A multiresolution model of auditory excitation pattern and its application to objective evaluation of perceived speech quality

IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1912-1923

  Karmakar, Abhijit ^a,b   Kumar, Arun ^b   Patney, R K ^b  

^a CENTRAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Multiresolution auditory model; NOISEX 92; Perceptual evaluation of speech quality (PESQ) P862.2; Subjective speech quality estimation; Wavelet packet; Wideband speech

Indexed keywords

MULTIRESOLUTION AUDITORY MODEL; NOISEX-92; PERCEPTUAL EVALUATION OF SPEECH QUALITY (PESQ) P862.2; SUBJECTIVE SPEECH QUALITY ESTIMATION; WAVELET PACKET; WIDEBAND SPEECH;

FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MULTIRESOLUTION ANALYSIS; WAVELET DECOMPOSITION;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 37549063518     PISSN: 15587916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASL.2006.883257     Document Type: Article

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