Hearing Device Benefit in Free Conversation and in Speech Tests in VR

An experiment involving triadic conversation and speech tests in virtual reality (VR) using telepresence technology was performed to investigate the relationship between hearing aid benefit, as measured by signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in free conversation and speech reception threshold (SRT) in speech tests. The dataset comprises multimodal recordings (short-term speech and noise levels, as well as head and gaze tracking) from 11 normally hearing participants performing two tasks (free conversation and a speech-matrix test) under three spatial filter settings and two noise levels. Data collection was performed between 25 May and 21 June 2023. A detailed description of this study can be found in: Grimm, G., Kothe, A. & Hohmann, V. (2025). Comparison of Hearing Device Benefit in Free Conversation and in Speech Tests in Virtual Reality. Zenodo. doi: 10.5281/ZENODO.17776321