Kennedy, E; Levitt, H; Neuman, A C et al. (1998) Consonant-vowel intensity ratios for maximizing consonant recognition by hearing-impaired listeners. J Acoust Soc Am 103:1098-114

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