Phonemic restoration: The brain creates missing speech sounds

Acoustical Science and Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 318-321

  Kashino, Makio ^a,b,c  

^a Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Illusion; Perception; Speech

Indexed keywords

ILLUSION; NOISY SITUATIONS; PHONEMIC RESTORATION; SPEECH SIGNAL;

BRAIN; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SENSORY PERCEPTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

EID: 33750923329     PISSN: 13463969     EISSN: 13475177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1250/ast.27.318     Document Type: Review

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