Environment-adaptive speech enhancement for bilateral cochlear implants using a single processor

Speech Communication

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 523-534

  Mirzahasanloo, Taher S ^a   Kehtarnavaz, Nasser ^a   Gopalakrishna, Vanishree ^a   Loizou, Philipos C ^a  

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

Author keywords

Bilateral cochlear implants; Environment adaptive speech enhancement; Single processor speech enhancement for bilateral cochlear implants

Indexed keywords

CLOSED FORM SOLUTIONS; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; DISTORTION MEASURES; JOINT OBJECTIVE FUNCTION; NOISY ENVIRONMENT; SEQUENTIAL PROCESSING; SINGLE PROCESSORS; SUITABLE SOLUTIONS;

COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; PIPELINES; SPEECH ENHANCEMENT;

PIPELINE PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84875223793     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.specom.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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