Re: Audio Quality vs. Expectation

[Brent Edwards <brent@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ruth Bentler and colleagues investigated whether subjects would prefer a "new DSP hearing aid" over an "old analog hearing aid" when the two hearing aids were actually the same. Subjects resonded the the DSP aid was clearer and helped them understand speech better:
http://tinyurl.com/o3fy9

--Brent

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Slawek Zielinski" <S.Zielinski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Audio Quality vs. Expectation
> Date:         Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:48:32 +0100
> 
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> I am looking for references showing how the results of audio quality
> evaluation can be biased by different expectations of listeners.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
> 
> Slawek Zielinski
> 
> 
> Dr Slawek Zielinski,  Lecturer
> Department of Music and Sound Recording
> University of Surrey
> Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
> 
> tel: +44 (0)1483 686505
> fax: +44 (0)1483 686501
> e-mail: s.zielinski@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.surrey.ac.uk/soundrec/index.php

>



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