Search for dissertations about: "the types of listening"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 swedish dissertations containing the words the types of listening.

2. 1. Music, mind and the serious Zappa : the passions of a virtual listener

   Author : Ulrik Volgsten; Alf Björnberg; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; affect; attunement; categorization; cognition; Daniel Stern; Donald Davidson; Eleanor Rosch; emotions; mood; ideology; imagination; metaphor; sympathy; Zappa; multimodal analysis; Musicology; musikvetenskap;

   Abstract : This dissertation argues that music is always ideological. For this thesis two lines of argument are given. The first states that music is always ideological because it requires verbal discourses about itself. The second line of argument states that music is always ideological because it influences the listener affectively. READ MORE

4. 2. The development of the Situated Phoneme (SiP) test : A Swedish test of phonemic discrimination in noise for adultpeople with hearing loss

   Author : Erik Witte; Elina Mäki-Torkko; Susanne Köbler; Jonas Ekeroot; Karolina Smeds; Thomas Brand; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; hearing impairment; speech audiometry; phonemic discrimination; realistic masking noise; critical differences; Swedish;

   Abstract : In the current thesis, a Swedish phoneme-level speech-audiometric test in natural background noise was developed. The test is called the Situated Phoneme (SiP) test. READ MORE

5. 3. Making the Systemically Desirable Culturally Feasible : Towards the Integration of Gender-Knowledge into Informatics Study Programs

   Author : Thomas Persson Slumpi; Viveca Asproth; Stig Holmberg; Pirjo Elovaara; Per Flensburg; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Gender-knowledge; integration; informatics; study programs; Computer and systems science; Data- och systemvetenskap;

   Abstract : This dissertation scrutinizes the problem domain of gender-knowledge integration into Swedish higher education study programs in informatics. This integration has been expressed as desirable by for example the Swedish government, individual universities and university colleges and the student union alike. READ MORE

6. 4. Assessing cognitive spare capacity as a measure of listening effort using the Auditory Inference Span Test

   Author : Niklas Rönnberg; Stefan Stenfelt; Mary Rudner; Thomas Lunner; Larry Humes; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Listening effort; Cognitive spare capacity; Speech-in-noise; Cognition; Working memory; Updating; Hearing impairment;

   Abstract : Hearing loss has a negative effect on the daily life of 10-15% of the world’s population. One of the most common ways to treat a hearing loss is to fit hearing aids which increases audibility by providing amplification. Hearing aids thus improve speech reception in quiet, but listening in noise is nevertheless often difficult and stressful. READ MORE

7. 5. Selection of stimuli for listening tests by software-assisted ranking

   Author : Jonas Ekeroot; Nicholas Zacharov; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ljudteknik; Audio Technology;

   Abstract : Within the academic field of audio technology, which is the context of this thesis, research questions related to various forms of perceptual audio evaluation of different types of audio systems are important and commonly encountered. Methods for systematic evaluations of listeners’ perceived audio quality, based on different experimental designs, have evolved over a time span of several decades and are collectively referred to as listening tests. READ MORE