Measurement of Loudness Functions with the Subdivision Rating Scale Method and the Conventional Rating Scale Method.

• Suzuki Yôiti

  Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University Graduate School of Information Science, Tohoku University

• Ise Tomohiko

  ALPINE CO. Ltd.

• Asano Futoshi

  Electrotechnical Laboratory

• Sone Toshio

  Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University Graduate School of Information Science, Tohoku University

• Ohyama Kenji

  Department of Otolaryngology, Tohoku-Rosai Hospital

• Takasaka Tomonori

  Department of Otolaryngology, Tohoku University School of Medicine

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• ２段階評定尺度法と１段階評定尺度法によるラウドネス関数の測定

Abstract

Some of recent hearing aids are featured with level compression circuits to compensate the recruitment. Gains of such a hearing aid for a specific input level at a frequency should be so determined that the loudness of the input for a impaired subject becomes as much as that for those with normal hearing. Therefore, it is important to estimate loudness functions, which describe loudness growth as a function of input signal level correctly. In this paper, application of the rating scale method for estimating loudness functions is considered. In particular, subdivision (two-step) rating scale method was focused on. First, Japanese adverbs and adjectives to represent rating scales that ranges from the threshold of hearing to UCL were examined. Next, loudness functions were measured with the subdivision rating scale method. The results of the subdivision method were compared with those of the conventional (single-step) method by regarding subjects judgments at the first step of the subdivision method as the result of the single-step method, and showed that the variance of the result of the subdivision method was smaller than that of the single-step method.

Journal

• AUDIOLOGY JAPAN

  AUDIOLOGY JAPAN 38 (6), 803-816, 1995

  Japan Audiological Society

Keywords

• 補充現象
• レクルートメント
• ラウドネス関数
• 評定尺度法

Details

• CRID: 1390282679816940288
• NII Article ID: 130003862332
• NII Article ID: 10008446818
• NII Book ID: AN00000347
• DOI: 10.4295/audiology.38.803
• ISSN: 18837301
• ISSN: 03038106
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/1996138665
• Text Lang: ja
• Data Source:
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  • CiNii Articles
• Abstract License Flag: Disallowed