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Vibrotactile identi...
Vibrotactile identification of signal-processed sounds from environmental events presented by a portable vibrator : a laboratory study
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- Ranjbar, Parivash, 1968- (författare)
- Örebro universitet,Akademin för naturvetenskap och teknik,elektronik
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(creator_code:org_t)
- 2009
- Engelska.
- Relaterad länk:
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https://urn.kb.se/re...
Abstract
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- Objective: To evaluate different signal-processing algorithms for tactile identification of environmental sounds in a monitoring aid for the deafblind. Subjects: Two men and three women, sensorineurally deaf or profoundly hearing impaired with experience of vibratory experiments, age 22-36 years. Method: A closed set of 45 representative environmental sounds were processed using two transposing (TRHA, TR1/3) and three modulating algorithms (AM, AMFM, AMMC) and presented as tactile stimuli using a portable vibrator in three experiments. The algorithms TRHA, TR1/3, AMFM and AMMC had two alternatives (with and without adaption to vibratory thresholds). In Exp. 1, the sounds were preprocessed and directly fed to the vibrator. In Exp. 2 and 3, the sounds were presented in an acoustic test room, without or with background noise (SNR=+5 dB), and processed in real time. Results: In Exp. 1, Algorithm AMFM and AMFM(A) consistently had the lowest identification scores, and were thus excluded in Exp. 2 and 3. TRHA, AM, AMMC, and AMMC(A) showed comparable identification scores (30%-42%) and the addition of noise did not deteriorate the performance. Conclusion: Algorithm TRHA, AM, AMMC, and AMMC(A) showed good performance in all three experiments and were robust in noise; they can therefore be used in further testing in real environments.
Ämnesord
- TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Signalbehandling (hsv//swe)
- ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Signal Processing (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Data- och informationsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Computer and Information Sciences (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Environmental sound
- Identification
- Narrow-band
- Tactile perception
- Transposing
- Vibration
- Vibrator
- Signal processing
- Signalbehandling
- TECHNOLOGY
- TEKNIKVETENSKAP
- Information technology
- Informationsteknik
- Signalbehandling
- Signal Processing
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