HMM-based gain modeling for enhancement of speech in noise

IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 882-892

  Zhao, David Y ^a   Kleijn, W Bastiaan ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gain modeling; Hidden Markov modeling (HMM); Noise suppression; Speech enhancement

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MODELING; BAYESIAN; DATA-DRIVEN; ENERGY VARIATIONS; EXPECTATION-MAXIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; GAIN MODELING; GAIN MODELS; HIDDEN MARKOV MODELING (HMM); MODELING TECHNIQUES; NOISE GAINS; NOISE SUPPRESSION; NON-STATIONARY NOISE; OFFLINE; RECURSIVE EM; SPEECH ENHANCEMENT METHODS; SUBJECTIVE TESTS; TIME-INVARIANT MODELS; TIME-VARYING; TIME-VARYING MODEL PARAMETERS; UNIFIED FRAMEWORKS;

POLARIZATION; SPEECH ENHANCEMENT; STATISTICAL TESTS; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS;

HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS;

EID: 51449116166     PISSN: 15587916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASL.2006.885256     Document Type: Article

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