A signal processing system, such as a hearing aid system, adapted to
enhance binaural input signals is provided. The signal processing system
is essentially a system with a first signal channel having a first filter
and a second signal channel having a second filter for processing first
and second channel inputs and producing first and second channel outputs,
respectively. Filter coefficients of at least one of the first and second
filters are adjusted to minimize the difference between the first channel
input and the second channel input in producing the first and second
channel outputs. The resultant signal match processing of the signal
processing system gives broader regions of signal suppression than using
the Wiener filters alone for frequency regions where the interaural
correlation is low, and may be more effective in reducing the effects of
interference on the desired speech signal. Modifications to the
algorithms can be made to accommodate sound sources located to the sides
as well as the front of the listener. Processing artifacts can be reduced
by using longer averaging time constants for estimating the signal power
and cross-spectra as the signal-to-noise ratio decreases. A stability
constant can also be incorporated in the transfer functions of the first
and second filters to increase the stability of the signal processing
system.