Noise reduction results of an adaptive filtering technique for dual-microphone behind-the-ear hearing aids

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 215-229

  Maj, Jean Baptiste ^a   Wouters, Jan ^a   Moonen, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MICROPHONE; NOISE REDUCTION; PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOUND; SPEECH; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2942527526     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AUD.0000130794.28068.96     Document Type: Article

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