The development of a forward masking model using neural networks and its application to speech enhancement
Forward masking models have been used successfully in speech enhancement and audio coding. Currently, simple forward masking models have been employed to predict the forward masking threshold. In this paper, an accurate approximation of forward masking threshold using neural networks is proposed. A...
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| author | Gunawan, Teddy Surya Khalifa, Othman Omran Ambikairajah, Eliathamby |
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| description | Forward masking models have been used successfully in speech enhancement and audio coding. Currently, simple forward masking models have been employed to predict the forward masking threshold. In this paper, an accurate approximation of forward masking threshold using neural networks is proposed. A performance comparison to the other existing masking models in speech enhancement application is presented. Objective measures using PESQ demonstrates that our proposed forward masking model, provides significant improvements (5-15 %) over four existing models, when tested with speech signals corrupted by various noises at very low signal to noise ratios. |
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| spelling | iium-23382012-08-08T07:17:21Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/2338/ The development of a forward masking model using neural networks and its application to speech enhancement Gunawan, Teddy Surya Khalifa, Othman Omran Ambikairajah, Eliathamby TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Forward masking models have been used successfully in speech enhancement and audio coding. Currently, simple forward masking models have been employed to predict the forward masking threshold. In this paper, an accurate approximation of forward masking threshold using neural networks is proposed. A performance comparison to the other existing masking models in speech enhancement application is presented. Objective measures using PESQ demonstrates that our proposed forward masking model, provides significant improvements (5-15 %) over four existing models, when tested with speech signals corrupted by various noises at very low signal to noise ratios. 2008-05 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/2338/1/GunawanFinal_SpeechEnhancement.pdf Gunawan, Teddy Surya and Khalifa, Othman Omran and Ambikairajah, Eliathamby (2008) The development of a forward masking model using neural networks and its application to speech enhancement. In: International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE 2008), 13 -15 May 2008 , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
| spellingShingle | TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Gunawan, Teddy Surya Khalifa, Othman Omran Ambikairajah, Eliathamby The development of a forward masking model using neural networks and its application to speech enhancement |
| title | The development of a forward masking model using neural networks and its application to speech enhancement |
| title_full | The development of a forward masking model using neural networks and its application to speech enhancement |
| title_fullStr | The development of a forward masking model using neural networks and its application to speech enhancement |
| title_full_unstemmed | The development of a forward masking model using neural networks and its application to speech enhancement |
| title_short | The development of a forward masking model using neural networks and its application to speech enhancement |
| title_sort | development of a forward masking model using neural networks and its application to speech enhancement |
| topic | TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/2338/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/2338/1/GunawanFinal_SpeechEnhancement.pdf |