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Round window excitation of the cochlea

By Stephen Elliott |

We normally hear sounds because they enter the outer ear and are transmitted to the organ of hearing in the inner ear, called the cochlea, via the middle ear, which contains the smallest bones in the body. The cochlea is itself embedded in hard bone and has fluid-filled chambers separated by a flexible partition called […]

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Highly directional TV sound for the hearing impaired

By Marcos F. Simón Gálvez |

Families often watch TV together, but what happens when one member has hearing difficulties? Usually the result is a compromise on listening volume that doesn’t really satisfy anyone. In my research, I have been designing highly directional acoustical radiators, commonly known as loudspeaker arrays, which are aimed to increase the speech intelligibility of hearing impaired […]

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