Personalization of Hearing Aid Compression by Human-In-Loop Deep Reinforcement Learning

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2007.00192v1
• Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2020 02:50:33 GMT
• Title: Personalization of Hearing Aid Compression by Human-In-Loop Deep Reinforcement Learning
• Authors: Nasim Alamdari, Edward Lobarinas, and Nasser Kehtarnavaz
• Abstract summary: Existing prescriptive compression strategies used in hearing aid fitting are designed based on gain averages from a group of users which are not necessarily optimal for a specific user. This paper presents a human-in-loop deep reinforcement learning approach that personalizes hearing aid compression to achieve improved hearing perception.
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• Abstract: Existing prescriptive compression strategies used in hearing aid fitting are designed based on gain averages from a group of users which are not necessarily optimal for a specific user. Nearly half of hearing aid users prefer settings that differ from the commonly prescribed settings. This paper presents a human-in-loop deep reinforcement learning approach that personalizes hearing aid compression to achieve improved hearing perception. The developed approach is designed to learn a specific user's hearing preferences in order to optimize compression based on the user's feedbacks. Both simulation and subject testing results are reported which demonstrate the effectiveness of the developed personalized compression.

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