A Novel Software Solution to Diagnose the Hearing Disabilities In Human Beings

Abstract

Ears are one of the most important sensory organs in human beings. They contribute equally to human beings in acquiring information from around the world. They also help in maintaining a sense of balance in addition to providing the human beings with the ability to hear. Majority of the population are over exposed to sound which significantly leads to hearing loss. A person is said to suffer from hearing loss if he loses the ability to perceive the sound within the normal audible range. In such a scenario, an affordable and reliable testing protocol is required to treat the human fraternity [1]. Therefore, the need of the day is to develop a low cost solution to assess the hearing disabilities in human beings by eliminating the requirement of sound proof environment used in traditional hearing test procedures like audiometry. The auditory function in human beings can be assessed using various parameters of sound such as pitch, intensity, frequency, etc. [2] The current work focuses on developing a simple and an affordable software system which is used to assess the threshold of hearing in human beings. MATLAB platform is used in designing the software system. The software has also been standardised by acquiring the threshold of hearing from 44 healthy individuals of both males and females with age group 20-30 years. The results prove that there is a slight improvement in the hearing perception of males when compared to females.