Context recognition for hearing instruments using additional sensor modalities

Objectives

Today's state-of-the-art hearing instruments feature an automatic selection of hearing programs, supporting the hearing aid user with his different hearing needs. The audio signal is analysed to infer the hearing target. However, the audio signal alone often provides too little context information to unambiguously detect possible hearing targets. The goal of this project is to achieve an improved hearing target detection for a new generation of hearing instruments by taking into account additional sensor modalities. The exploration of these sensor modalities takes place in experiments with practical application scenarios.

Publications

2013

• Design of a Multimodal Hearing System
  Bernd Tessendorf, Matjaz Debevc, Peter Derleth, Manuela Feilner, Franz Gravenhorst, Daniel Roggen, Thomas Stiefmeier and Gerhard Tröster
  (2013), in: Journal of Computer Science and Information Systems
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• Exploration of Head Gesture Control for Hearing Instruments
  Bernd Tessendorf, Peter Derleth, Manuela Feilner, Franz Gravenhorst, Daniel Roggen, Thomas Stiefmeier, Christina Strohrmann and Gerhard Tröster
  in: International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, 2013
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2012

• Automatic Annotation Of Conversation In Large Multimodal Data Sets By Enhanced Voice Activity Detection And Throat Microphones
  Bernd Tessendorf, Peter Derleth, Manuela Feilner, Daniel Roggen, Thomas Stiefmeier and Gerhard Tröster
  in: Proc. of the 38th Annual Convention for Acoustics (DAGA 2012), 2012
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• Automatic Power-Off for Binaural Hearing Instruments.
  Bernd Tessendorf, Peter Derleth, Manuela Feilner, Daniel Roggen, Thomas Stiefmeier and Gerhard Tröster
  in: AmI, pages 409-414, Springer, 2012
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• Ear-Worn Reference Data Collection and Annotation for Multimodal Context-Aware Hearing Instruments
  Bernd Tessendorf, Peter Derleth, Manuela Feilner, Franz Gravenhorst, Andreas Kettner, Daniel Roggen, Thomas Stiefmeier and Gerhard Tröster
  in: 34st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2012), 2012
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• Improving Game Accessibility with Vibrotactile-Enhanced Hearing Instruments
  Bernd Tessendorf, Peter Derleth, Manuela Feilner, Daniel Roggen, Thomas Stiefmeier and Gerhard Tröster
  in: 13th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP), Linz, Austria [Best Paper Award], 2012
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• Mobile System for Unobtrusive Monitoring of Electrodermal Activity in Daily Life
  Franz Gravenhorst, Bernd Tessendorf, Amir Muaremi, Cornelia Kappeler-Setz, Bert Arnrich and Gerhard Tröster
  in: 6th International Workshop on Ubiquitous Health and Wellness (UbiHealth 2012), 2012
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• Multimodal Sensor and Actuator System for Hearing Instruments
  Bernd Tessendorf
  Dissertation, ETH Zurich, 2012
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• New Sensor Techniques for Musical Instruments Teaching, Learning, and Research
  Tobias Grosshauser, Bernd Tessendorf, Gerhard Tröster, Horst Hildebrandt and Victor Candia
  in: Art in Motion: Musical and athletic motor learning and performance (AiM 2012), 2012
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• Self-Aligning and Drift-Compensated Rowing Seat Position Measurement System Based on Accelerometers and Magnetometers
  Franz Gravenhorst, Christoph Thiem, Bernd Tessendorf, Rolf Adelsberger, Christina Strohrmann, Bert Arnrich and Gerhard Tröster
  in: Proceedings 9. Symposium Sportinformatik, pages 226-231, Deutsche Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft, 2012
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• Sensor Setup for Force and Finger Position and Tilt Measurements for Pianists
  Tobias Grosshauser, Victor Candia, Bernd Tessendorf and Gerhard Tröster
  in: Proceedings of the 9th Sound and Music Computing Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2012
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• SonicSeat: A Seat Position Tracker based on Ultrasonic Sound Measurements for Rowing Technique Analysis
  Franz Gravenhorst, Christoph Thiem, Bernd Tessendorf, Rolf Adelsberger, Bert Arnrich and Gerhard Tröster
  in: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Body Area Networks (Bodynets), 2012
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• Survey on the Potential of Additional Modalities for Hearing Instruments
  Bernd Tessendorf, Peter Derleth, Manuela Feilner, Daniel Roggen, Thomas Stiefmeier and Gerhard Tröster
  in: Proc. of the 38th Annual Convention for Acoustics (DAGA 2012), 2012
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2011

• An IMU-based Sensor Network to Continuously Monitor Rowing Technique on the Water
  Bernd Tessendorf, Franz Gravenhorst, Bert Arnrich and Gerhard Tröster
  in: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing (ISSNIP 2011), Adelaide, Australia, IEEE press, 2011
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• Analyzing Rowing Crews in Different Rowing Boats based on Angular Velocity Measurements with Gyroscopes
  Franz Gravenhorst, Bernd Tessendorf, Bert Arnrich, Camille Codoni and Gerhard Tröster
  in: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Computer Science in Sport (IACSS 2011), Shanghai, China, 2011
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• Bilateral Vibrotactile Feedback Patterns for Accurate Lateralization in Hearing Instrument Body Area Networks
  Bernd Tessendorf, Peter Derleth, Manuela Feilner, Tobias Grämer, Daniel Roggen, Michael Spuhler, Thomas Stiefmeier and Gerhard Tröster
  in: 6th International Conference on Body Area Networks (Bodynets), 2011
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• Design of a Bilateral Vibrotactile Feedback System for Lateralization
  Bernd Tessendorf, Peter Derleth, Manuela Feilner, Tobias Grämer, Daniel Roggen, Michael Spuhler, Thomas Stiefmeier and Gerhard Tröster
  in: International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS'11), 2011
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• Identification of Relevant Multimodal Cues to enhance Context-Aware Hearing Instruments
  Bernd Tessendorf, Peter Derleth, Manuela Feilner, Andreas Kettner, Daniel Roggen, Thomas Stiefmeier and Gerhard Tröster
  in: 6th International Conference on Body Area Networks (Bodynets) [Best Paper Candidate], 2011
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• Kontexterkennung für Hörgeräte mittels zusätzlicher Sensormodalitäten
  Bernd Tessendorf, Andreas Bulling, Peter Derleth, Manuela Feilner, Daniel Roggen, Thomas Stiefmeier and Gerhard Tröster
  in: Proc. of the 37th Annual Convention for Acoustics (DAGA 2011), 2011
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• Recognition of Hearing Needs from Body and Eye Movements to Improve Hearing Instruments
  Bernd Tessendorf, Andreas Bulling, Peter Derleth, Manuela Feilner, Daniel Roggen, Thomas Stiefmeier and Gerhard Tröster
  in: Proc. of the 9th International Conference on Pervasive Computing (Pervasive 2011), Springer, 2011
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• Towards a Rowing Technique Evaluation Based on Oar Orientation
  Franz Gravenhorst, Bernd Tessendorf and Gerhard Tröster
  in: International Conference on Pervasive Computing (Pervasive 2011), 2011
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2010

• Towards Multi-Modal Context Recognition for Hearing Instruments
  Bernd Tessendorf, Andreas Bulling, Daniel Roggen, Thomas Stiefmeier, Gerhard Tröster, Manuela Feilner and Peter Derleth
  in: Proc. of the 14th International Symposium on Wearable Computers, IEEE Press, 2010
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2009

• Unsupervised Monitoring of Sitting Behavior
  Bernd Tessendorf, Bert Arnrich, Johannes Schumm, Cornelia Kappeler-Setz and Gerhard Tröster
  in: Proceedings of EMBC09, 2009
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