Peggy Nelson, of the University of Minnesota, will outline the impacts in her presentation, "COVID-19 effects on social isolation for older persons with sensory loss," at the 181st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, which will be held from November 29 to December 3.
The online event is an interactive panel discussion between NAL's Director Dr Brent Edwards, and Justin Miller, the Co-founder and CEO of Nuheara. Both experts in the area of over-the-counter hearing technologies will meet to discuss the past, present, and future of the technology, and its place within audiological practice, according to NAL.
The applications of this research span beyond the understanding of vocoded speech to a variety of acoustical interpretation patterns.
At the 168th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), held October 27-31 in Indianapolis, researchers from the University of Maryland presented findings from their work on a system of digital speech analysis that assesses depression through changes in speech patterns. Acoustic changes in speech of people with depression could be used to help monitor mental health via a digital app in future.
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