Classification of steady state gain reduction produced by amplitude modulation based noise reduction in digital hearing aids

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 444-455

  Hoetink, Alex E ^a   Krssy, Laszlo ^a   Dreschler, Wouter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Hearing aid satisfaction; Hearing aids; Noise; Psychoacoustics hearing science; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; NOISE REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STEADY STATE;

AUDIOMETRY; HEARING AIDS; NOISE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 70350513332     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020902725539     Document Type: Article

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