[Csnd] OT: ear freshening
| Date | 2013-08-15 22:23 |
| From | DavidWorrall |
| Subject | [Csnd] OT: ear freshening |
| In conducting extended listening tests involving the comparison of different codecs, it can be demonstrated that fatigue, due to the duration of the tests, affects the results. The same effect can be observed by all of us who spend extended periods of time in concentrated audio listening. I often combat this effect do some 'ear-freshening' in the form of playing slow attack pink noise for +/- 10-sec. It seems to 'clear the ears' faster than silence. I have not found any empirical testing of this phenomena, so I am wondering if other people do this, or something similar? I've be interested to here if you do, or if you have some other strategy to reawaken/refresh your palling ears? David ______________________________________
Prof. Dr. David Worrall Emerging Audio Research (EAR) Audio Department International Audio Laboratories Erlangen Fraunhofer-Institut für Integrierte Schaltungen IIS Am Wolfsmantel 33 91058 Erlangen Telefon +49 (0) 91 31 / 7 76-62 77 Fax +49 (0) 91 31 / 7 76-20 99 Email: david.worrall@iis.fraunhofer.de |
| Date | 2013-08-15 22:27 |
| From | Victor Lazzarini |
| Subject | Re: [Csnd] OT: ear freshening |
Does it help with tinnitus? It would be great if it did... On 15 Aug 2013, at 22:23, DavidWorrall wrote: > In conducting extended listening tests involving the comparison of different codecs, it can be demonstrated that fatigue, due to the duration of the tests, affects the results. > > The same effect can be observed by all of us who spend extended periods of time in concentrated audio listening. > > I often combat this effect do some 'ear-freshening' in the form of playing slow attack pink noise for +/- 10-sec. It seems to 'clear the ears' faster than silence. > > I have not found any empirical testing of this phenomena, so I am wondering if other people do this, or something similar? > > I've be interested to here if you do, or if you have some other strategy to reawaken/refresh your palling ears? > > David > > > > ______________________________________ > Prof. Dr. David Worrall > Emerging Audio Research (EAR) > Audio Department > International Audio Laboratories Erlangen > Fraunhofer-Institut für Integrierte Schaltungen IIS > Am Wolfsmantel 33 > 91058 Erlangen > Telefon +49 (0) 91 31 / 7 76-62 77 > Fax +49 (0) 91 31 / 7 76-20 99 > Email: david.worrall@iis.fraunhofer.de > Internet: iis.fraunhofer.de > > > > Dr Victor Lazzarini Senior Lecturer Dept. of Music NUI Maynooth Ireland tel.: +353 1 708 3545 Victor dot Lazzarini AT nuim dot ie |
| Date | 2013-08-15 22:44 |
| From | DavidWorrall |
| Subject | Re: [Csnd] OT: ear freshening |
| I'm not sure - I don't suffer from it - but it may be worth a quick test. Trouble is, there appears to be more than one source of tinnitus - I've always likened it to the 'refresh' one gets when listening to the waves on a beach. I can't believe there aren't any experiments which test 'cures' for aural fatigue, but I haven't turned up any in my googling. D. On 15/08/2013, at 11:27 PM, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
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| Date | 2013-08-16 18:05 |
| From | David Akbari |
| Subject | Re: [Csnd] OT: ear freshening |
Hello David & Victor, I see patients in the audiology clinic with complaints like this all the time. I am presently working with several experts in the field to do some work related to what you are describing.
There are clinical implications for tinnitus therapy, [professional audio engineering] listening fatigue, and auditory processing spectrum disorders. Stay tuned! Cheers, David
On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 4:44 PM, DavidWorrall <vip@avatar.com.au> wrote:
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