Assessing the benefit of adaptive null-steering using real-world signals

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 434-443

  Woods, William S ^a,b   Merks, Ivo ^a   Zhang, Tao ^a   Fitz, Kelly ^a   Edwards, Brent ^a  

^a Starkey Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^b Starkey Hearing Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam forming; Directionality; Hearing aid; Null steering

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PROSTHESIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ALGORITHMS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 77952693952     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992020903518128     Document Type: Article

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