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Basic module
Basic module includes eight different practice groups, covering pure tones,
environmental sounds, voice genders, vowel recognition, consonant recongition,
everyday words, everyday sentences, and music appreciation. The training task in
the basic module is of relatively easy and moderate difficulty. After the user excel the
training tasks in the basic module, the user is recommended to conduct the training
targeted at specific tasks.
Adaptive Speech In Noise Training Module
This is an advanced module targeted at improving speech perception in the presence
of background noise. This module is appropriate for experienced users to improve
speech understanding in background noise. Two advanced training protocols are
used: phoneme-in-noise protocol and keyword-in-sentence. The background noise
includes six-talker speech babble, speech-shaped steady noise, and white noise. All
procedures use closed-set with 4-alternative choices.
Telephone Speech Training Module
This module is similar to the basic module except that the frequency range of all
acoustic sounds is limited to telephone bandwidth (300-3200 Hz) by using real-time
filtering. The training groups in this module are same as those in basic module. The
training task in the telephone speech training module is of relatively easy and
moderate difficulty.
Moledic Contour Identification Training Module
This advanced module provides MIDI-based Melodic Contour Identification Training
for CI patients to aid them in improving their recognization of melodies, thereby
improving their music appreciation. For the MCI task, test stimuli were melodic
contours composed of 5 notes of equal duration whose frequencies corresponded to
musical intervals. The interval between successive notes in each contour was varied
between 1 and 5 semitones; the “root note” of the contours was also varied. Nine
distinct musical patterns were generated for each interval and root note condition.
Openset Training Module
This advanced module provides several advanced training protocols for different
listening situations. It differs from closed set phoneme recognition as there are no
explicit choices for each trial. The chance level is close to zero. There are six training
groups in this module which target at different listening conditions. This training
module covers words, sentences, digits, melody, instrument, concatenated
sentences, recognition threshold.
Comprehensive Music Training Module (Exclusive For Angel Sound)
This advanced module provides comprehensive training on musical related tasks.
There are seven training groups in this module which target at different levels. This
training module covers music note iscrimination, melodic contour identification,
melodic sequence identification, music chord identification, melodic contour
segregation, music instrument identification, and familiar melody identification.
Auditory Resolution Training Module (Exclusive For Angel Sound)
The Auditory Resolution Training Module provides you with the opportunity to listen to
and distinguish sounds differed in one specific domain, such as spectral, temporal,
and amplitude etc. This training group is aimed at improving the ability to
discriminate the subtle acoustic difference among these sound, thus improving
speech understanding. This training module covers frequency discrimination,
modulation detection, modulation frequency disctimination, temporal gap detection,
amplitude discrimination, forward masking, pure tone detection, and music rhythm
training.
Functional Hearing Test Module (Exclusive for Angel Sound)
It is important to use appropriate functional hearing test to assess whether hearing-
impaired people benefit from their cochlear implant or hearing aid. Most well-known
standardized function hearing tests are openset sentence or word recognition.
However, openset recognition tasks are difficult for hearing-impaired people to
administer at home alone since these tasks generally require third-party to perform.
One of the powerful features in the Angel SoundTM is the seamless integration of
speech training and testing function. The functional hearing test module in the Angel
SoundTM is developed to incoporate most commonly used speech and music
recognition tasks into a single module so the user can quickly find the appropriate
tasks for assessing their functional hearing status.
Scene-based Learning by Listening (Exclusive for Angel Sound)
It is important to use age-appropriate listening materials for hearing-impaired children
who have cochlear implant device or hearing aid device to faciliate their language
development. The learning by listening module in the Angel Sound is developed to
incoporate scene-based training protocols for children with cochlear implant device or
hearing aid device to discriminate different sounds as well as learn new words.