4 papers
Vehicle Noise: Comparison of Loudness Ratings in the Field and the Laboratory
Gerard Llorach, Dirk Oetting, Matthias Vormann +2
Objective: Distorted loudness perception is one of the main complaints of hearing aid users. Being able to measure loudness perception correctly in the clinic is essential for fitt…
Development and Evaluation of Video Recordings for the OLSA Matrix Sentence Test
Gerard Llorach, Frederike Kirschner, Giso Grimm +3
One of the established multi-lingual methods for testing speech intelligibility is the matrix sentence test (MST). Most versions of this test are designed with audio-only stimuli.…
Influence of visual cues on head and eye movements during listening tasks in multi-talker audiovisual environments with animated characters
Maartje M. E. Hendrikse, Gerard Llorach, Giso Grimm +1
Recent studies of hearing aid benefits indicate that head movement behavior influences performance. To systematically assess these effects, movement behavior must be measured in re…
Say Hi to Eliza. An Embodied Conversational Agent on the Web
Gerard Llorach, Josep Blat
The creation and support of Embodied Conversational Agents (ECAs) has been quite challenging, as features required might not be straight-forward to implement and to integrate in a…