Distortion of interaural time cues by directional noise reduction systems in modern digital hearing aids

IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 57-60

  Van Bogaert, Tim Den ^a   Wouters, Jan ^a   Klasen, Thomas J ^a   Moonen, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; MICROPHONES; NOISE ABATEMENT;

DIGITAL HEARING AIDS; INTERAURAL TIME; NOISE REDUCTION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE DIRECTIONAL MICROPHONE;

HEARING AIDS;

EID: 33749071431     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ASPAA.2005.1540167     Document Type: Conference Paper

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