Subspace and Envelope Subtraction Algorithms for Noise Reduction in Cochlear Implants

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 2002-2005

  Toledo, F ^a   Loizou, P ^a   Lobo, A ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

Clarion device; Cochlear implants; Noise reduction

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ALGORITHMS; ESTIMATION; MICROPHONES; NOISE ABATEMENT; SPEECH PROCESSING;

CLARION DEVICES; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS (CI);

HEARING AIDS;

EID: 1542361212     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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