Identification of English /r/ and /l/ in noise: The effects of baseline performance

Acoustical Science and Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 251-259

  Ueda, Kazuo ^a   Akahane Yamada, Reiko ^b   Komaki, Ryo ^b   Adachi, Takahiro ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Consonant identification; Signal to noise ratio; Training; Word perception

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

BASELINE PERFORMANCE; CONSONANT IDENTIFICATION; TRAINING EFFECT; WORD PERCEPTION;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 34547350630     PISSN: 13463969     EISSN: 13475177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1250/ast.28.251     Document Type: Article

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