Multichannel signal enhancement algorithms for assisted listening devices: Exploiting spatial diversity using multiple microphones

IEEE Signal Processing Magazine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 18-30

  Doclo, Simon ^a   Kellermann, Walter ^b   Makino, Shoji ^c   Nordholm, Sven Erik ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ALGORITHMS; SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATIONS; ACOUSTIC SIGNALS; HEARING IMPAIRED; HEARING PROTECTION; MULTICHANNEL SIGNALS; MULTIPLE MICROPHONES; NORMAL HEARING; SPATIAL DIVERSITY;

AUDITION;

EID: 85032750946     PISSN: 10535888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MSP.2014.2366780     Document Type: Article

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