Robustness analysis of Multichannel Wiener filtering and generalized sidelobe cancellation for multimicrophone noise reduction in hearing aid applications

IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 487-503

  Spriet, Ann ^a   Moonen, Marc ^a   Wouters, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Generalized sidelobe canceller; Hearing aids; Multichannel Wiener filtering; Robustness; Speech enhancement

Indexed keywords

HEARING AIDS; MICROPHONES; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPEECH PROCESSING; WAVE FILTERS;

GENERALIZED SIDELOBE CANCELLER; MULTICHANNELS WIENER FILTERING; NOISE REDUCTION ALGORITHMS; SPEECH ENHANCEMENT;

NOISE ABATEMENT;

EID: 17644390369     PISSN: 10636676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSA.2005.845821     Document Type: Article

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