\begin{thebibliography}{10}

\bibitem{Allen74}
J.~B. Allen and J.~E. Mazo.
\newblock A decision-free equalization scheme for minimum phase channels.
\newblock {\em IEEE Trans. on Communications}, COM-22, October 1974.

\bibitem{Allen76}
J.~B. Allen.
\newblock On the aging of steel guitar strings.
\newblock {\em Catgut Acoustical Society Newsletter}, 1976.

\bibitem{Allen77}
J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Short-term spectral analysis, synthesis, modification by discrete
  {F}ourier transform.
\newblock {\em IEEE Trans. on Speech, Audio}, 25:235--238, 1977.

\bibitem{Allen77a}
J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Two-dimensional cochlear fluid model: {N}ew results.
\newblock {\em Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, 61:110--119,
  1977.

\bibitem{Allen77b}
J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Cochlear micromechanics - {A} mechanism for transforming mechanical
  to neural tuning within the cochlea.
\newblock {\em Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, 62:930--939,
  1977.

\bibitem{Allen77c}
J.~B. Allen, D.~A. Berkley, and J.~Blauert.
\newblock A multimicrophone signal-processing technique to remove room
  reverberation from speech signals.
\newblock {\em Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, 62:912--915,
  October 1977.

\bibitem{Allen77d}
J.~B. Allen and L.~R. Rabiner.
\newblock A unified approach to short-time {F}ourier analysis, synthesis.
\newblock {\em Proc. {IEEE}}, 65(11):1558--1564, November 1977.

\bibitem{Koenig77}
A.~H. Koenig, J.~B. Allen, D.~A. Berkley, and T.~H. Curtis.
\newblock Determination of masking-level differences in a reverberant
  environment.
\newblock {\em Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, 61:1374--1376,
  May 1977.

\bibitem{Rabiner78}
L.~R. Rabiner, R.~E. Crochiere, and J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Comparisons of system identification methods in the presence of high
  noise level, band limited inputs.
\newblock In {\em Proc. {IEEE} {I}nt. {C}onf. {A}cous., {S}peech,, {S}ig.
  {P}rocessing}, pages 183--187, Tulsa, OK, March 1978.

\bibitem{Rabiner78a}
L.~R. Rabiner, R.~E. Crochiere, and J.~B. Allen.
\newblock {FIR} system modeling, identification in the presence of noise and
  with band limited inputs.
\newblock {\em IEEE Trans. Acous., Speech,, Sig. Processing},
  ASSP-26(4):319--333, August 1978.

\bibitem{Neely79}
S.~T. Neely and J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Invertability of a room impulse response.
\newblock {\em Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, 66:165--169,
  1979.

\bibitem{Allen79}
J.~B. Allen.
\newblock {FASTFILT} - an {FFT}-based filtering program ({C}hapter 3).
\newblock In {\em Digital signal processing programs}, pages 1--9. IEEE Press,
  1979.

\bibitem{Allen79a}
J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Cochlear models - 1978.
\newblock In M.~Hoke and E.~deBoer, editors, {\em Models of the auditory
  system, related signal processing techniques}, volume~9, pages 1--16. Sand.
  Audiol., 1979.

\bibitem{Allen79b}
J.~B. Allen and D.~A. Berkley.
\newblock Image method for efficiently simulating small-room acoustics.
\newblock {\em Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, 65:943--950,
  1979.

\bibitem{Allen79d}
J.~B. Allen and L.~R. Rabiner.
\newblock Unbiased spectral estimation, system identification using short-time
  spectral analysis methods.
\newblock {\em Bell Syst. Tech. Jour.}, 58(8):1743--1763, October 1979.

\bibitem{Allen79c}
J.~B. Allen and L.~R. Rabiner.
\newblock Unbiased spectral estimation, system identification by {DFT}.
\newblock In {\em Proc. Joint Automatic Control Conf.}, pages 166--172, June
  1979.

\bibitem{Allen79e}
J.~B. Allen and M.~M. Sondhi.
\newblock Cochlear macromechanics: {T}ime-domain solutions.
\newblock {\em Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, 66:120--132,
  1979.

\bibitem{Rabiner79}
L.~R. Rabiner and J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Short-time fourier analysis techniques for {FIR} system
  identification, power spectrum estimation.
\newblock {\em IEEE Trans. Acous., Speech,, Sig. Processing},
  ASSP-27(2):182--192, April 1979.

\bibitem{Smith80}
J.~O. Smith and J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Variable bandwidth adaptive delta modulation.
\newblock {\em Bell Syst. Tech. Jour.}, pages 719--737, Jan-Jun 1980.

\bibitem{Allen80}
J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Cochlear micromechanics: {A} physical model of transduction.
\newblock {\em Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, 68(6):1660--1670,
  1980.

\bibitem{Rabiner80}
L.~R. Rabiner and J.~B. Allen.
\newblock On the implementation of a short-time analysis method for system
  identification.
\newblock {\em IEEE Trans. Acous., Speech,, Sig. Processing},
  ASSP-28(1):69--78, February 1980.

\bibitem{Allen81}
J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Cochlear modeling - 1980.
\newblock {\em Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Acous., Speech,, Sig. Processing}, pages
  768--769, 1981.

\bibitem{Allen81a}
J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Applications of the short-time {F}ourier transform to speech
  processing, spectral analysis.
\newblock In {\em Proc. ASSP Workshop on Spectral Estimation}, pages
  6.3.1--6.3.5, 1981.

\bibitem{Allen81b}
J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Cochlear modeling - 1980.
\newblock In Mark~H. Holmes and Lester~A. Rubenfeld, editors, {\em Lecture
  notes in biomathematics: Mathematical modeling of the Hearing Process},
  volume~43, pages 1--8, New York, 1981. Springer-Verlag.

\bibitem{Yarlagadda82}
R.~Yarlagadda and J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Aliasing errors in short-time analysis.
\newblock {\em Signal Processing}, 4:79--84, 1982.

\bibitem{Allen83}
J.~B. Allen.
\newblock A hair cell model of neural response.
\newblock In E.~deBoer and M.~A. Viergever, editors, {\em Mechanics of
  hearing}. Delft Univ. Press, Delft, The Netherlands, 1983.

\bibitem{Allen83a}
J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Magnitude and phase-frequency response to single tones in the
  auditory nerve.
\newblock {\em Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, 73(6):2071--2092,
  1983.

\bibitem{Allen83b}
J.~B. Allen and P.~F. Fahey.
\newblock Nonlinear behavior at threshold determined in the auditory canal, on
  the auditory nerve.
\newblock In R.~Klinke and R.~Hartman, editors, {\em Hearing: Physiological
  bases, psychophysics, and behavioral studies}, pages 128--134.
  Springer-Verlag, Bad Nauheim, Germany, 1983.

\bibitem{Fahey85}
P.~F. Fahey and J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Nonlinear phenomena as observed in the ear canal, and at the auditory
  nerve.
\newblock {\em Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, 77(2):599--612,
  February 1985.

\bibitem{Fahey85a}
P.~F. Fahey and J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Characterization of cubic intermodulation distortion products in the
  cat external auditory meatus.
\newblock In M.~Hoke and E.~DeBoer, editors, {\em Models of the Auditory System
  and Related Signal Processing Techniques}, pages 1--16. Scandinavian
  Audiology, Supplementum 9, 1985.

\bibitem{Allen85}
J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Cochlear modeling.
\newblock {\em IEEE ASSP Magazine}, 2(1), 1985.

\bibitem{Sandberg85}
I.~W. Sandberg and J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Almost periodic response determination for models of the basilar
  membrane.
\newblock {\em AT\&T Tech. Jour.}, 64(8):1775--1786, October 1985.

\bibitem{Allen86a}
J.~B. Allen, J.~L. Hall, A.~Hubbard, S.~T. Neely, and A.~Tubis.
\newblock {\em Peripheral auditory mechanisms}.
\newblock Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, New York, 1986.

\bibitem{Allen86b}
J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Measurement of eardrum acoustic impedance.
\newblock In J.~B. Allen, J.~L. Hall, A.~Hubbard, S.~T. Neely, and A.~Tubis,
  editors, {\em Peripheral Auditory Mechanisms}, pages 44--51, New York, 1986.
  Springer Verlag.

\bibitem{Fahey86}
P.~F. Fahey and J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Characterizations of cubic intermodulation distortion products in the
  cat external auditory meatus.
\newblock In J.~B. Allen, J.~L. Hall, A.~Hubbard, S.~T. Neely, and A.~Tubis,
  editors, {\em Peripheral auditory mechanisms}, pages 314--321. Springer
  Verlag, 1986.

\bibitem{Sandberg86}
I.~W. Sandberg and J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Steady state determination for models of the basilar membrane.
\newblock In J.~B. Allen, J.~L. Hall, A.~Hubbard, S.~T. Neely, and A.~Tubis,
  editors, {\em Peripheral auditory mechanisms}, pages 338--345. Springer
  Verlag, 1986.

\bibitem{Allen88}
J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Cochlear signal processing.
\newblock In A.~F. Jahn and J.~Santos-Sacchi, editors, {\em Physiology of the
  ear}, pages 243--270. Raven Press, 1988.

\bibitem{Allen88a}
J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Is the basilar membrane tuning the same as neural tuning--where do we
  stand?
\newblock In J.~P. Wilson and D.~T. Kemp, editors, {\em Cochlear mechanisms -
  Structure, function,, models}, volume Nato ASI Series. Plenum Press, 1988.

\bibitem{Fahey88}
P.~Fahey and J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Power law features of acoustic distortion product emissions.
\newblock In H.~Diufhuis, J.~W. Horst, and H.~P. Wit, editors, {\em Basic
  issues in hearing}, pages 124--134. Academic Press, London, 1988.

\bibitem{Allen90a}
J.~B. Allen, J.~L. Hall, and P.~S. Jeng.
\newblock Loudness growth in 1/2--octave bands ({LGOB})---{A} procedure for the
  assessment of loudness.
\newblock {\em J. Acoust. Soc. Am}, 88(2):745--753, August 1990.

\bibitem{Allen90b}
J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Modeling the noise damaged cochlea.
\newblock In P.~Dallos, C.~D. Geisler, J.~W. Matthews, M.~A. Ruggero, and C.~R.
  Steele, editors, {\em The Mechanics and Biophysics of Hearing}, pages
  324--332, New York, 1991. Springer-Verlag.

\bibitem{Puria91}
S.~Puria and J.~B. Allen.
\newblock A parametric study of cochlear input impedance.
\newblock {\em J. Acoust. Soc. Am.}, 1(89):287--309, January 1991.

\bibitem{Allen92}
J.~B. Allen and S.~T. Neely.
\newblock Micromechanical models of the cochlea.
\newblock {\em Physics Today}, 45(7):40--47, July 1992.

\bibitem{Allen92a}
J.~B. Allen and P.~F. Fahey.
\newblock Using acoustic distortion products to measure the cochlear amplifier
  gain on the basilar membrane.
\newblock {\em Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, 92(1):178--188,
  July 1992.

\bibitem{Allen92b}
J.~B. Allen.
\newblock New methods for the measurment, evaluation of room acoustics.
\newblock {\em ICA}, 14(F2-10), 1992.

\bibitem{Allen93}
J.~B. Allen and B.~L. Lonsbury-Martin.
\newblock Otoacoustic emissions.
\newblock {\em Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, 93(1):568--569,
  January 1993.

\bibitem{Allen93a}
J.~B. Allen and P.~F. Fahey.
\newblock A second cochlear-frequency map that correlates distortion product,
  neural tuning measurements.
\newblock {\em Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, 94(2, Pt.
  1):809--816, August 1993.

\bibitem{Allen93b}
J.~B. Allen and P.~F. Fahey.
\newblock Evidence for a second cochlear map.
\newblock In H.~Dufhuis, J.~W. Horst, P.~van Dijk, and S.~M. van Netten,
  editors, {\em Biophysics of hair cell sensory systems}, pages 296--303. World
  Scientific, Singapore, New Jersey, London, Hong Kong, 1993.

\bibitem{Allen93c}
J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Response to de{B}oer regarding {BM} tuning.
\newblock In H.~Dufhuis, J.~W. Horst, P.~van Dijk, and S.~M. van Netten,
  editors, {\em Biophysics of hair cell sensory systems}, page 304. World
  Scientific, Singapore, New Jersey, London, Hong Kong, 1993.

\bibitem{Berkley93}
D.~A. Berkley and J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Normal listeners in typical rooms: the physical, psychophysical
  correlates of reverberation.
\newblock In G.~Studebaker and I.~Hochberg, editors, {\em Acoustical Factors
  Affecting Hearing Aid Performance}, pages 3--14. Allyn, Bacon, Boston, second
  edition, 1993.

\bibitem{Voss94}
S.~E. Voss and J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Measurement of acoustic impedance and reflectance in the human ear
  canal.
\newblock {\em J. Acoust. Soc. Am.}, 95(1):372--384, January 1994.

\bibitem{Allen94a}
J.~B. Allen.
\newblock How do humans process and recognize speech?
\newblock {\em IEEE Trans. on Speech and Audio Proc.}, 2(4):567--577, October
  1994.

\bibitem{Sydorenko94b}
M.R. Sydorenko and J.~B. Allen.
\newblock The relationship between the difference limen ({DL}) in intensity and
  the masked threshold of sub-critical bandwidth signals.
\newblock {\em Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, 95(5):2942, May
  1994.

\bibitem{Garbes94b}
P.~A.~Z. Garbes and J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Deriving human neural tuning curves from a mechanical model of the
  cochlea.
\newblock {\em Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, 95, 1994.

\bibitem{Fletcher95a}
Harvey Fletcher.
\newblock Speech and {H}earing in {C}ommunication.
\newblock In Jont~B. Allen, editor, {\em The {ASA} edition of Speech and
  Hearing in Communication}. Acoustical Society of America, New York, 1995.

\bibitem{Allen95a}
Jont~B. Allen.
\newblock Harvey {F}letcher 1884--1981.
\newblock In Jont~B. Allen, editor, {\em The {ASA} edition of {\em {S}peech,
  {H}earing in {C}ommunication}}, pages A1--A34. Acoustical Society of America,
  Woodbury, New York, 1995.

\bibitem{Allen95c}
J.~B. Allen, G.~Shaw, and B.~P. Kimberley.
\newblock Characterization of the nonlinear ear canal impedance at low sound
  levels.
\newblock {\em ARO}, 18(757):190, February 1995.

\bibitem{Sydorenko95}
M.~Sydorenko and J.~B. Allen.
\newblock The relationship between the just noticable difference ({JND}) in
  intensity and the masked threshold of sub--critical bandwidth signals.
\newblock In {\em Midwinter research meeting}. ARO, 1995.

\bibitem{Allen96a}
J.~B. Allen.
\newblock De{R}ecruitment by multiband compression in hearing aids.
\newblock In W.~Jesteadt and {\em et al.}, editors, {\em Modeling Sensorineural
  Hearing Loss}, pages 99--112. Lawrence Erlbaum, Inc., Hillsdale, NJ, 1996.

\bibitem{Allen96c}
J.~B. Allen.
\newblock How do humans process and recognize speech.
\newblock In R.P. Ramachandran and R.J. Mammone, editors, {\em Modern Methods
  of speech processing}, pages 251--275. Kluwerk books, Boston, 1996.

\bibitem{Allen96e}
J.~B. Allen.
\newblock De{R}ecruitment by multiband compression in hearing aids.
\newblock In B.~Kollmeier, editor, {\em Psychoacoustics, speech, and hearing
  aids}, pages 141--152. World Scientific Press, Singapore, 1996.

\bibitem{Allen96f}
J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Harvey {F}letcher's role in the creation of communication acoustics.
\newblock {\em Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, 99(4):1825--1839,
  April 1996.

\bibitem{Allen96g}
J.~B. Allen.
\newblock {OHC}s shift the excitation pattern via {BM} tension.
\newblock In E.R. Lewis, G.R. Long, R.F. Lyon, P.M. Narins, C.R. Steel, and
  E.~Hecht-Poinar, editors, {\em Diversity in auditory mechanics}, pages
  167--175. World Scientific Press, Singapore, 1997.

\bibitem{Neely96a}
S.~T. Neely and J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Relation between the rate of growth of loudness and the intensity
  {DL}.
\newblock In W.~Jesteadt and {\em et al.}, editors, {\em Modeling
  {S}ensorineural {H}earing {L}oss}, pages 213--222. Lawrence Erlbaum, Inc.,
  Hillsdale, NJ, 1996.

\bibitem{Fahey97a}
P.~F. Fahey and J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Measurement of distortion product phase in the ear canal of cat.
\newblock {\em Journal of the Acoustical Society of America},
  102(5):2880--2891, November 1997.

\bibitem{Puria97a}
S.~Puria and J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Cat middle-ear measurements and model: {E}vidence of acoustic delay
  in the tympanic membrane.
\newblock {\em ARO}, 20:ABST:193, February 1997.

\bibitem{Sen97a}
D.~Sen and J.~B. Allen.
\newblock A new auditory masking model for speech and audio coders.
\newblock In {\em 1997 IEEE workshop on speech coding for telecommunications
  proceedings}, pages 53--54. IEEE, 1997.

\bibitem{Allen97a}
J.~B. Allen and D.~Sen.
\newblock A time domain model of cochlear transduction incorporation {OHC}
  non-linear compression.
\newblock {\em ARO}, 20(Abs\ 248):62, February 1997.

\bibitem{Allen97b}
J.~B. Allen and S.~T. Neely.
\newblock Modeling the relation between the intensity {JND} and loudness for
  pure tones and wide--band noise.
\newblock {\em Journal of the Acoustical Society of America},
  102(6):3628--3646, December 1997.

\bibitem{Allen97c}
Jont~B. Allen.
\newblock A short history of telephone psychophysics.
\newblock {\em Audio Engineering Society}, Reprint 4636:1--37, September 1997.

\bibitem{Kimberley97}
B.P. Kimberley, D.K. Brown, and J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Distortion product emissions and sensorineural hearing loss.
\newblock In Martin~S. Robinette and Theodore~J. Glattke, editors, {\em
  Otoacoustic emissions, Clinical Applications}, pages 181--204, New York,
  Stuttgart, 1997. Thieme.

\bibitem{Puria98a}
S.~Puria and Jont~B. Allen.
\newblock Measurements and model of the cat middle ear: {E}vidence of tympanic
  membrane acoustic delay.
\newblock {\em Journal of the Acoustical Society of America},
  104(6):3463--3481, December 1998.

\bibitem{Neely98a}
S.~T. Neely and J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Predicting the intensity {JND} from the loudness of tones and noise.
\newblock In {\em Psychophysical and Physiological advances in hearing}, pages
  458--464, 19B Compton Terrace, London N1 2UN, England, 1998. Whurr Publishers
  LTD.
\newblock ISH Meeting, England.

\bibitem{Johnston98a}
J.J. Johnston, J.~Herre, S.~Quackenbush, J.~Allen, M.~Dietz, G.~Davidson, and
  T.~Boltze.
\newblock A tutorial on perceptual audio coding.
\newblock In {\em Workshop on Perceptual Audion Coding Techniques}, San
  Francisco, Ca, 1998. 105th AES Conf.

\bibitem{Allen98b}
J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Recruitment compensation as a hearing aid signal processing strategy.
\newblock In IEEE, editor, {\em ISCAS 1998}, pages Talk TAA11--1, 4 pages,
  Piscataway, NJ, 1998. Naval Postgraduate school, Monterey CA.

\bibitem{Allen99a}
J.B. Allen.
\newblock A bio-mechanical model of the ear to predict auditory masking.
\newblock {\em Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, 1999.
\newblock December 98: submitted for release.

\bibitem{Allen99b}
Jont~B. Allen.
\newblock Discrete fourier transform normalization -- a proposal.
\newblock {\em IEEE Trans. on Speech, Audio}, 1999.
\newblock December: Not submitted for release, reviewed by rich.

\bibitem{Allen99c}
J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Psychoacoustics.
\newblock In John~G. Webster, editor, {\em Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and
  Electronics Engineering}, volume~17, pages 422--437. John Wiley \& Sons, Inc,
  New York, NY, 1999.

\bibitem{Allen99d}
J.~B. Allen and D.~Sen.
\newblock Otoacoustic emissions as probes of cochlear micromechanics.
\newblock {\em ARO}, 22(ABST:209):53, February 1999.

\bibitem{Allen99e}
J.B. Allen.
\newblock Derecruitment by multiband compression in hearing aids.
\newblock In C.I. Berlin, editor, {\em The Efferent Auditory System},
  chapter~4, pages 73--86. Singular, 401 West A St., Suite 325, San Diego, CA
  92101, 1999.
\newblock Includes a CDROM video talk by Jont Allen in MP3 format.

\bibitem{Allen99f}
J.~B. Allen.
\newblock An analysis of the basilar membrane response to low frequency tones.
\newblock {\em ARO}, 22(ABST:342):87, February 1999.

\bibitem{Sen99a}
D.~Sen and J.~B. Allen.
\newblock Reproducing upward spread of masking and two-tone suppression using a
  nonlinear model of the cochlea.
\newblock {\em ARO}, 22(ABST:480):121, February 1999.

\bibitem{Allen99g}
J.B. Allen and Deep Sen.
\newblock Is tectorial membrane filtering required to explain two tone
  suppression and the upward spread of masking?
\newblock In Hiroshi Wada and Tomonori Takasaka, editors, {\em Recent
  developments in Auditory Mechanics}, chapter 29A02. World Scientific
  Publishing Co., PO Box 128, Farrer Road, Sinapore 912805, 1999.

\bibitem{Allen74P}
J.~Allen.
\newblock Synthesis of pure speech from a reverberant signal.
\newblock {\em U. S. Patent \#3,786,188}, 15 Jan. 1974.

\bibitem{Allen78P}
J.~Allen.
\newblock Method and apparatus for cancelling room reverberation and noise
  pickup.
\newblock {\em U. S. Patent \#4,066,842}, 3 Jan. 1978.

\bibitem{Allen84P}
J.~Allen.
\newblock Data over voice transmission arrangement.
\newblock {\em U. S. Patent \#4,442,540}, 10 April 1984.

\bibitem{Allen83P}
J.~Allen.
\newblock Noise and bit rate reduction arrangements.
\newblock {\em U. S. Patent \#4,417,102}, 22 November 1983.

\bibitem{Allen90P}
J.~Allen and O.~Gitza.
\newblock Analysis arrangement based on a model of human neural responses.
\newblock {\em U. S. Patent \#4,905,285}, 27 Feb. 1990.

\bibitem{Allen94aP}
J.~Allen and J.~Songrady.
\newblock Method for customer selection of telephone sound enhancement.
\newblock {\em U.S. Patent \#5,539,806}, July 1996.

\bibitem{Allen95bP}
Allen, Dorward, Johnston, and Sydorenko.
\newblock Tonality for perceptual audio compression based on loudness
  uncertainty.
\newblock {\em Patent \#5,737,389}, April 1998.

\bibitem{Allen96aP}
J.~Allen and D.~Youtkus.
\newblock Background noise compensation in a telephone set.
\newblock {\em U. S. Patent \#5,524,148}, 4 June 1996.

\bibitem{Allen96bP}
M.~Killion, F.~Waldhauer, J.~Wittkowski, R.~Goode, and J.~Allen.
\newblock Hearing aid having plural microphones and a microphone switching
  system.
\newblock {\em Patent \#5,524,056}, June 1996.

\bibitem{Allen96cP}
J.~Allen and D.~Youtkus.
\newblock Background noise compensation in a telephone network.
\newblock {\em U. S. Patent \#5,485,515}, 1 Jan. 1996.

\bibitem{Allen96dP}
J.~Allen.
\newblock Method and system for ensuring royalty payments for data delivered
  over a network.
\newblock {\em U. S. Patent Filed}, 23 July 1996.

\bibitem{Allen98aP}
J.~Allen.
\newblock A technique for determining a compression ratio for use in processing
  audio signals within a telecommunications system.
\newblock {\em 5737389}, April 7 1998.

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