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Huber, Rainer ORCID: 0000-0001-7241-2037, Bisitz, Thomas, Gerkmann, Timo ORCID: 0000-0002-8678-4699, Kiessling, Juergen, Meister, Hartmut and Kollmeier, Birger (2018). Comparison of single-microphone noise reduction schemes: can hearing impaired listeners tell the difference? Int. J. Audiol., 57. S. S55 - 7. ABINGDON: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. ISSN 1708-8186

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Abstract

Objective: The perceived qualities of nine different single-microphone noise reduction (SMNR) algorithms were to be evaluated and compared in subjective listening tests with normal hearing and hearing impaired (HI) listeners. Design: Speech samples added with traffic noise or with party noise were processed by the SMNR algorithms. Subjects rated the amount of speech distortions, intrusiveness of background noise, listening effort and overall quality, using a simplified MUSHRA (ITU-R, 2003) assessment method. Study sample: 18 normal hearing and 18 moderately HI subjects participated in the study. Results: Significant differences between the rating behaviours of the two subject groups were observed: While normal hearing subjects clearly differentiated between different SMNR algorithms, HI subjects rated all processed signals very similarly. Moreover, HI subjects rated speech distortions of the unprocessed, noisier signals as being more severe than the distortions of the processed signals, in contrast to normal hearing subjects. Conclusions: It seems harder for HI listeners to distinguish between additive noise and speech distortions or/and they might have a different understanding of the term speech distortion than normal hearing listeners have. The findings confirm that the evaluation of SMNR schemes for hearing aids should always involve HI listeners.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Huber, Rainer UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-7241-2037 UNSPECIFIED Bisitz, Thomas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Gerkmann, Timo UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-8678-4699 UNSPECIFIED Kiessling, Juergen UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Meister, Hartmut UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kollmeier, Birger UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-202580
DOI:	10.1080/14992027.2017.1279758
Journal or Publication Title:	Int. J. Audiol.
Volume:	57
Page Range:	S. S55 - 7
Date:	2018
Publisher:	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Place of Publication:	ABINGDON
ISSN:	1708-8186
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language COMPARATIVE INTELLIGIBILITY; ENHANCEMENT ALGORITHMS; QUALITY; AIDS Multiple languages Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology; Otorhinolaryngology Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/20258