Digital Video Applications Lab, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, R. dos Escoteiros s/n, Mangabeira, 58055-000 João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
Santos Dumont Institute, Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience, Rod. RN 160, Km 03, No. 3003, 59280-000 Macaiba, RN, Brazil.
Biomed Res Int. 2017;2017:2181380. doi: 10.1155/2017/2181380. Epub 2017 Sep 12.
Deafness, an issue that affects millions of people around the globe, is manifested in different intensities and related to many causes. This impairment negatively affects different aspects of the social life of the deaf people, and music-centered situations (concerts, religious events, etc.) are obviously not inviting for them. The Auris System was conceived to provide the musical experimentation for people who have some type of hearing loss. This system is able to extract musical information from audio and create a representation for music pieces using different stimuli, a new media format to be interpreted by other senses than the hearing. In addition, the system defines a testing methodology based on a noninvasive brain activity recording using an electroencephalographic (EEG) device. The results of the tests are being used to better understand the human musical cognition, in order to improve the accuracy of the Auris musical representation.
耳聋是一个影响着全球数百万人的问题，其表现程度和相关原因各不相同。这种障碍会对聋人生活的多个方面产生负面影响，而以音乐为中心的情境（音乐会、宗教活动等）显然对他们没有吸引力。Auris 系统旨在为有听力损失的人提供音乐实验。该系统能够从音频中提取音乐信息，并使用不同的刺激来为音乐作品创建表示，这是一种新的媒体格式，可通过听觉以外的其他感官进行解释。此外，该系统还定义了一种基于使用脑电图（EEG）设备进行非侵入性脑活动记录的测试方法。测试结果用于更好地理解人类的音乐认知，以提高 Auris 音乐表示的准确性。
