Abstract: An apparatus for generating a modified speech signal from a speech input signal which has a plurality of speech subband signals, the modified speech signal having a plurality of modified subband signals is provided, having: a weighting information generator for generating weighting information for each speech subband signal depending on a signal power of said speech subband signal, and a signal modifier for modifying each speech subband signal by applying the weighting information on said speech subband signal to obtain a modified subband signal.

Abstract: A method of active noise reduction is described which comprises receiving an audio signal (132) to be played, receiving a noise signal (105, 107, 116, 118, 126), indicative of ambient noise (111), from at least one microphone (104, 106), and generating a noise cancellation signal (114) depending on both, said audio signal (132) and said noise signal (105, 107, 116, 118, 126).

Abstract: An apparatus for generating a modified speech signal from a speech input signal which has a plurality of speech subband signals, the modified speech signal having a plurality of modified subband signals is provided, having: a weighting information generator for generating weighting information for each speech subband signal depending on a signal power of said speech subband signal, and a signal modifier for modifying each speech subband signal by applying the weighting information on said speech subband signal to obtain a modified subband signal.

Abstract: Various embodiments for components and associated methods that can be used in a binaural speech enhancement system are described. The components can be used, for example, as a pre-processor for a hearing instrument and provide binaural output signals based on binaural sets of spatially distinct input signals that include one or more input signals. The binaural signal processing can be performed by at least one of a binaural spatial noise reduction unit and a perceptual binaural speech enhancement unit. The binaural spatial noise reduction unit performs noise reduction while preferably preserving the binaural cues of the sound sources. The perceptual binaural speech enhancement unit is based on auditory scene analysis and uses acoustic cues to segregate speech components from noise components in the input signals and to enhance the speech components in the binaural output signals.

Abstract: A method of active noise reduction is described which comprises receiving an audio signal (132) to be played, receiving a noise signal (105, 107, 116, 118, 126), indicative of ambient noise (111), from at least one microphone (104, 106), and generating a noise cancellation signal (114) depending on both, said audio signal (132) and said noise signal (105, 107, 116, 118, 126).

Abstract: In one aspect of the present invention, a method to reduce noise in a noisy speech signal is disclosed The method comprises: applying at least two versions of the noisy speech signal to a first filter, whereby that first filter outputs a speech reference signal and at least one noise reference signal, applying a filtering operation to each of the at least one noise reference signals, and subtracting from the speech reference signal each of the filtered noise reference signals, wherein the filtering operation is performed with filters having filter coefficients determined by taking into account speech leakage contributions in the at least one noise reference signal.

Abstract: The binaural hearing system (1) comprises ITF means (3a;3b) for providing at least one interaural transfer function (30a;30b); noise reduction means (5a;5b) for performing noise reduction in dependence of said at least one interaural transfer function. The method of operating a binaural hearing system (1) comprises the steps of providing at least one interaural transfer function (30a;30b); performing noise reduction in dependence of said at least one interaural transfer function. Preferably, said noise reduction means (5a;5b) comprises two binaural Wiener filters (5a,5b) each having a cost function comprising at least one term describing a desired interaural transfer function, wherein said at least one interaural transfer function provided by said ITF means (3a,3b) is assigned to said at least one term. Preferably, said cost function comprises a speech distortion term, a residual noise term and two ITF terms for preserving the interaural transfer functions of speech and noise components.

Abstract: Various embodiments for components and associated methods that can be used in a binaural speech enhancement system are described. The components can be used, for example, as a pre-processor for a hearing instrument and provide binaural output signals based on binaural sets of spatially distinct input signals that include one or more input signals. The binaural signal processing can be performed by at least one of a binaural spatial noise reduction unit and a perceptual binaural speech enhancement unit. The binaural spatial noise reduction unit performs noise reduction while preferably preserving the binaural cues of the sound sources. The perceptual binaural speech enhancement unit is based on auditory scene analysis and uses acoustic cues to segregate speech components from noise components in the input signals and to enhance the speech components in the binaural output signals.

Abstract: In one aspect of the present invention, a method to reduce noise in a noisy speech signal is disclosed The method comprises applying at least two versions of the noisy speech signal to a first filter, whereby that first filter outputs a speech reference signal and at least one noise reference signal, applying a filtering operation to each of the at least one noise reference signals, and subtracting from the speech reference signal each of the filtered noise reference signals, wherein the filtering operation is performed with filters having filter coefficients determined by taking into account speech leakage contributions in the at least one noise reference signal.