A method of synthesizing cicada sound for treatment of tinnitus.
- Author:
Yangjing WANG
1
;
Peiyu HE
;
Fan PAN
;
Tao CUI
;
Haiyan WANG
Author Information
1. School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China. 543609392@qq.com
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Acoustic Stimulation;
Animals;
Computer Simulation;
Hemiptera;
Humans;
Perceptual Masking;
physiology;
Sound;
Tinnitus;
therapy;
Vocalization, Animal
- From:
Journal of Biomedical Engineering
2013;30(3):627-634
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Masking therapy can make patients accustom to tinnitus. This therapy is safe and easy to implement, so that it has become a widely used treatment of curing tinnitus. According to surveys of tinnitus sounds, cicada sound is one of the most usual tinnituses. Meanwhile, we have not hitherto found published papers concerning how to synthesize cicada sound and to use it to ameliorate tinnitus. Inspired by the human acoustics theory, we proposed a method to synthesize medical masking sound and to realize the diversity by illustrating the process of synthesizing various cicada sounds. In addition, energy attenuation problem in spectrum shifting process has been successfully solved. Simulation results indicated that the proposed method achieved decent results and would have practical value for the future applications.
