Products

Sensimetrics Corporation - HeLPS - Hearing Loss Simulator, the Hearing Loss and Prosthesis Simulator, delivers accurate interactive demonstrations of the communication difficulties caused by individual hearing losses, the improvements possible with custom-fit hearing aids or cochlear implants, and the importance of speechreading and clear speaking. HeLPS (HEaring Loss and Prosthesis Simulator) was designed to improve client/family understanding of both hearing loss, and available treatment options, and allows real-time control of simulated conductive and recruiting hearing loss, tinnitus, compression hearing aids, and multiple channel implants.  For audiologist use in family counseling, aural rehabilitation, hearing conservation, and professional education.

Auditory Interactivities is a new and powerful tool for students to learn and explore auditory perception interactively. Fifty-eight lessons cover basic concepts of signal analysis and acoustics, auditory detection and discrimination, masking, temporal resolution, binaural and spatial resolution, and pattern perception. Lessons use fully-interactive on-screen control of laboratory instruments -- signal generators, filters, switches, attenuators, etc. – and data collection and storage features that allow classic hearing science demonstrations and experiments in hearing to be easily replicated. Auditory Interactivities turns any Windows-based personal computer into a personal psychoacoustics software laboratory.

Seeing and Hearing Speech: Lessons in Lipreading and Listening exploits the multimedia capabilities of personal computers to allow people to train and practice lipreading at their own pace and at home. This new interactive lipreading software from Sensimetrics Corporation contains carefully planned lessons that help people combine what they see with what they hear to understand speech better. Seeing and Hearing Speech uses the latest multimedia technology and computer-aided learning techniques to provide extensive, convenient lipreading training on PC or Macintosh computers. For more information, please visit the Seeing and Hearing Speech product website at www.seeingspeech.com.

Speech processing and speech nalysis have been continuing activities at Sensimetrics since the company's creation.  Early in our history, we realized that there was a general need for low-cost, high-quality speech analysis software. This need was widespread among researchers who could not afford elaborate, expensive spectrogram software and workstations but required the precision and convenience of professional software. In addition, many engineers, speech pathologists and others did not use speech analysis software tools because access was limited or absent in their organizations. In 1989, Sensimetrics designed and offered such users the SpeechStation, which has since then achieved wide international acceptance. Continuing research and development has produced a new version, SpeechStation2, which offers more facilities, higher speed and greater convenience at much lower cost.

HLsyn is a high-level formant synthesizer that is based on a hybrid articulatory-acoustic model of speech production [Hanson, H.M. and Stevens, K.N. (2002). J. Acoust. Soc Am. 102, 1158-1182].  This patented technology developed at Sensimetrics (US Patent 5,748,838) provides those experienced with speech synthesis and formant synthesis a flexible interface to achieve superior results more efficiently and accurately than with conventional Klatt synthesizers.

Sensimetrics developed and distributes this speech science software on CD-ROM as a supplement to traditional undergraduate instruction in speech science. In use at hundreds of universities worldwide, Speech Production and Perception I combines illuminating animations of speech acoustics with interactive lessons, concise explanatory text, and an associated workbook.