In the premium products from the Spice generation, StereoZoom offers hearing instrument users a manual program which enables an additional improvement in speech understanding, particularly in difficult listening situations where there is diffuse, uncorrelated background noise and the hearing direction strongly focused toward the front. StereoZoom uses binaural processing technologies to create ...

This study tested the use of binaural cues in adult dyslexic listeners during speech-in-noise comprehension. Participants listened to words presented in three different noise-types (Babble-, Fluctuatingand Stationary-noise) in three different listening configurations: dichotic, monaural and binaural. In controls, we obtained an important informational masking in the monaural configuration mostl...

The Binaural Navigation Game is a 3D audio game with hierarchical levels of difficulty that can be used by both normal sighted or visually impaired players. The purpose of the game is to test and train the sound localization skills, to entertain and to provide an alternative to the common video games available on the market nowadays. The sonification technique is based on the perception of 3D b...

BACKGROUND The aim of this prospective clinical study was to investigate the effectiveness binaural beats and music at a frequency 432 Hz compare which method is more effective for reducing preoperative dental anxiety in impacted third molar surgery. MATERIAL AND METHODS Ninety patients were randomly selected group, group control group. Visual analog scale used evaluate before local anesthesia ...

iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This research project represents the culmination of an enriched academic experience that was facilitated by the members of my dissertation committee. First, I would like to thank Dr. Anne Marie Tharpe for providing her expertise in pediatric audiology and serving as the chair of my dissertation committee. She has been an active source of encouragement throughout my program ...