AI in Healthcare June 29, 2021
Amid the clinking, chattering and chortling of a cocktail party, wearers of hearing aids struggle to follow any one conversation. Help may be on the way in the form of hearing aids incorporating virtual sensing aided by deep learning, according to a study conducted at the University of Bern in Switzerland.
Most hearing aids and cochlear implants use several microphones situated alongside each other on the housing of the audio processors, Wilhelm Wimmer, PhD, and colleagues point out in a study now current in Hearing Research.
Their experimental approach delivers a more natural sound by correcting for the need to place microphones at impractical points like the forehead.
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