Perceptual linear predictive (PLP) analysis of speech

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 1738-1752

  Hermansky, Hynek ^a  

^a Panasonic Corporation of North America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEARING; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPECTROSCOPY; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PHONETICS; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0025041264     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.399423     Document Type: Article

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