A coherence-based algorithm for noise reduction in dual-microphone applications

European Signal Processing Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1904-1908

  Yousefian, Nima ^a   Kokkinakis, Kostas ^a   Loizou, Philipos C ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAY CONFIGURATIONS; COHERENT NOISE; DUAL-MICROPHONE NOISE REDUCTION; GENERALIZED SIDELOBE CANCELLERS; LISTENING TESTS; REVERBERANT ENVIRONMENT;

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; AUDITION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

MICROPHONES;

EID: 84863806351     PISSN: 22195491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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