An objective estimate of the perceived quality of reproduced sound in normal and impaired hearing

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1007-1018

  Bramsløw, Lars ^a  

^a OTICON A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; ESTIMATION; HEARING AIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; NEURAL NETWORKS; QUALITY CONTROL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND REPRODUCTION;

AUDITORY MODELS; OBJECTIVE SCALING OF SOUND QUALITY AND REPRODUCTION (OSSQAR); PREDICTION ERRORS; SOUND QUALITY;

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

EID: 11244353764     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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