Evaluation of a principal-components tactile aid for the hearing-impaired

• Published in: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Vol. 90; no. 4 Pt 1; p. 1944
• Main Authors: Weisenberger, J M, Craig, J C, Abbott, G D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.10.1991
• Subjects: Adult; Deafness - rehabilitation; Hearing Aids; Humans; Sensory Aids; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted - instrumentation; Sound Spectrography - instrumentation; Speech Perception; Touch; Vibration

Principal component analysis, a statistical data reduction technique which can be used to eliminate redundant information, has shown promising results as a speech coding strategy in auditory perceptual studies. The present study describes the development, modification, and evaluation of a principal...