Perceptual compensation for effects of echo and of reverberation on speech identification

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 892-901

  Watkins, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS;

REAL-ROOM REVERBERATION; REFLECTION PATTERNS; SYNTHETIC REVERBERATION;

ACOUSTICS;

EID: 25144446902     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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