A generalized time-frequency subtraction method for robust speech enhancement based on wavelet filter banks modeling of human auditory system

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 877-889

  Shao, Yu ^a   Chang, Chip Hong ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Auditory masking; Noise reduction; Speech enhancement; Wavelet

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROPHONES; NOISE ABATEMENT; NUMERICAL METHODS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

AUDITORY MASKING; HUMAN AUDITORY SYSTEM; ROBUST SPEECH ENHANCEMENT; SINGLE-MICROPHONE SYSTEM; TIME-FREQUENCY SUBSTRACTION METHOD; WAVELET FILTER BANKS;

SPEECH ENHANCEMENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEARING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH RECOGNITION SOFTWARE;

EID: 34547115461     PISSN: 10834419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCB.2007.895365     Document Type: Article

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