Speech processing for cochlear implants with the discrete wavelet transform: Feasibility study and performance evaluation

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 3763-3766

  Paglialonga, Alessia ^a   Tognola, Gabriella ^b   Baselli, Giuseppe ^a   Parazzini, Marta ^b   Ravazzani, Paolo ^b   Grandori, Ferdinando ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL FILTERS; DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORMS; HEARING AIDS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

COCHLEAR IMPLANTS (CI); FILTER-BANK ANALYSIS; INFORMATION LOSS; SPEECH SIGNAL;

SPEECH PROCESSING;

EID: 34047105288     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259281     Document Type: Conference Paper

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