Robust adaptive microphone array processing for hearing aids: Realistic speech enhancement

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 759-770

  Hoffman, M W ^a   Trine, T D ^b   Buckley, K M ^b   Van Tasell, D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MICROPHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEARING AIDS; HUMAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028129918     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.410313     Document Type: Article

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