Study of TV sound level adjustment system for the elderly with speech rate conversion function

Tomoyasu Komori; Atsushi Imai; Nobumasa Seiyama; Reiko Takou; Tohru Takagi; Yasuhiro Oikawa

Study of TV sound level adjustment system for the elderly with speech rate conversion function

Tomoyasu Komori^*, Atsushi Imai, Nobumasa Seiyama, Reiko Takou, Tohru Takagi, Yasuhiro Oikawa

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Abstract

Elderly viewers sometimes feel that background sound (music and sound effects) in TV programs is too loud, or that narration or speech is too fast to understand. That is why we have constructed a prototype system that compensates for both of these problems with sound on the receiver side. The results of evaluation experiments targeting elderly viewers showed that the use of this system could make it significantly easier to listen to TV sound. These results also showed that elderly viewers exhibit the "recruitment phenomenon". They tend to select processing with a slowed speech rate that is easy to hear.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	137th Audio Engineering Society Convention 2014
Publisher	Audio Engineering Society
Pages	444-450
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	9781634397483
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	137th Audio Engineering Society Convention 2014 - Los Angeles, United States Duration: 2014 Oct 9 → 2014 Oct 12

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Other	137th Audio Engineering Society Convention 2014
Country/Territory	United States
City	Los Angeles
Period	14/10/9 → 14/10/12

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Modelling and Simulation
Acoustics and Ultrasonics

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