A Study on the Performance of Companding Algorithms for Digital Hearing Aid Users
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Hwang, Y.S.
(Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University)
Han, J.H. (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University) Ji, Y.S. (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University) Hong, S.H. (Department of ORL-HNS, Sungkyunkwan University) Lee, S.M. (Department of Electronic Engineering, Inha University) Kim, D.W. (Bio & Health Lab, Samsung Advance Institute of Technology) Kim, In-Young (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University) Kim, Sun-I. (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University) |
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