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Brad--
This
doesn't address your specific question about rousing people from sleep, but
perhaps this will lead you to some relevant research
results.
The
National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) and the National Fire
Protection Association (NFPA) in the U.S. have working groups in the area of
fire alarm systems for the hearing impaired. I am not aware of all the
details, but systems involving flashing lights and bed shakers seem to be
considered state-of-the-art in commercial products. Underwriters
Laboratories has a standard for alarm systems for the hearing impaired,
too.
John
Vanderkooy (Univ. of Waterloo) gave a poster on this topic at an Audio
Engineering Society convention a few years ago:
Vanderkooy, John, "Alarms for the Hearing Impaired," 107th Audio
Engineering Society Convention, New York, NY, Preprint 5005, August,
1999.
Rob
Maher
Does anyone of any research that identifies the acoustic
characteristics needed to arouse people from sleep. I am particularly
looking at making fire alarms more accessible to people with hearing loss, but
need to go back to the initial psychoacoustic work done if it
exists.
Thank you in advance
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Best Regards,
Brad Ingrao, MSEd, CCC-A, FAAA
Editor
EDEN - The Electronic Deaf Education
Network
info@bradingrao.com
I
wanted to alert everyone to this possible research opportunity at our
laboratory at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton,
Ohio.
We are looking for possible post-doc candidates interested in auditory
localization and multitalker speech perception. The program is
administered by the National
Academy
of Sciences, and the stipend is relatively generous. There is no
guarantee that funding will be available, but for the right candidate this
could be a great opportunity. The deadline to apply for the fall cycle
is November 1st. Note that the position is open only to US
citizens and legal permanent residents (Green Card
Holders).
Thanks,
Doug
Brungart
Increasing Information Transfer in
Audio Display Systems
Human audition is an
amazingly complex modality capable of extracting spatial, spectral, and
temporal information from multiple simultaneous sound sources even in adverse
listening environments. However, most real-world audio display systems rely on
relatively simple stimuli that fail to take full advantage of the inherent
capabilities of human listeners. The goal of this research is to find ways to
increase the amount of information transferred to listeners through audio
display systems. The effort involves two broad areas of research. The first
area focuses on the generation of robust and intuitive azimuth, elevation, and
distance cues that maximize the transfer of spatial information in audio
displays, especially in noisy environments that involve more than one virtual
sound source. The second area focuses on improving the segregation of
competing sound sources in complex listening environments, especially those
that involve more than one simultaneous speech signal. A major component of
this research is a study of the role that non-energetic "informational"
masking plays in the perception of multiple speech signals.
More info about the
program...
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/pga/rap.nsf/ByTitle/13.15.07.B5700?OpenDocument
More
info about our laboratory and its facilities:
http://www.hec.afrl.af.mil/HECB/index.shtml
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