Muddy, muddled, or muffled? Understanding the perception of audio quality in music by hearing aid users.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Previous work on audio quality evaluation has demonstrated a developing convergence of the key perceptual attributes underlying judgments of quality, such as timbral, spatial and technical attributes. However, across existing research there remains a limited understanding of the crucial perceptual attributes that inform audio quality evaluation for people with hearing loss, and those who use hearing aids. This is especially the case with music, given the unique problems it presents in contrast to human speech.

Method

This paper presents a sensory evaluation study utilising descriptive analysis methods, in which a panel of hearing aid users collaborated, through consensus, to identify the most important perceptual attributes of music audio quality and developed a

SUBMITTER: Bannister S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10916511 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature