kth.sePublications
Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
An Application To Improve Music For People With Hearing Loss When Doing Sports
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH).
2022 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
En applikation för att förbättra musik för personer med hörselnedsättning under sport (Swedish)
Abstract [en]

It is well-known that many people like to listen to music when they are running,something that is not always available for people with hearing aids [1].The experience of music is not often taken into account when people have lostparts of their hearing, but music is in many ways important for the well-being[2]. In this project has an application been developed, to make certain audioparameters accessible for adjustments according to the users individual hearing.The parameters chosen were latency, compression, balance and loudness. Theseparameters have been chosen with the argument that they have big impact onthe experience of the music. As an example there might be latency betweenthe hearing aids between the left and the right hearing. Very often people withhearing aids have different hearing at the left and the right ear, therefore thebalance was chosen as a parameter. Compression were chosen with respect tothe fact that hearing loss often leads to less capability to hear frequencies indifferent frequencies areas. Loudness was chosen due to that it is a subjectiveparameter, that will have different impact on different individuals. The parametershave been chosen with a hypothesis that they may affect the hearingexperience for different individuals.

The result show that the participants changed audio settings, each of theaudio parameters to different values and appreciated the function to changethese parameters. The participants said that the application developed in thisproject, improved their music experience and they said that they would appreciateto use an application like this, to get more value of listening to music. Theapplication was well designed and easy to use during a sport session.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022. , p. 40
Series
TRITA-CBH-GRU ; 2023:006
Keywords [en]
HEARING AIDS, MUSIC, MUSIC EXPERIENCE, RUNNING, COCHLEAR IMPLANTS
National Category
Other Health Sciences Otorhinolaryngology Medical Instrumentation Sport and Fitness Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-323479OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-323479DiVA, id: diva2:1732100
Educational program
Master of Science - Medical Engineering
Supervisors
Examiners
Available from: 2023-04-06 Created: 2023-01-30 Last updated: 2025-02-11Bibliographically approved

Open Access in DiVA

fulltext(2605 kB)195 downloads
File information
File name FULLTEXT01.pdfFile size 2605 kBChecksum SHA-512
04452a85eb077e63b2b94ecea58f071c166b358a47be78f4725407331b8d33aae366e1d7b63c8879ecde7785668510955a4b6e73bb517bc55d19feb638b3b2cb
Type fulltextMimetype application/pdf

By organisation
School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH)
Other Health SciencesOtorhinolaryngologyMedical InstrumentationSport and Fitness Sciences

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar
Total: 195 downloads
The number of downloads is the sum of all downloads of full texts. It may include eg previous versions that are now no longer available

urn-nbn

Altmetric score

urn-nbn
Total: 381 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf