Relationship Between Working Memory, Compression, and Beamformers in Ideal Conditions

The findings highlight the benefit of binaural beamformers for all listeners, especially at poorer signal to noise ratios for target speech from the front and noise behind the listener. Individuals with better working memory are more likely to benefit from reduced signal distortions than individuals with poorer working memory in these conditions. There was no clear evidence for benefit or detriment in speech recognition with Fast versus Slow WDRC, regardless of individual working memory.