Evaluation of a telephone speech-enhancement algorithm among older adults with hearing loss

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1477-1483

  Roup, Christina M ^a   Poling, Gayla L ^a,b   Harhager, Kimberly ^a,c   Krishnamurthy, Ashok ^a   Fetha, Lawrence L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing impairment; Speech recognition; Telephone

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TELEPHONE;

AGED; AGING; ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECOGNITION SOFTWARE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 80054112493     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2011/10-0181)     Document Type: Article

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