摘要
Manypatientswithsensorineuralhearinglosshaveaprecipitoushigh-frequencylosswithrelativelygoodthresholdsinthelowfrequencies.Thispresentpaperbrieflyintroducesandcomparesthebasicprinciplesoffourtypesoffrequencyloweringalgorithmswithemphasisonnonlinearfrequencycompression(NLFC).AreviewoftheeffectsoftheNLFCalgorithmonspeechandmusicperceptionandsoundqualityappraisalisthenprovided.Forvowelperception,itseemsthatthebenefitsprovidedbyNLFCarelimited,whichareprobablyrelatedtotheparametersettingsofthecompression.Forconsonantperception,severalstudieshaveshownthatNLFCprovidesimprovedperceptionofhighfrequencyconsonantssuchas/s/and/z/.However,afewotherstudieshavedemonstratednegativeresultsinconsonantperception.Intermsofsentencerecognition,persistentuseofNLFCmightprovideimprovedperformance.Comparedtotheconventionalprocessing,NLFCdoesnotalterthespeechsoundqualityappraisalandmusicperceptionaslongasthecompressionsettingisnottooaggressive.Inthesubsequentsection,therelevantfactorswithregardtoNLFCsettings,time-courseofacclimatization,listenercharacteristics,andperceptualtasksarediscussed.AlthoughtheliteratureshowsmixedresultsontheperceptualefficacyofNLFC,thistechniqueimprovedcertainaspectsofspeechunderstandingincertainhearing-impairedlisteners.LittleresearchisavailableonspeechperceptionoutcomesinlanguagesotherthanEnglish.MoreclinicaldataareneededtoverifytheperceptualefficacyofNLFCinpatientswithprecipitoushigh-frequencyhearingloss.Suchknowledgewillhelpguideclinicalrehabilitationofthosepatients.
出版日期
2017年03月13日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
