| CPC H03G 3/3005 (2013.01) [H04R 3/00 (2013.01); H04R 2420/05 (2013.01); H04R 2430/01 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims | 

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               1. A method for generating a long-term signal level estimate, comprising: 
            receiving an input signal comprising feed data, the input signal derived from an upstream input signal; 
                selecting a first subset of the feed data; 
                dividing the first subset of the feed data into a plurality of analysis intervals; 
                calculating a statistical average of each analysis interval; 
                generating a first Gaussian distribution based on the statistical average of each analysis interval of the plurality of analysis intervals; 
                determining the long-term signal level estimate based on one or more characteristics of the first Gaussian distribution; 
                generating a first stage gain based on the long-term signal level estimate; and 
                applying the first stage gain to the input signal. 
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