An auditory-masking-threshold-based noise suppression algorithm GMMSE-AMT[ERB] for listeners with sensorineural hearing loss

Eurasip Journal on Applied Signal Processing

Volumn 2005, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 2938-2953

  Natarajan, Ajay ^a   Hansen, John H L ^b   Arehart, Kathryn Hoberg ^c   Rossi Katz, Jessica ^c  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory masking threshold; Equivalent rectangular bandwidth; Generalized minimum mean square estimation; Hearing impaired; Normal hearing

Indexed keywords

AUDIO SYSTEMS; BANDWIDTH; FUNCTIONS; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

AUDITORY MASKING THRESHOLD; EQUIVALENT RECTANGULAR BANDWIDTH; GENERALIZED MINIMUM MEAN SQUARE ESTIMATION; HEARING IMPAIRED; NORMAL HEARING;

NOISE ABATEMENT;

EID: 33751291978     PISSN: 11108657     EISSN: 16870433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/ASP.2005.2938     Document Type: Article

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