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The consonant-weighted Envelope Difference Index (cEDI): A proposed technique for quantifying envelope distortion

Hoover et al., 2012

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10669880766649493032
Author
Hoover E
Souza P
Gallun F
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Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

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Purpose The benefits of amplitude compression in hearing aids may be limited by distortion resulting from rapid gain adjustment. To evaluate this, it is convenient to quantify distortion by using a metric that is sensitive to the changes in the processed signal that decrease …
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