Hands-free telecommunication for elderly persons suffering from hearing deficiencies

The 12th IEEE International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services Pub Date : 2010-07-01 DOI:10.1109/HEALTH.2010.5556568

Stefan Goetze, Feifei Xiong, J. Rennies, T. Rohdenburg, Jens-E. Appell

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Speech communication is the most natural form of human interaction. Communication by means of telephones, mobile phones or video-conference systems is common nowadays especially amongst younger persons. In the past years, also a growing amount of elderly people has started to extensively use communication systems since more and more people live apart from their relatives, friends or acquaintances. However, especially elderly people suffer from hearing loss, which often prevents them from using acoustic communication devices. While approximately every second European adult of age 65+ has a hearing loss that requires treatment, only the minority actually wears hearing aids for different reasons. To tackle this problem, this contribution deals with a personalized and adaptable communication system that enhances the acoustic signal and incorporates the individual hearing loss of a hearing-impaired person. By this, the typical elderly user is enabled to take part in natural communication again.

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言语交流是人类交往中最自然的形式。如今，通过电话、移动电话或视频会议系统进行交流是很常见的，尤其是在年轻人中。在过去的几年里，越来越多的老年人开始广泛使用通信系统，因为越来越多的人与他们的亲戚、朋友或熟人分开居住。然而，特别是老年人患有听力损失，这往往使他们无法使用声音通信设备。虽然大约每两个65岁以上的欧洲成年人都有听力损失，需要治疗，但只有少数人因为不同的原因戴助听器。为了解决这一问题，本贡献涉及一种个性化和适应性的通信系统，该系统增强了声学信号，并结合了听障人士的个人听力损失。通过这种方式，典型的老年用户能够再次参与到自然的交流中。

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