Robust distributed noise reduction in hearing aids with external acoustic sensor nodes

Eurasip Journal on Advances in Signal Processing

Volumn 2009, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Bertrand, Alexander ^a   Moonen, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SENSORS; COMMUNICATION BANDWIDTH; COMMUNICATION LINKS; COMPUTATIONAL LOADS; DISTRIBUTED NOISE; FREQUENCY-DOMAIN PROCESSING; MODE SIMULATION; MULTICHANNEL WIENER FILTER; NOISE REDUCTIONS; SIGNAL ESTIMATION; SOUND SOURCE;

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; ACOUSTICS; AUDITION; HEARING AIDS; SENSOR NODES; SENSORS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 73449124757     PISSN: 16876172     EISSN: 16876180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/530435     Document Type: Article

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