Comparative performance of an adaptive directional microphone system and a multichannel noise reduction system

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 241-252

  Yuen, Kevin C P ^a   Kam, Anna C S ^b   Lau, Polly S H ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Phonak Hong Kong Hearing Centre   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adaptive directional microphone; Digital perception processing; Hearing aid prescription; Multichannel noise reduction; NAL NL1

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MALE; MICROPHONE; NOISE REDUCTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750580150     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.17.4.3     Document Type: Article

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