Perceptual multiband spectral subtraction for noise reduction in hearing aids

Cheng Wen Wei; Cheng Chun Tsai; Tian-Sheuan Chang; Shyh-Jye Jou

doi:10.1109/APCCAS.2010.5774973

Perceptual multiband spectral subtraction for noise reduction in hearing aids

Cheng Wen Wei^*
, Cheng Chun Tsai
, Tian-Sheuan Chang
, Shyh-Jye Jou

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper presents a low complexity noise reduction method by a perceptual multiband spectral subtraction for CIC type hearing aids. The noisy speech is first perceptually decomposed by a 1/3 octave filter bank by ANSI S1.11, and the noise is estimated by an enhanced entropy based voice activity detection (VAD), and then noise is subtracted by a simple multiband spectral subtraction. Simulations show that under different environments the proposed algorithm averagely improves segmental SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio) and PESQ (Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality) by 6.27dB and 0.32, respectively, and performs better compared to the previous approach. In addition, informal listening test shows there is not musical noise in the processed speech.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2010 Asia Pacific Conference on Circuit and System, APCCAS 2010
Pages	692-695
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/APCCAS.2010.5774973
State	Published - 2010
Event	2010 Asia Pacific Conference on Circuit and System, APCCAS 2010 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Duration: 6 Dec 2010 → 9 Dec 2010

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Name	IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems, Proceedings, APCCAS

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Conference	2010 Asia Pacific Conference on Circuit and System, APCCAS 2010
Country/Territory	Malaysia
City	Kuala Lumpur
Period	6/12/10 → 9/12/10

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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Hearing Aids
Low Power Design
Noise Reduction

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Wei, C. W., Tsai, C. C., Chang, T.-S., & Jou, S.-J. (2010). Perceptual multiband spectral subtraction for noise reduction in hearing aids. In Proceedings of the 2010 Asia Pacific Conference on Circuit and System, APCCAS 2010 (pp. 692-695). Article 5774973 (IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems, Proceedings, APCCAS). https://doi.org/10.1109/APCCAS.2010.5774973

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Wei, CW, Tsai, CC, Chang, T-S & Jou, S-J 2010, Perceptual multiband spectral subtraction for noise reduction in hearing aids. in Proceedings of the 2010 Asia Pacific Conference on Circuit and System, APCCAS 2010., 5774973, IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems, Proceedings, APCCAS, pp. 692-695, 2010 Asia Pacific Conference on Circuit and System, APCCAS 2010, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 6/12/10. https://doi.org/10.1109/APCCAS.2010.5774973

Perceptual multiband spectral subtraction for noise reduction in hearing aids. / Wei, Cheng Wen; Tsai, Cheng Chun; Chang, Tian-Sheuan et al.
Proceedings of the 2010 Asia Pacific Conference on Circuit and System, APCCAS 2010. 2010. p. 692-695 5774973 (IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems, Proceedings, APCCAS).

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