Abstract
Although hearing devices based on cartilage conduction have become more widely used in Japan, methods for evaluating the output volume of such devices have not yet been established. Although the output of air-conduction-based sound-generating devices (e.g., earphones and hearing aids) can be standardized via the head and torso simulator (HATS), this is not applicable to cartilage conduction devices because the simulated pinna is too soft (hardness: A5) compared with human aural cartilage. In this study, we developed polyurethane pinna that had the same shape but different degrees of hardness (A40, A20, and A10). We then compared the HATS results for the new pinna simulators with data from human ears. We found that the spectral shapes of the outputs increasingly approximated those of human ears as the simulated pinna hardness decreased. When a durometer was pressed against the ear tragus of a human ear, the hardness value ranged from A10 to A20. Accordingly, cartilage-conduction-based sound information could be obtained using a HATS that had a simulated pinna with a similar hardness value.
Funder
Grant-in-Aid for Science Research
Subject
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes,Computer Science Applications,Process Chemistry and Technology,General Engineering,Instrumentation,General Materials Science
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