Evaluation of Bone-Conduction Headsets for Use in Multitalker Communication Environments

Walker, Bruce N.; Stanley, Raymond M.; Iyer, Nandini; Simpson, Brian D.; Brungart, Douglas S.

doi:10.1177/154193120504901725

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“…For instance, instead of delivering information through con ventional headphones, auditory information may be conveyed to the cochlea via bone conduction. Bone conduction delivers auditory stimuli without ob structing the external ear, allowing the user to also hear surrounding sounds (MacDonald et al, 2006;Walker et al, 2005). Although studies explicitly assessing possible interference between substituted information delivered via bone conduction and the surrounding sounds are required, the use of this tech nology appears promising.…”

Section: Device Ergonomics and Functionalitymentioning

confidence: 97%

Is There a Future for Sensory Substitution Outside Academic Laboratories?

2014

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Sensory substitution devices (SSDs) have been developed with the ultimate purpose of supporting sensory deprived individuals in their daily activities. However, more than forty years after their first appearance in the scientific literature, SSDs still remain more common in research laboratories than in the daily life of people with sensory deprivation. Here, we seek to identify the reasons behind the limited diffusion of SSDs among the blind community by discussing the ergonomic, neurocognitive and psychosocial issues potentially associated with the use of these systems. We stress that these issues should be considered together when developing future devices or improving existing ones. We provide some examples of how to achieve this by adopting a multidisciplinary and participatory approach. These efforts would contribute not solely to address fundamental theoretical research questions, but also to better understand the everyday needs of blind people and eventually promote the use of SSDs outside laboratories.

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Section: Device Ergonomics and Functionalitymentioning

confidence: 97%

Is There a Future for Sensory Substitution Outside Academic Laboratories?

2014

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“…Moreover, they ensure that the pinna and ear canal remain unobstructed (Walker & Stanley, 2005). Generally, their use has been restricted to monaural applications, although investigations for their application in audio display designs is ongoing (Tonndorf, 1972;Walker & Stanley, 2005). While headphone-based systems offer potential benefits, there are shortcomings to their use as well.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Bone conduction headsets which allow sound to be delivered to the user via direct application of vibrators to the skull are small, comfortable, and provide the privacy and portability offered by traditional headphones. Moreover, they ensure that the pinna and ear canal remain unobstructed (Walker & Stanley, 2005). Generally, their use has been restricted to monaural applications, although investigations for their application in audio display designs is ongoing (Tonndorf, 1972;Walker & Stanley, 2005).…”

Section: Headphone-based Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Virtual Audio Systems

Kapralos

Jenkin

Milios

2008

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

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To be immersed in a virtual environment, the user must be presented with plausible sensory input including auditory cues. A virtual (three-dimensional) audio display aims to allow the user to perceive the position of a sound source at an arbitrary position in three-dimensional space despite the fact that the generated sound may be emanating from a fixed number of loudspeakers at fixed positions in space or a pair of headphones. The foundation of virtual audio rests on the development of technology to present auditory signals to the listener's ears so that these signals are perceptually equivalent to those the listener would receive in the environment being simulated. This paper reviews the human perceptual and technical literature relevant to the modeling and generation of accurate audio displays for virtual environments. Approaches to acoustical environment simulation are summarized and the advantages and disadvantages of the various approaches are presented.

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“…Walker, Stanley, Iyer, Simpson, and Brungart (2005) conducted a study on the application of bone conduction headphones in a multi-talker environment to find its advantage in a multi-channel communication system. The study concluded that binaural separation was possible using stereo bone conduction headphones.…”

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Effectiveness of Advanced Bone Conduction Earphones for People Who Enjoy Outdoor Activities

Lee

Spencer

2011

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual

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This paper shows the effectiveness of advanced bone conduction earphones (BCE) for the people who enjoy outdoor activities with respect to entertainment degree and situational awareness (SA) degree. Experiments were conducted to determine the entertainment degree and the SA degree with objective and subjective perspectives by asking participants to walk on the indoor track and the treadmill in four different listening conditions; listening to music through advanced BCE, kernel type earphones, open type earphones, and no music. According to the results of the test on the indoor track, there was no difference in their walking pace between the conditions. Subjectively, the BCE had the same level of entertainment degree as conventional earphones, and higher SA degree than conventional earphones. Objectively, the SA degree was also higher with BCE than with the conventional earphones. These analyses show wearing advanced BCE can be an option to meet both the entertainment and safety purposes for the people who enjoy outdoor activities.

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Evaluation of Bone-Conduction Headsets for Use in Multitalker Communication Environments

Cited by 26 publications

References 8 publications

Is There a Future for Sensory Substitution Outside Academic Laboratories?

Is There a Future for Sensory Substitution Outside Academic Laboratories?

Virtual Audio Systems

Effectiveness of Advanced Bone Conduction Earphones for People Who Enjoy Outdoor Activities

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