A computationally-efficient single-channel speech enhancement algorithm for monaural hearing aids. Ayllón, D., Gil-Pita, R., Utrilla-Manso, M., & Rosa-Zurera, M. In 2014 22nd European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), pages 2050-2054, Sep., 2014.
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A computationally-efficient single-channel speech enhancement algorithm to improve intelligibility in monaural hearing aids is presented in this paper. The algorithm combines a novel set of features with a simple supervised machine learning technique to estimate the frequency-domain Wiener filter for noise reduction, using extremely low computational resources. Results show a noticeable intelligibility improvement in terms of PESQ score and SNRESI, even for low input SNR, using only a 7% of the computational resources available in a state-of-the-art commercial hearing aid. The performance of the algorithm is comparable to the performance of current algorithms that use more computationally complex features and learning schemas.
@InProceedings{6952750,
  author = {D. Ayllón and R. Gil-Pita and M. Utrilla-Manso and M. Rosa-Zurera},
  booktitle = {2014 22nd European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO)},
  title = {A computationally-efficient single-channel speech enhancement algorithm for monaural hearing aids},
  year = {2014},
  pages = {2050-2054},
  abstract = {A computationally-efficient single-channel speech enhancement algorithm to improve intelligibility in monaural hearing aids is presented in this paper. The algorithm combines a novel set of features with a simple supervised machine learning technique to estimate the frequency-domain Wiener filter for noise reduction, using extremely low computational resources. Results show a noticeable intelligibility improvement in terms of PESQ score and SNRESI, even for low input SNR, using only a 7% of the computational resources available in a state-of-the-art commercial hearing aid. The performance of the algorithm is comparable to the performance of current algorithms that use more computationally complex features and learning schemas.},
  keywords = {computational complexity;hearing aids;learning (artificial intelligence);speech enhancement;speech intelligibility;Wiener filters;computationally efficient single channel speech enhancement algorithm;monaural hearing aids;supervised machine learning technique;frequency domain Wiener filter;noise reduction;intelligibility improvement;Speech;Speech enhancement;Noise measurement;Signal processing algorithms;Signal to noise ratio;Training;Speech enhancement;Noise reduction;Time-frequency masking;Supervised learning},
  issn = {2076-1465},
  month = {Sep.},
}

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