| 摘要 |
<p>A listener's ability to recognize and identify similar sounds is improved by forming exaggerated sounds which differ from one another and in generally the same way in which the similar sounds differ and testing the listener's ability to recognize and identify the exaggerated sounds. A tester (108) of trainer (100) initializes an exaggeration factor (112) to represent an initial degree of exaggeration. Tester (108) presents exaggerated sound (120B) to the listener. Exaggerator (104) spectrally transforms sounds (102A-B) into coordinate space (400). A linear function (404) is projected between a pair of points (402A-B) representing the similar sounds in the coordinate space (400). Between the pair of points, the linear function (404) represents a continuum of sounds between the similar sounds. To exaggerate the sounds, points are extrapolated outward from the pair of points to produce exaggerated sounds which differ from one another more than the similar sounds differ and in generally the same way that the similar sounds differ.</p> |
