Wind noise in hearing aids with directional and omnidirectional microphones: Polar characteristics of behind-the-ear hearing aids

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2243-2259

  Chung, King ^a   Mongeau, Luc ^b   McKibben, Nicholas ^c  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; BACKGROUND NOISE; BEHIND-THE-EAR HEARING AIDS; DIGITAL HEARING AIDS; DIRECTIONAL MICROPHONES; ENGINEERING DESIGNS; FAR FIELDS; FLOW NOISE; HEARING INSTRUMENTS; INCIDENCE ANGLES; NOISE LEVELS; WIND NOISE;

AUDITION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); HEARING AIDS;

MICROPHONES;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; HEARING; HEARING AID; MICROPHONE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND PRESSURE; WIND;

HEAD; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NOISE; POSTURE; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WIND;

EID: 64649093390     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3086268     Document Type: Article

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