Wavelet-based nonlinear AGC method for hearing aid loudness compensation

IEE Proceedings: Vision, Image and Signal Processing

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 502-507

  Li, M ^a   McAllister, H G ^b   Black, N D ^b   De Perez, T A ^c  

^a NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUDITION; GAIN CONTROL; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; TIME VARYING CONTROL SYSTEMS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL (AGC); HEARING AID LOUDNESS COMPENSATION; WAVELET-BASED NONLINEAR METHODS;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0034429046     PISSN: 1350245X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-vis:20000631     Document Type: Article

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