An intrinsically digital amplification scheme for hearing aids

Eurasip Journal on Applied Signal Processing

Volumn 2005, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 3026-3033

  Blamey, Peter J ^a   Macfarlane, David S ^a   Steele, Brenton R ^a  

^a Dynamic Hearing Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

ADRO; Amplification; Compression; Hearing instrument

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; COMPUTATION THEORY; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; NOISE ABATEMENT; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AUDIBILITY; COMPRESSION; HEARING INSTRUMENT; SOUND QUALITY;

HEARING AIDS;

EID: 33751290240     PISSN: 11108657     EISSN: 16870433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/ASP.2005.3026     Document Type: Article

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