Robust estimation of speech in noisy backgrounds based on aspects of the auditory processa

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 3833-3849

  Hansen, John H L ^a   Nandkumarb, Srinivas ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; NOISE; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TASK PERFORMANCE;

HUMAN; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NOISE; PHONETICS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0029001720     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.413108     Document Type: Article

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