In this project, Professor Jennifer Linden at University College London is testing a novel signal-processing strategy designed to make it easier to understand speech in noisy places. Project start date: September 2026 Project end date: September 2029 About the project Hearing aids and other assistive listening technologies primarily increase the volume of sound, which is like increasing the brightness of a TV...
No actionable change — this is a newly funded engineering and psychoacoustics project; no clinical efficacy data exist yet.
A successful new signal-processing strategy for noisy environments would directly address one of the most common and persistent complaints of hearing-aid users, potentially improving device satisfaction and uptake.
- 01RNID-funded project running Sept 2026–2029 at UCL, led by Prof Jennifer Linden.
- 02Tests a novel hearing-aid signal-processing algorithm targeting speech perception in noise.
- 03Speech-in-noise difficulty is the top reported dissatisfaction among hearing-aid users.
- 04Project is at the pre-clinical development stage — no efficacy data are yet available.
- 05Results could inform future hearing-aid design standards and fitting guidelines.
A novel signal-processing strategy can improve speech perception in noisy environments for hearing-aid users.
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