Development of a directional hearing instrument based on array technology

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 785-798

  Bilsen, Frans A ^b   Berkhout, Augustinus J ^a  

^a Peutz & Associes BV ^*  (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; HEARING AID; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROPHONE; NOISE REDUCTION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; WHITE NOISE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HUMAN; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NOISE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027236522     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.408180     Document Type: Article

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