Efficient Perceptual Tuning of Hearing Aids With Genetic Algorithms

IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 144-155

  Durant, Eric A ^a   Wakefield, Gregory H ^b   Van Tasell, Dianne J ^c   Rickert, Martin E ^d  

^a MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic feedback; Adaptive fitting; Genetic algorithms; Hearing aid fitting; Hearing aids; Optimization methods; Paired comparisons; Perceptual tuning; Preference judgments

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; FEEDBACK; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; SPEECH PROCESSING; TUNING; USER INTERFACES;

ACOUSTIC FEEDBACK; ADAPTIVE FITTING; HEARING AID FITTING; OPTIMIZATION METHODS; PAIRED COMPARISONS; PERCEPTUAL TUNING; PREFERENCE JUDGEMENTS;

HEARING AIDS;

EID: 2142815393     PISSN: 10636676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSA.2003.822640     Document Type: Article

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