Hearing aids have advanced significantly over the past decade, primarily due to the
maturing of digital technology. The next decade should see an even greater number of …

Over 360 million people worldwide suffer from disabling hearing loss. Most of them can be
treated with hearing aids. Unfortunately, performance with hearing aids and the benefit …

Purpose This work is aimed at addressing a seeming contradiction related to the use of
noise-reduction (NR) algorithms in hearing aids. The problem is that although some …

Ideal binary time-frequency masking is a signal separation technique that retains mixture
energy in time-frequency units where local signal-to-noise ratio exceeds a certain threshold …

Hearing aid amplification can be used as a model for studying the effects of auditory
stimulation on the central auditory system (CAS). We examined the effects of stimulus …

This chapter summarizes a broad range of data, consistent with the primacy of hearing for
shaping the principal properties of spoken language. It highlights how information acts as a …

Experimental hardware-research interfaces form a crucial role during developmental stages
of any medical, signal-monitoring system as it allows researchers to test and optimize output …

Temporal modulation processing is a promising technique for improving the intelligibility and
quality of speech in noise. We propose a speech enhancement algorithm that constructs the …

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the joint effects that wide dynamic
range compression (WDRC) release time (RT) and number of channels have on recognition …

Fast-acting dynamic range compression is a level-dependent amplification scheme which
aims to restore audibility for hearing-impaired listeners. However, when being applied to …