A computational auditory masking model based on signal-dependent compression. I. Model description and performance analysis

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 873-886

  Buchholz, Jörg M ^a,b   Mourjopoulos, John ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDIO SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODULATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PROCESSING; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

AUDIO PROCESSINGS; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY SYSTEMS; SIGNAL-DEPENDENT COMPRESSION (SDC);

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 6344221722     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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