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Subjective evaluation of a spatialization feature for hearing aids by normal-hearing and hearing-impaired subjects

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Effects of Binaural Spatialization in Wireless Microphone Systems for Hearing Aids on Normal-Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Listeners

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Little is known about the perception of artificial spatial hearing by hearing-impaired subjects. The purpose of this study was to investigate how listeners with hearing disorders perceived the effect of a spatialization feature designed for wireless microp ...

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Objective evaluation of static beamforming on the quality of speech in noise

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Beamforming is commonly used in devices such as in hearing instruments (HI) with a view to reducing noise. It consists in focusing on audio signals arising from a prescribed steering direction while suppressing those coming from other directions. The effic ...

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Direction of Arrival with One Microphone, a few LEGOs, and Non-Negative Matrix Factorization

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Optimal visuo-vestibular integration for self-motion perception in patients with unilateral vestibular loss

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