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Audio quality predictions correlate with perception of processing delays across different simulated hearing device conditions

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Processing delays can degrade listening experience, especially where direct and delayed sound paths interact. Although noticeability of delays has been modeled successfully, it is unclear how well models generalize across different types of delays. In this study, the noticeability of frequency-dependent and -independent delays was measured and the GPSMq model [Biberger, Fleßner, Huber, and Ewert (2018). J. Audio Eng. Soc. 66(7/8), 578-593] was tested for its ability to predict both existing and previously unreported data. A good prediction performance (linear correlation, ρ=0.94) was measured. The functional relationship between model outputs and measured results differs significantly between participant groups with different levels of experience but not across conditions.

Source: JASA Express Letters

DOI: 10.1121/10.0043210

Authors: Kristin Ohlmann, Thomas Biberger, Birger Kollmeier

Institutions: Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Hearing4all

Language: English

Topic: Speech and Audio Processing

Subfield: Signal Processing

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Awards: SFB 1330: Hörakustik: Perzeptive Prinzipien, Algorithmen und Anwendungen, EXC 2177: Hearing4all