ADJUSTABLE AUDITORY FILTERBANK ARRANGEMENT FOR FILTERING AND SPLITTING AN INFORMATION SIGNAL FOR HEARING AIDS

摘要

An information signal-processing system provides an improvement in perception by persons with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and normal hearing under noisy environment. The processing makes use of binaural dichotic presentation for reducing the effect of spectral and temporal masking. It also employs monaural and diotic presentation. This finds application in digital programmable hearing aids, hearing by persons working under conditions of background noise, etc.