• DocumentCode
    3021130
  • Title

    A low complexity speech coder for binaural communication in hearing aids

  • Author

    Shuo-Wen Hsu ; Tian-Sheuan Chang

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Nat. Chiao-Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    20-23 May 2012
  • Firstpage
    2801
  • Lastpage
    2804
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a low complexity speech coder with the adaptive Minimum-Maximum Scalar Quantization (MMSQ) method suitable for binaural communication in hearing aids. Compared to the fixed rate MMSQ, the adaptive MMSQ can achieve similar or better compression ratio with 13dB SNR improvement. The final codec implementation with 0.18um CMOS process only costs 6K gate count with 118uW power consumption.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; hearing aids; quantisation (signal); speech coding; MMSQ method; adaptive minimum-maximum scalar quantization method; binaural communication; hearing aids; low complexity speech coder; power 118 muW; size 0.18 mum; Complexity theory; Hearing aids; Signal processing algorithms; Signal to noise ratio; Speech; Speech coding; adaptive MMSQ; hearing aids; lossy compression; low power; scalar quantization; speech coding; waveform coder;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2012 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Seoul
  • ISSN
    0271-4302
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0218-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISCAS.2012.6271892
  • Filename
    6271892