Optimal binaural LCMV beamformers for combined noise reduction and binaural cue preservation

Daniel Marquardt; Elior Hadad; Sharon Gannot; Simon Doclo

doi:10.1109/iwaenc.2014.6954304

Optimal binaural LCMV beamformers for combined noise reduction and binaural cue preservation

Daniel Marquardt
, Elior Hadad
, Sharon Gannot
, Simon Doclo

Bar-Ilan University - The Alexander Kofkin Faculty of Engineering

University of Oldenburg

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Abstract

Besides noise reduction an important objective of binaural speech enhancement algorithms is the preservation of the binaural cues of both desired and undesired sound sources. Re-cently, the binaural Linearly Constrained Minimum Variance (BLCMV) beamformer has been proposed that aims to preserve the desired speech component and suppress the undesired directional interference component while preserving the binaural cues of both components. Since the performance of the BLCMV beamformer highly depends on the amount of interference rejection determined by the interference rejection parameter, in this paper we propose several performance criteria to optimize the interference rejection parameters for the left and the right hearing aid. Experimental results show how the performance of the BLCMV beamformer is affected by the different optimal parameter combinations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2014 14th International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement, IWAENC 2014
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	288-292
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479968084
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/iwaenc.2014.6954304
State	Published - 11 Nov 2014
Event	2014 14th International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement, IWAENC 2014 - Juan-les-Pins, France Duration: 8 Sep 2014 → 11 Sep 2014

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Name	2014 14th International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement, IWAENC 2014

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Conference	2014 14th International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement, IWAENC 2014
Country/Territory	France
City	Juan-les-Pins
Period	8/09/14 → 11/09/14

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Keywords

Hearing aids
binaural cues
directional interference
noise reduction

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Marquardt, D., Hadad, E., Gannot, S., & Doclo, S. (2014). Optimal binaural LCMV beamformers for combined noise reduction and binaural cue preservation. In 2014 14th International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement, IWAENC 2014 (pp. 288-292). Article 6954304 (2014 14th International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement, IWAENC 2014). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/iwaenc.2014.6954304

Marquardt, Daniel ; Hadad, Elior ; Gannot, Sharon et al. / Optimal binaural LCMV beamformers for combined noise reduction and binaural cue preservation. 2014 14th International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement, IWAENC 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. pp. 288-292 (2014 14th International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement, IWAENC 2014).

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Marquardt, D, Hadad, E, Gannot, S & Doclo, S 2014, Optimal binaural LCMV beamformers for combined noise reduction and binaural cue preservation. in 2014 14th International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement, IWAENC 2014., 6954304, 2014 14th International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement, IWAENC 2014, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 288-292, 2014 14th International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement, IWAENC 2014, Juan-les-Pins, France, 8/09/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/iwaenc.2014.6954304

Optimal binaural LCMV beamformers for combined noise reduction and binaural cue preservation. / Marquardt, Daniel; Hadad, Elior; Gannot, Sharon et al.
2014 14th International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement, IWAENC 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. p. 288-292 6954304 (2014 14th International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement, IWAENC 2014).

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Marquardt D, Hadad E, Gannot S, Doclo S. Optimal binaural LCMV beamformers for combined noise reduction and binaural cue preservation. In 2014 14th International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement, IWAENC 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2014. p. 288-292. 6954304. (2014 14th International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement, IWAENC 2014). doi: 10.1109/iwaenc.2014.6954304

Optimal binaural LCMV beamformers for combined noise reduction and binaural cue preservation

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