Spectral contrast enhancement: Algorithms and comparisons

Speech Communication

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 33-46

  Yang, Jun ^a   Luo, Fa Long ^b   Nehorai, Arye ^c  

^a Fortemedia Inc   (United States)

^b QuickSilver Technology Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory system; Human audition; Noise reduction; Real time implementation; Signal processing; Speech enhancement

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; ALGORITHMS; AUDITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NOISE ABATEMENT;

SPECTRAL CONTRAST;

ACOUSTICS;

EID: 0037211147     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6393(02)00057-2     Document Type: Article

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