Detection and Characterization of the Sclera - Evaluation of Eye Gestural Reactions to Auditory Stimuli

Alba Fernández, Joaquim de Moura, Marcos Ortega, Manuel G. Penedo

2015

Abstract

Hearing assessment becomes a challenge for the audiologists when there are severe difficulties in the communication with the patient. This methodology is aimed at facilitating the audiological evaluation of the patient when cognitive decline, or other communication disorders, complicate the necessary interaction between patient and audiologist for the proper development of the test. In these cases, the audiologist must focus his attention on the detection of spontaneous and unconscious reactions that tend to occur in the eye region of the patient, expressed in most cases as changes in the gaze direction. In this paper, the tracking of the gaze direction is addressed by the study of the sclera, the white area of the eye. The movement is identified and characterized in order to determine whether or not a positive reaction to the auditory stimuli has occurred, so the hearing of the patients can be correctly assessed.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Fernández A., de Moura J., Ortega M. and Penedo M. (2015). Detection and Characterization of the Sclera - Evaluation of Eye Gestural Reactions to Auditory Stimuli . In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 2: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2015) ISBN 978-989-758-090-1, pages 313-320. DOI: 10.5220/0005295603130320

in Bibtex Style

@conference{visapp15,
author={Alba Fernández and Joaquim de Moura and Marcos Ortega and Manuel G. Penedo},
title={Detection and Characterization of the Sclera - Evaluation of Eye Gestural Reactions to Auditory Stimuli},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 2: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2015)},
year={2015},
pages={313-320},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005295603130320},
isbn={978-989-758-090-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 2: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2015)
TI - Detection and Characterization of the Sclera - Evaluation of Eye Gestural Reactions to Auditory Stimuli
SN - 978-989-758-090-1
AU - Fernández A.
AU - de Moura J.
AU - Ortega M.
AU - Penedo M.
PY - 2015
SP - 313
EP - 320
DO - 10.5220/0005295603130320