Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Music specific hearing loss From: "Picinali, Lorenzo" <l.picinali@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2018 07:54:01 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--_000_AM5PR0602MB2881ED0A91412827289F359CBA510AM5PR0602MB2881_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear Ross, I suggest you look at this very interesting project: http://musicandhearingaids.org/ in particular at their "resources" section (http://musicandhearingaids.org/= resources/), where you can find some guidelines for hearing aids users and = audiologists about music programs for the hearing aids. Within the 3D Tune-In project (http://3d-tune-in.eu/) we developed a web-ba= sed application called Musiclarity, an interactive music listening service = dedicated to improving the sound of music for hearing aid users. You can ac= cess it at the following link: https://www.musiclarity.com/ I hope this helps! Lorenzo -- Dr Lorenzo Picinali Senior Lecturer in Audio Experience Design Director of Undergraduate Studies Dyson School of Design Engineering Imperial College London Dyson Building Imperial College Road South Kensington, SW7 2DB, London T: 0044 (0)20 7594 8158 E: l.picinali@xxxxxxxx http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/l.picinali www.imperial.ac.uk/design-engineering-school<http://www.imperial.ac.uk/desi= gn-engineering-school> ________________________________ 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: [AUDITORY] 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 --_000_AM5PR0602MB2881ED0A91412827289F359CBA510AM5PR0602MB2881_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dus-ascii"= > <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"></p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Dear Ross,</p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><br> </p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">I suggest you look at this very i= nteresting project:</p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><br> </p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><a href=3D"http://musicandhearing= aids.org/" class=3D"OWAAutoLink" id=3D"LPlnk718715" previewremoved=3D"true"= >http://musicandhearingaids.org/</a></p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><br> </p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">in particular at their "reso= urces" section (<a href=3D"http://musicandhearingaids.org/resources/" = class=3D"OWAAutoLink" id=3D"LPlnk632248" previewremoved=3D"true">http://mus= icandhearingaids.org/resources/</a>), where you can find some guidelines for hearing aids users and audiologists about music p= rograms for the hearing aids.</p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><br> </p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Within the 3D Tune-In project (<a= href=3D"http://3d-tune-in.eu/" class=3D"OWAAutoLink" id=3D"LPlnk208221" pr= eviewremoved=3D"true">http://3d-tune-in.eu/</a>) we developed a web-based a= pplication called Musiclarity, <span>an interactive music listening service dedicated to improving the sou= nd of music for hearing aid users.</span> You can access it at the followin= g link:</p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><br> </p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><a href=3D"https://www.musiclarit= y.com/" class=3D"OWAAutoLink" id=3D"LPlnk794390" previewremoved=3D"true">ht= tps://www.musiclarity.com/</a></p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><br> </p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">I hope this helps!<br> Lorenzo<br> </p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><br> </p> <br> <p></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; 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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> </body> </html> --_000_AM5PR0602MB2881ED0A91412827289F359CBA510AM5PR0602MB2881_--