All Outputs (7)

Speech, movement and gaze behaviours during dyadic conversation in noise (2019)
Journal Article
Hadley, L. V., Owen Brimijoin, W., & Whitmer, W. M. (2019). Speech, movement and gaze behaviours during dyadic conversation in noise. Scientific Reports, 9, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-46416-0

How do people have conversations in noise and make themselves understood? While many previous studies have investigated speaking and listening in isolation, this study focuses on the behaviour of pairs of individuals in an ecologically valid context.... Read More about Speech, movement and gaze behaviours during dyadic conversation in noise.

Influence of microphone housing on the directional response of piezoelectric MEMS microphones inspired by Ormia ochracea (2017)
Journal Article
Bauer, R., Zhang, Y., Jackson, J. C., Whitmer, W. M., Brimijoin, W. O., Akeroyd, M. A., …Windmill, J. F. (2017). Influence of microphone housing on the directional response of piezoelectric MEMS microphones inspired by Ormia ochracea. IEEE Sensors Journal, 17(17), 5529 - 5536. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2017.2729619

The influence of custom microphone housings on the acoustic directionality and frequency response of a multi-band bio-inspired MEMS microphone is presented. The 3.2mm by 1.7mm piezoelectric MEMS microphone, fabricated by a cost-effective multi-user p... Read More about Influence of microphone housing on the directional response of piezoelectric MEMS microphones inspired by Ormia ochracea.

The effect of tonsillectomy on the morbidity from recurrent tonsillitis (2017)
Journal Article
Douglas, C. M., Lang, K., Whitmer, W. M., Wilson, J. A., & Mackenzie, K. (2017). The effect of tonsillectomy on the morbidity from recurrent tonsillitis. Clinical Otolaryngology, 42(6), 1206-1210. https://doi.org/10.1111/coa.12850

Background Tonsillitis is a common condition with an incidence in UK general practice of 37 per 1000 population a year.1 Recurrent tonsillitis results in significant morbidity and impacts on individuals’ quality of life. This study assesses the mo... Read More about The effect of tonsillectomy on the morbidity from recurrent tonsillitis.

Hearing aid validation (2016)
Book Chapter
Whitmer, W. M., Wright-Whyte, K. F., Holman, J. A., & Akeroyd, M. A. (2016). Hearing aid validation. In G. R. Popelka, B. C. Moore, R. R. Fay, & A. N. Popper (Eds.), Hearing aids. Springer Science+Business Media

Validation provides quality assurance that a hearing aid wearer’s needs are being met—that the solution meets not only their technical requirements (i.e., verification) but also their requirements for everyday communication. In the past 50 years, the... Read More about Hearing aid validation.

The just-noticeable difference in speech-to-noise ratio (2015)
Journal Article
McShefferty, D., Whitmer, W. M., & Akeroyd, M. A. (2015). The just-noticeable difference in speech-to-noise ratio. Trends in Hearing, 19(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/2331216515572316

Just-noticeable differences (JNDs) have been measured for various features of sounds, but despite its importance to communication, there is no benchmark for what is a just-noticeable—and possibly meaningful—difference in speech-to-noise ratio (SNR).... Read More about The just-noticeable difference in speech-to-noise ratio.

The effect of hearing aid microphone mode on performance in an auditory orienting task (2014)
Journal Article
Brimijoin, W. O., Whitmer, W. M., McShefferty, D., & Akeroyd, M. A. (2014). The effect of hearing aid microphone mode on performance in an auditory orienting task. Ear and Hearing, 35(5), Article e204-e212. https://doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000000053

OBJECTIVES: Although directional microphones on a hearing aid provide a signal-to-noise ratio benefit in a noisy background, the amount of benefit is dependent on how close the signal of interest is to the front of the user. It is assumed that whe... Read More about The effect of hearing aid microphone mode on performance in an auditory orienting task.

The perception of apparent auditory source width in hearing-impaired adults (2014)
Journal Article
Whitmer, W. M., Seeber, B. U., & Akeroyd, M. A. (2014). The perception of apparent auditory source width in hearing-impaired adults. Nature Energy, 135(6), https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4875575

In a previous study [Whitmer, Seeber and Akeroyd, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 132, 369-379 (2012)], it was demonstrated that older hearing-impaired (HI) listeners produced visual sketches of headphone-presented noises that were insensitive to changes in inte... Read More about The perception of apparent auditory source width in hearing-impaired adults.