Predictions of speech intelligibility with a model of the normal and impaired auditory-periphery

Proceedings of the 3rd International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 481-485

  Zilany, Muhammad S A ^a   Bruce, Ian C ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; MODULATION; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

ARTICULATION INDEX; COCHLEAR PROCESSING; IMPAIRED AUDITORY-PERIPHERY; SPECTRO-TEMPORAL MODULATION INDEX (STMI); SPEECH TRANSMISSION INDEX;

SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 34548443615     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CNE.2007.369714     Document Type: Conference Paper

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