Noise characterization and attenuation using linear predictive coding

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10251002
APP PUB NO 20170272869A1
SERIAL NO

15076489

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Disclosed herein, among other things, are apparatus and methods for noise characterization and attenuation for hearing assistance devices. In various embodiments, a method of operating a hearing assistance device includes receiving an audio signal using a microphone of the hearing assistance device and identifying a transient in the audio signal. Linear predictive coding (LPC) is used to isolate speech segments and non-speech segments of the transient and fluctuating noise, and the non-speech segments of the transient and fluctuating noise are attenuated to reduce annoyance of the noise and maintain audibility of perceptually important transients in speech.

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  • STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.

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McKinney, Martin Minneapolis, US 23 57
Salvetti, Arthur Colorado Springs, US 12 355

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