Measuring glottal activity during voiced speech using a tuned electromagnetic resonating collar sensor

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2381-2390

  Brown III, D R ^a   Keenaghan, K ^b   Desimini, S ^c  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTEL NETWORKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitive sensors; Electroglottogram; Pitch estimation; Speech denoising; Voiced speech

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SENSORS; SPEECH; SPEECH PROCESSING;

CAPACITIVE SENSORS; ELECTROGLOTTOGRAM; PITCH ESTIMATION; SPEECH DENOISING; VOICED SPEECH;

MEASUREMENT THEORY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNIQUE; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 27444438755     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 09570233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/16/11/033     Document Type: Article

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