Multimedia Player Hearing Compensation via Phoneme Testing
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing number of individuals with hearing loss due to acoustic device use and noise exposure, often leading to undiagnosed or untreated hearing issues, as they avoid using hearing aids due to psychological resistance and inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
A multimedia playing apparatus that outputs sounds comprising phonemes and receives user responses to determine hearing characteristics, adjusting output levels and times for each frequency band to compensate for hearing loss, allowing for personalized sound modulation without the need for additional hearing aids.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If hearing aids are used to compensate for hearing loss, then hearing ability is improved, but device complexity and psychological resistance increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines hearing testing and hearing compensation functions directly into the multimedia playing apparatus. The apparatus integrates a sound output unit for testing, a processor for analyzing hearing characteristics, and automatic sound modulation capabilities, merging multiple functions into a single device to eliminate the need for separate hearing aids.
Solution Approach 2:
The multimedia playing apparatus is designed to perform multiple functions: it can output test sounds for hearing assessment, analyze user responses to determine hearing characteristics, and automatically modulate sound output based on detected hearing loss. This multi-functional approach allows the device to serve both entertainment and medical rehabilitation purposes.
2Measurement precision
If traditional hearing testing methods are used, then hearing characteristics are measured, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary hearing testing by outputting test sounds across different frequency bands before actual multimedia playback. The processor analyzes user responses in advance to determine hearing characteristics, so that when multimedia content is played, the sound modulation is already optimized based on the pre-acquired hearing data.
Solution Approach 2:
The hearing testing process is made dynamic and adaptive. The processor adjusts the testing procedure based on user responses, and the sound output unit dynamically modulates test sounds according to detected hearing characteristics. This dynamic approach allows for faster convergence to accurate hearing profiles compared to static traditional methods.
Data Source
AI summary
Multimedia playing apparatuses and methods of measuring hearing characteristics of a user and outputting a sound modulated according to the hearing characteristics of the user are provided. A multimedia playing apparatus includes a sound output unit configured to output a sound comprising of one or more phonemes, and a user interface configured to receive a user response to the phonemes. The multimedia playing apparatus further includes a processor configured to acquire hearing characteristics of a user based on the user response, and determine an output level and/or an output time of the sound for each of frequency bands based on the hearing characteristics of the user. The sound output unit is further configured to output the sound according to the output level and/or the output time of the sound for each of the frequency bands.