Reconstruction of speech from whispers

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 515-520

  Morris, Robert W ^a   Clements, Mark A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Voice parameter extraction; Voice parameter modification; Voice prosthesis; Whispered speech

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; PATIENT MONITORING; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

VOICE PROSTHESIS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHONIA; HUMAN; PHONATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPEECH; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0036753077     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(02)00060-7     Document Type: Article

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