Zerocrossing-based fine structure representation to convey Mandarin tonal information: A study on the noise effect

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 343-346

  Chen, Fei ^a   Zhang, Yuan Ting ^a,b,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Fine structure; Mandarin tone identification

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; CONTINUOUS SPEECH RECOGNITION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPEECH PROCESSING; SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

ACOUSTIC SIMULATIONS; COCHLEAR IMPLANTEES; CONTINUOUS INTERLEAVED SAMPLINGS; FINE STRUCTURES; LOW SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; MANDARIN TONE IDENTIFICATION; PROCESSING STRATEGIES; SPEECH PROCESSORS;

AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ASIAN; ASSOCIATION; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; METHODOLOGY; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CUES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; NOISE; PITCH PERCEPTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 61849134342     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2008.4649160     Document Type: Conference Paper

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