Sound segregation algorithm for reverberant conditions

Speech Communication

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 179-196

  Shamsoddini, A ^a   Denbigh, P N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; MICROPHONES; REVERBERATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

HARMONICITY CUES; SOUND SEGREGATION;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 0035254668     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6393(00)00015-7     Document Type: Article

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