Uncomfortable sound pressure determination system, method and program thereof, hearing aid adjustment system, and uncomfortable sound pressure determination apparatus

摘要

An exemplary uncomfortable sound pressure determination system including: a sound data generator configured to generate sound data concerning sounds consecutively ascending or descending in sound pressure from first to nth sounds, the sounds being pure tones of a same frequency; an output section configured to present the sounds to a user; a characteristic amount extractor configured to extract, based on an event-related potential of the electroencephalogram signal measured after lapse of a predetermined time from a point in time of presenting each of the sounds, a characteristic amount concerning temporal change in frequency of the event-related potential; and an uncomfortable sound pressure determination section configured to determine, by referring to a previously-provided relationship by which temporal changes in frequency of event-related potentials and uncomfortable sound pressures are associated, a sound pressure corresponding to the extracted characteristic amount to be an uncomfortable sound pressure at the frequency.

主权项

1. An uncomfortable sound pressure determination system comprising:
one or more memories; and circuitry which in operation is configured to: measure an electroencephalogram signal of a user; generate sound data concerning a plurality of sounds consecutively ascending or descending in sound pressure from first to nth sounds (n: an integer of two or more), the plurality of sounds being pure tones of a same frequency; present the plurality of sounds to the user based on the sound data; extract for each of the plurality of sounds, based on an event-related potential of the electroencephalogram signal measured after lapse of a predetermined time from a point in time of presenting each of the plurality of sounds, a characteristic amount concerning temporal change in frequency of the event-related potential; and determine, by referring to a previously-provided relationship by which temporal changes in frequency of event-related potentials and uncomfortable sound pressures are associated, a sound pressure corresponding to the extracted characteristic amount to be an uncomfortable sound pressure at the frequency.