SOUND ENHANCEMENT FOR HEARING-IMPAIRED LISTENERS

摘要

A method of enhancing sound heard by a hearing-impaired listener comprises monitoring the sound in an environment in which the listener is located; and manipulating the frequency of high frequency components of the sound in a hi gh frequency band, with little, if any, distortion to components of the sound i n a speech frequency band, to enhance spectral cues to aid the listener in sou nd externalisation and spatialisation.