Benefits of high-frequency audiometry in monitoring hearing sensitivity of patients administered ototoxic medications are well established. High-frequency thresholds have been reported to be variable, due in part to small differences in the placement of the earphone diaphragm over the opening of the ear canal. Reliability may be improved by using insert earphones (ER-2) when obtaining high-freq...

Earphone-based simulation of Head-Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs) is a common component of spatial auditory display for virtual sound sources located in virtual environments, but one technical component of HRTF deployment that requires special care has not always received proper attention. The audio signals to be presented to the listener are not often properly corrected for the response of ...

UNLABELLED Research considers high frequency tonal audiometry as a tool for the early diagnosis of auditory alterations derived from etiological agents. AIM to investigate possible differences in high frequency audiometry of individuals with normal hearing, based on the person who places the earphone. PATIENTS AND METHOD clinical and experimental study with 55 undergraduate students from a ...

Noise-excluding earphones may be subdivided into circumaural earphones and noise-attenuating earphone enclosures. Two versions of 'Otocups', an example of the latter subdivision, were evaluated in a series of experiments and in comparison with a conventional type of earphone (Telephonics TDH-39 receiver in a MX-4I /AR cushion). The experiments involved a comparison of auditory threshold, artifi...

With the popularization of smartphones, various smartphone centric ubiquitous sensing applications, which use a smartphone in conjunction with external sensors for data acquisition, processing, display, communication, and storage, have emerged. Because smartphones do not have a universal data interfaces, many ubiquitous sensing applications use the earphone and the microphone channels of the 3....

We aimed to estimate the effects of various risk factors on hearing level in Korean adults, using data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. We examined data from 13,369 participants collected between 2009 and 2011. Average hearing thresholds at low (0.5, 1, and 2 kHz) and high frequencies (3, 4, and 6 kHz), were investigated in accordance with various known risk fact...

To achieve mass customization and collaborative product design, human factors and ergonomics should play a key development role. The purpose of this study was to provide product designers with the anthropometic dimensions of outer ears for different demographic data, including gender and age. The second purpose was to compare the dimensions of various ear-related products (i.e., earphone, bluet...