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Design of High Frequency Boosting Circuits Compensating for Hearing Loss

청력 보정을 위한 고주파 증폭 회로 설계

  • Lee, Kwang (School of Electricity and Electronics, Ulsan College) ;
  • Jung, Young-Jin (School of Electricity and Electronics, Ulsan College)
  • 이광 (울산과학대학교 전기전자공학부) ;
  • 정영진 (울산과학대학교 전기전자공학부)
  • Received : 2017.01.05
  • Accepted : 2017.02.13
  • Published : 2017.03.25
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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a high frequency boosting circuits compensating for age-related hearing loss. The frequency response of this hearing loss is quite similar to that of a low-pass filter of which the critical frequency get lower with age. Therefore the voltage gain of this compensation circuits increase proportionally to the frequency of signals when the frequency is higher than the critical frequency and the voltage is constant irrespective of the frequency of signals when the frequency is lower than the critical frequency. The proposed circuits consist of a differential circuit and a unity gain amplifier. Because the critical frequency of the proposed circuits is controlled simply in the shape of a volume control lever, the aged people can adjust the high frequency boosting level easily according to one's hearing loss level. The critical frequency is continuously controllable in the whole audible frequency band and the gain of this high frequency boosting circuits is above 80dB at 10kHz.

본 논문에서는 노인성 난청으로 인한 청력도 감쇄를 보상하는 고주파 증폭 회로를 제안한다. 노인성 난청은 고음역(고주파 대역)의 청력도가 저음역(저주파대역)에 비해 더 떨어지는 저주파 통과 필터의 특성을 보이므로, 보상회로는 임계주파수 이상의 대역에서는 주파수에 비례하여 신호를 증폭하고 임계주파수 이하에서는 증폭도를 일정하게 유지하는 구조이다. 제안된 고주파 회로는 미분기, 단위 이득 증폭기로 구성된다. 임계주파수는 볼륨 조절 레버 형태로 간단하게 제어가 가능한 구조로 노인들이 자신의 난청정도에 따라 쉽게 증폭도를 조절할 수 있다. 고주파 증폭회로의 임계주파수는 가청주파수 전 대역에서 연속적으로 조절 가능하고, 10 kHz 음역의 신호는 80dB 이상 증폭도를 가진다.

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