Multichannel dynamic-range compression using digital frequency warping

Eurasip Journal on Applied Signal Processing

Volumn 2005, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 3003-3014

  Kates, James M ^a   Arehart, Kathryn Hoberg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay perception; Dynamic range compression; Frequency warping; Hearing aids

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; ELECTRIC FILTERS; HEARING AIDS; SPEECH ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD ELEMENTS;

DELAY PERCEPTION; DYNAMIC-RANGE COMPRESSION; FREQUENCY RESOLUTION; FREQUENCY WARPING; SIGNAL QUALITY;

NOISE ABATEMENT;

EID: 33751279943     PISSN: 11108657     EISSN: 16870433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/ASP.2005.3003     Document Type: Article

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