EarGate: gait-based user identification with in-ear microphones

A Ferlini, D Ma, R Harle, C Mascolo - Proceedings of the 27th Annual …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Human gait is a widely used biometric trait for user identification and recognition. Given the
wide-spreading, steady diffusion of ear-worn wearables (Earables) as the new frontier of …

Oesense: employing occlusion effect for in-ear human sensing

D Ma, A Ferlini, C Mascolo - … of the 19th Annual International Conference …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Smart earbuds are recognized as a new wearable platform for personal-scale human motion
sensing. However, due to the interference from head movement or background noise …

A critical review of the literature on comfort of hearing protection devices: Analysis of the comfort measurement variability

O Doutres, F Sgard, J Terroir, N Perrin… - International Journal …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Objective. This article proposes a comprehensive literature review of past works addressing
hearing protection device (HPD) comfort with the aim of identifying the main sources of …

HeartPrint: Passive heart sounds authentication exploiting in-ear microphones

Y Cao, C Cai, F Li, Z Chen, J Luo - IEEE INFOCOM 2023-IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Biometrics has been increasingly integrated into wearable devices to enhance data privacy
and security in recent years. Meanwhile, the popularity of wearables in turn creates a unique …

Numerical investigation of the earplug contribution to the low-frequency objective occlusion effect induced by bone-conducted stimulation

K Carillo, O Doutres, F Sgard - The Journal of the Acoustical Society of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The use of earplugs is commonly associated with an increased perception of the bone-
conducted part of one's own physiological noise. This phenomenon is referred to as …

Passive earplug including Helmholtz resonators arranged in series to achieve broadband near zero occlusion effect at low frequencies

K Carillo, F Sgard, O Dazel, O Doutres - The Journal of the Acoustical …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The use of passive earplugs is often associated with the occlusion effect: a phenomenon
described as the increased auditory perception of one's own physiological noise at low …

Occlusion and coupling effects with different earmold designs–all a matter of opening the ear canal?

F Denk, T Hieke, M Roberz… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Ear canal occlusion by a hearing aid leads to an unnatural sound of the own voice
due to a level increase of bone-conducted low-frequency components of the ear canal …

Reduction of the occlusion effect induced by earplugs using quasi perfect broadband absorption

K Carillo, F Sgard, O Dazel, O Doutres - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Passive earplugs are used to prevent workers from noise-induced hearing loss. However,
earplugs often induce an acoustic discomfort known as the occlusion effect. This …

BreathPro: Monitoring Breathing Mode during Running with Earables

C Hu, T Kandappu, Y Liu, C Mascolo… - Proceedings of the ACM on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Running is a popular and accessible form of aerobic exercise, significantly benefiting our
health and wellness. By monitoring a range of running parameters with wearable devices …

[HTML][HTML] Reactive feedback control and adaptation to perturbed speech timing in stressed and unstressed syllables

M Oschkinat, P Hoole - Journal of Phonetics, 2022 - Elsevier
This study examines speakers' reaction to focally applied temporal real-time auditory
feedback perturbation in a word-initial unstressed syllable (Unstressed condition) and a …