Effects of enhancement of spectral changes on speech quality and subjective speech intelligibility

Jing Chen; Thomas Baer; Brian C.J. Moore

Effects of enhancement of spectral changes on speech quality and subjective speech intelligibility

Jing Chen^*, Thomas Baer, Brian C.J. Moore

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University of Cambridge

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Abstract

Most information in speech is carried in the spectral changes over time, rather than in static spectral shape per se. The present study presents a preliminary assessment of the possible benefits for speech intelligibility of enhancing spectral changes across time, using behavioral tests with both normal-hearing and hearing-impaired subjects. Ratings of speech quality and intelligibility were obtained using several variants of the processing scheme, with different processing parameters. The results suggest that the processing strategy may have advantages for hearing-impaired people, for certain sets of parameter values.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH 2010
Publisher	International Speech Communication Association
Pages	1640-1643
Number of pages	4
Publication status	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes

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Name	Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH 2010

Keywords

Hearing impaired
Spectral change
Speech enhancement

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Chen, J., Baer, T., & Moore, B. C. J. (2010). Effects of enhancement of spectral changes on speech quality and subjective speech intelligibility. In Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH 2010 (pp. 1640-1643). (Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH 2010). International Speech Communication Association.

Chen, Jing ; Baer, Thomas ; Moore, Brian C.J. / Effects of enhancement of spectral changes on speech quality and subjective speech intelligibility. Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH 2010. International Speech Communication Association, 2010. pp. 1640-1643 (Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH 2010).

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Chen, J, Baer, T & Moore, BCJ 2010, Effects of enhancement of spectral changes on speech quality and subjective speech intelligibility. in Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH 2010. Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH 2010, International Speech Communication Association, pp. 1640-1643.

Effects of enhancement of spectral changes on speech quality and subjective speech intelligibility. / Chen, Jing; Baer, Thomas; Moore, Brian C.J.
Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH 2010. International Speech Communication Association, 2010. p. 1640-1643 (Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH 2010).

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Chen J, Baer T, Moore BCJ. Effects of enhancement of spectral changes on speech quality and subjective speech intelligibility. In Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH 2010. International Speech Communication Association. 2010. p. 1640-1643. (Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH 2010).

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