GROUP HEARING SYSTEM

Group Members: Supervisors: Collaborators:

Furqan Kaleem Sir Sajid Gul Khawaja HASSAN ACADEMY
Saboor Ahmad Khan Dr. Muhammad Usman SPECIAL
Akram EDUCATION
 Introduction
• Partially deaf people may hear some sounds and may hear words at a
specific frequency range.
• Group hearing system helps partially deaf students to study together with
students having normal hearing.
• Each student unit has two separate amplifiers for left and right ear.
 Problem Statement

Design and development of a hearing enhancement

system for group hearing of special children.
 Objectives

• Design of an embedded device

• Audiometry of special children
• Cloud based storage system
• User friendly GUI
Old Device
 Proposed System

Project work divided into two parts:

• Audiometry App

• Standalone Device
 Audiometry App

System Level Diagram of Audiometry App

 Audiometry App

Algorithm of Audiometry App

• Pure Tune Threshold
• Check hearing Senstivity
• Standard Frequency Ranges (stars from 150 Hz)

Hearing sensitivity is plotted on graph

0-25 dB for normal hearig
26-40 dB for mild hearing loss
41-55 dB moderate hearing loss
56-70 dB moderate-severe hearing loss
70-90 dB severe hearing loss
 Audiometry App

Home Screen Audiometry Test Screen Audiometry graph

 Group Hearing Device

System Level Diagram of Standalone Device

 Group Hearing Device

Output
Band Adding
Voice Signal Pass Filter Amplification Signals
Voice
Signals

Algorithm for Group Hearing Device

 Group Hearing Device
MATLAB Implementation of Algorithm
 Group Hearing Device
Band Pass Filters

• Frequency Ranges
– 150-750 Hz
– 750-1750 Hz
– 1750-2000 Hz
– 2000-3000 Hz
– 3000-4000 Hz
– 4000-6050 Hz
– 6050-8000 Hz
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Technical Details

• Discovery Board
– 2 DAC channels available.
– Sampling Frequency of DAC channels 44 KHz

• Formula to convert dB Sound Levels to Normal Gain

 Group Hearing Device

Technical Details

Amplifier Details:
IC: LM386
Gain = 20
Output Voltage = 3.3 V

Amplifier Schematic Diagram

 Group Hearing System

Tools Used

Discovery Board 3.2” TFT LCD Touch Panel

 Group Hearing Device

• Device
 Conclusion

• Audiometry App
– Hearing Test
– Real Time Cloud Storage

• Group Hearing Device

– Real Time Hearing Enhancement
– Minimum Noise. (So no Need for Noise Removal)
 Future Works

• Device Needs
– Increase in No. of DACs for more students.
– WIFI Connection.
Thank You