Subject: IEEE Benelux Symposium on Signal Processing for Hearing Aids From: "R. Heusdens" <r.heusdens@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:45:25 +0100 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>Dear List, It is our pleasure to announce the IEEE Benelux Signal Processing Symposium: 'Signal Processing for Digital Hearing Aids' to be held in Delft, the Netherlands on April 22, 2010 (http://www.bsps2010.nl). Over the last 20 years, various digital signal processing (DSP) techniques have been introduced in hearing aids. With DSP techniques, hearing aid technologies have advanced to a point where each individual fitting can be tailored to the individual’s acoustical and environmental needs. A major advantage of DSP technology is its ability to make the hearing aid adaptive, thereby modifying the hearing aid performance over time. Examples of those signal processing techniques are adaptive beam-forming, adaptive feedback management and noise reduction systems. The IEEE Benelux Signal Processing Symposium will provide a platform for information exchange and discussion on topics related to signal processing for digital hearing aids. A registration fee of Euro 75,- must be paid by cash at the registration desk on the day of the symposium. Price includes coffee/tea and lunch. More information can be found (incl. registration) at http://www.bsps2010.nl Preliminary program: 9:00 – 10:00 Registration/coffee 10:00 – 11:00 Keynote speaker: overview signal processing in hearing aids, 11:00 – 12:00 Coffee break 11:20 – 13:00 20 minutes presentations: * Wouter Dreschler (UvA), “Clinical applications of signal processing in hearing aids” * Ulrik Kjems (Oticon), “Speech Intelligibility from Ideal Time-Frequency Gain Manipulations" * ExSilent * John Beerends (TNO), “Measuring audio quality of hearing aids, from philosophy to practical algorithm” 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch 14:00 – 15:00 Keynote speaker: Philip Loizou (Uni. Of Texas), “Lack of intelligibility benefit with existing noise-reduction algorithms, and suggested solutions” 15:00 – 15:20 Coffee break 15:20 – 17:00 20 minutes presentations: * Marc Moonen (Leuven University), “Signal processing challenges in hearing aids with open fittings” * Cees Taal (TU Delft), “An objective measure for single-channel speech enhancement intelligibility assessment” * Sriram Srinivasan (Philips Research), “Rate-constrained beamforming in wireless binaural hearing aids: what and at what rate to transmit. * ReSound 17:00 – 17:30 Drinks Signal Processing Chapter committee: Richard Heusdens, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands François Horlin, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium Luuk Spreeuwers, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands Stefaan Vandenberghe, Universiteit Gent, Gent, Belgium ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Heusdens Signal and Information Processing Lab Dept. of Mediamatics Fac. of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Informatics Delft University of Technology Mekelweg 4, Bldng: HB11.280, 2628 CD Delft, Phone: +31 (0)15 27 83 544 The Netherlands Fax : +31 (0)15 27 81 843 e-mail: R.Heusdens@xxxxxxxx -----------------------------------------------------------------------