Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Music specific hearing loss From: Peter Lennox <P.Lennox@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2018 08:01:06 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--_000_DB6PR0102MB26314697799602F2E5501E22CE510DB6PR0102MB2631_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There's a group in Leeds and Sheffield, UK, that are interested in music an= d hearing aids. They have quite a few members who have hearing aids (and so= me with CIs) and wish to listen to music. The general consensus is that, in= large part, hearing aid research focuses on intelligibility and speech-in-= noise, and that, although many aids have 'music settings', these are genera= lly simply EQ and compression adjustments. incidentally, does you friend notice any pitch differences between air- and= bone- conduction? - and is there a left-right pitch discrepancy? http://musicandhearingaids.org/ Home - Hearing Aids for Music<http://musicandhearingaids.org/> musicandhearingaids.org Music is an important part of peoples=92 lives and can have powerful physic= al, social, intellectual and emotional effects on individuals. Even for tho= se with mild, moderate, severe or even profound D/deafness. regards ppl Dr. Peter Lennox SFHEA Senior Lecturer in Perception College of Arts, Humanities and Education School of Arts e: p.lennox@xxxxxxxx<mailto:p.lennox@xxxxxxxx> t: 01332 593155 https://derby.academia.edu/peterlennox https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter_Lennox University of Derby, Kedleston Road, Derby, DE22 1GB, UK ________________________________ From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx>= on behalf of Ross Alexander Hendler <rah232@xxxxxxxx> Sent: 20 July 2018 03:51:15 To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx Subject: Music specific hearing loss Dear Colleagues, I have a good friend who has moderate to severe hearing loss and although s= he can hear speech pretty well, thanks to her digital hearing aids, she is = having big issues with hearing music. She claims that music sounds flat and= distorted and that she can't hear melodies. She feels that part of the problem may have to do with bandwidth as hearing= aids are designed for speech. She also says that if a piece of music is in= a certain key such as C she will hear it as a Bb. As a music lover this has become a big issue for her and I wanted to see if= anyone might have any ideas or any engineers I might be able to refer her = to. Regards, Ross The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and reserves= the right to monitor email traffic. If you believe this was sent to you in error, please reply to the sender an= d let them know. Key University contacts: http://www.derby.ac.uk/its/contacts/ --_000_DB6PR0102MB26314697799602F2E5501E22CE510DB6PR0102MB2631_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DWindows-1= 252"> <style type=3D"text/css" style=3D"display:none;"><!-- P {margin-top:0;margi= n-bottom:0;} --></style> </head> <body dir=3D"ltr"> <div id=3D"divtagdefaultwrapper" style=3D"font-size:12pt;color:#000000;font= -family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;" dir=3D"ltr"> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">There's a group in Leeds and Shef= field, UK, that are interested in music and hearing aids. They have quite a= few members who have hearing aids (and some with CIs) and wish to listen t= o music. The general consensus is that, in large part, hearing aid research focuses on intelligibility and s= peech-in-noise, and that, although many aids have 'music settings', these a= re generally simply EQ and compression adjustments.</p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">incidentally, does you friend not= ice any pitch differences between air- and bone- conduction? - and is= there a left-right pitch discrepancy?<br> </p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><a href=3D"http://musicandhearing= aids.org/" class=3D"OWAAutoLink" id=3D"LPlnk477114" previewremoved=3D"true"= >http://musicandhearingaids.org/</a></p> <div id=3D"LPBorder_GT_15320739193610.7404061173631127" style=3D"margin-bot= tom: 20px; overflow: auto; width: 100%; text-indent: 0px;"> <table id=3D"LPContainer_15320739193580.724429982554377" style=3D"width: 90= %; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: relative; overflow: auto= ; padding-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; border-top: 1p= x dotted rgb(200, 200, 200); border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(200, 200, 200);"= role=3D"presentation" cellspacing=3D"0"> <tbody> <tr style=3D"border-spacing: 0px;" valign=3D"top"> <td id=3D"TextCell_15320739193580.6988272273941584" style=3D"vertical-align= : top; position: relative; padding: 0px; display: table-cell;" colspan=3D"2= "> <div id=3D"LPRemovePreviewContainer_15320739193590.8620223960652089"></div> <div id=3D"LPTitle_15320739193590.7418011994640445" style=3D"top: 0px; colo= r: rgb(0, 120, 215); font-weight: 400; font-size: 21px; font-family: "= wf_segoe-ui_light", "Segoe UI Light", "Segoe WP Light&q= uot;, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif= ; line-height: 21px;"> <a id=3D"LPUrlAnchor_15320739193590.41038464086915694" style=3D"text-decora= tion: none;" href=3D"http://musicandhearingaids.org/" target=3D"_blank">Hom= e - Hearing Aids for Music</a></div> <div id=3D"LPMetadata_15320739193590.37446138069364365" style=3D"margin: 10= px 0px 16px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: 400; font-family: &quo= t;wf_segoe-ui_normal", "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tah= oma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px;"> musicandhearingaids.org</div> <div id=3D"LPDescription_15320739193600.34568905850981346" style=3D"display= : block; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: 400; font-family: "wf= _segoe-ui_normal", "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma,= Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; max-height: 100px; = overflow: hidden;"> Music is an important part of peoples=92 lives and can have powerful physic= al, social, intellectual and emotional effects on individuals. Even for tho= se with mild, moderate, severe or even profound D/deafness.</div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> regards <p></p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">ppl<br> </p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><br> </p> <div id=3D"Signature"> <div id=3D"divtagdefaultwrapper" dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"font-size: 12pt; colo= r: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, "= EmojiFont", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji",= NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", Em= ojiSymbols;"> <div class=3D"BodyFragment"><font size=3D"2"> <div class=3D"PlainText"><span id=3D"ms-rterangepaste-start"></span> <div> <p class=3D"MsoPlainText">Dr. Peter Lennox SFHEA</p> <p class=3D"MsoPlainText">Senior Lecturer in Perception</p> <p class=3D"MsoPlainText">College of Arts, Humanities and Education </p> <p class=3D"MsoPlainText">School of Arts </p> <p class=3D"MsoPlainText"> </p> <p class=3D"MsoPlainText">e: <a href=3D"mailto:p.lennox@xxxxxxxx" id=3D"= LPNoLP">p.lennox@xxxxxxxx</a> </p> <p class=3D"MsoPlainText">t: 01332 593155</p> <p class=3D"MsoPlainText"> </p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><a href=3D"https://derby.academia.edu/peterlennox" i= d=3D"LPNoLP">https://derby.academia.edu/peterlennox</a> </p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><a href=3D"https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pete= r_Lennox" id=3D"LPNoLP">https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter_Lennox</= a> </p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"> </p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Ar= ial",sans-serif">University of Derby,<br> Kedleston Road,<br> Derby,<br> DE22 1GB, UK</span></p> </div> <span id=3D"ms-rterangepaste-end"></span></div> </font></div> </div> </div> </div> <hr style=3D"display:inline-block;width:98%" tabindex=3D"-1"> <div id=3D"divRplyFwdMsg" dir=3D"ltr"><font face=3D"Calibri, sans-serif" st= yle=3D"font-size:11pt" color=3D"#000000"><b>From:</b> AUDITORY - Research i= n Auditory Perception <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx> on behalf of Ross Al= exander Hendler <rah232@xxxxxxxx><br> <b>Sent:</b> 20 July 2018 03:51:15<br> <b>To:</b> AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx<br> <b>Subject:</b> Music specific hearing loss</font> <div> </div> </div> <meta content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"> <div> <div dir=3D"ltr">Dear Colleagues, <div><br> </div> <div>I have a good friend who has moderate to severe hearing loss and altho= ugh she can hear speech pretty well, thanks to her digital hearing aids, sh= e is having big issues with hearing music. She claims that music sounds fla= t and distorted and that she can't hear melodies.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>She feels that part of the problem may have to do with bandwidth as he= aring aids are designed for speech. She also says that if a piece of music = is in a certain key such as C she will hear it as a Bb. </div> <div><br> </div> <div>As a music lover this has become a big issue for her and I wanted to s= ee if anyone might have any ideas or any engineers I might be able to refer= her to.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Regards,</div> <div>Ross</div> </div> </div> <br> <br> The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and reserves= the right to monitor email traffic. <br> If you believe this was sent to you in error, please reply to the sender an= d let them know.<br> <br> Key University contacts: http://www.derby.ac.uk/its/contacts/ </body> </html> --_000_DB6PR0102MB26314697799602F2E5501E22CE510DB6PR0102MB2631_--