Digital noise reduction: Much ado about something?

Hearing Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-18

  Mueller, H Gustav ^b   Ricketts, Todd A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ALGORITHM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIGITAL FILTERING; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; EDITORIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LAW; MUSIC; NOISE; NOISE REDUCTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH;

EID: 16244374641     PISSN: 07457472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HJ.0000324427.07288.f4     Document Type: Editorial

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