Hearing Aid System Using Basilar Hardware Membrane Model
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چکیده
Our purpose is to apply a basilar hardware membrane model (BMM) to hearing-aid systems to solve some of the problem in existing hearing-aid systems. In this study, we construct a BMM using Simulink. Also, we experiment on the response characteristics of our BMM implementation to C6713DSK, using real sounds and hearing-loss sounds, which imitate a hearing-impaired person’s hearing ability. It is shown that our BMM can emphasize characteristic frequencies, and hearingloss sounds are improved so that it may become easier for a hearing-impaired person to hear. These results suggest that our BMM using Simulink is effective in hearing-aid systems.
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