Effect of quantization on beamforming in binaural hearing aids

Sriram  Srinivasan; Ashish  Pandharipande; Kees  Janse

3rd International ICST Conference on Body Area Networks

Research Article

Effect of quantization on beamforming in binaural hearing aids

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.BODYNETS2008.2959,
    author={Sriram  Srinivasan and Ashish  Pandharipande and Kees  Janse},
    title={Effect of quantization on beamforming in binaural hearing aids},
    proceedings={3rd International ICST Conference on Body Area Networks},
    publisher={ICST},
    proceedings_a={BODYNETS},
    year={2010},
    month={5},
    keywords={Beamforming binaural hearing aids quantization},
    doi={10.4108/ICST.BODYNETS2008.2959}
}

Sriram Srinivasan
Ashish Pandharipande
Kees Janse
Year: 2010
Effect of quantization on beamforming in binaural hearing aids
BODYNETS
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.BODYNETS2008.2959

Sriram Srinivasan¹^,*, Ashish Pandharipande¹^,*, Kees Janse¹^,*

1: Philips Research, High Tech Campus 36, 5656AE Eindhoven, The Netherlands

*Contact email: sriram.srinivasan@philips.com, ashish.p@philips.com, kees.janse@philips.com

Abstract

We consider a beamforming scheme for binaural hearing aids and analyze the effects of quantization on its performance. A limited bandwidth wireless link is assumed between the binaural hearing aids for communication from one ear to the other ear, where signals are then processed using a generalized sidelobe canceller (GSC). We consider the case where observations are quantized before transmission, and study the performance of the GSC beamformer under quantization errors.

Keywords: Beamforming binaural hearing aids quantization

Published: 2010-05-16
Publisher: ICST
Modified: 2010-05-16

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/ICST.BODYNETS2008.2959