A computationally efficient nonuniform FIR digital filter bank for hearing aids

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2754-2762

  Lian, Yong ^a   Wei, Ying ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Filter bank; Finite impulse response (FIR) filter; Frequency response masking technique; Hearing aid

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; HEARING AIDS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; Z TRANSFORMS;

AUDIOGRAMS RESPONSES; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; FREQUENCY-RESPONSE MASKING TECHNIQUE; MAGNITUDE RESPONSE; NONUNIFORM DIGITAL FILTER BANK;

FIR FILTERS;

EID: 29344475974     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2005.857871     Document Type: Article

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