Reducing correlated noise in digital hearing aids : A wavelet-based method for extracting speech from background noise

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 88-96

  Whitmal, Nathaniel A ^a,c,d,e,f   Rutledge, Janet C ^{a,e,g,h,i,j,k}   Cohen, Jonathan ^b,l,m  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Bose Corporation   (United States)

^g RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^j TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^k Audiology and Hearing Sciences Dept

^l WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m American Mathematics Society   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND NOISE; DIGITAL HEARING AIDS; NOISE REDUCTION; SPEECH ENHANCEMENT SYSTEMS; SPEECH SOUND PRESSURE LEVELS;

AUDITION; CORRELATION METHODS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

HEARING AIDS;

ALGORITHM; DIGITAL FILTERING; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; NOISE REDUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 0030245805     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/51.537064     Document Type: Review

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