@inproceedings{a60e4e9e15ae4cd1a1d3eed716c45194,
title = "Perceptual multiband spectral subtraction for noise reduction in hearing aids",
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.",
keywords = "Hearing Aids, Low Power Design, Noise Reduction",
author = "Wei, {Cheng Wen} and Tsai, {Cheng Chun} and Tian-Sheuan Chang and Shyh-Jye Jou",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1109/APCCAS.2010.5774973",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781424474561",
series = "IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems, Proceedings, APCCAS",
pages = "692--695",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 2010 Asia Pacific Conference on Circuit and System, APCCAS 2010",
note = "2010 Asia Pacific Conference on Circuit and System, APCCAS 2010 ; Conference date: 06-12-2010 Through 09-12-2010",
}