Effects of preceding noise on the perception of voiced plosives

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 132-144

  Cervera, T ^a   Ainsworth, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SENSORY PERCEPTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

BAND-PASS NOISE; BAND-STOP NOISE; HIGH-PASS NOISE; SHORT-TERM ADAPTATION;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 14544274120     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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