Evaluation of a non-linear spectral subtraction noise suppression scheme in cochlear implant users

Cochlear Implants International

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 193-6

  Verschuur, Carl ^a   Lutman, Mark ^a   Abdul Wahat, Norhaniza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Cochlear implant; Noise; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE REDUCTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 34147115271     PISSN: 14670100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cii.318     Document Type: Article

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