Title :
Enhancement of spectral contrast to speech using a sinusoidal model
Author :
Aguilera, C.M. ; Navas, A. ; Tejero, J.C. ; Gago, A.
Author_Institution :
Electron. Dept., Malaga Univ., Spain
fDate :
11/11/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
People with hearing loss of cochlear origin experience difficulties perceiving speech in noise. This fact is due, in part, to reduced frequency selectivity. The authors present a sharpening processing algorithm based on a sinusoidal speech model and its implementation in real-time
Keywords :
adaptive signal processing; real-time systems; speech enhancement; speech intelligibility; frequency selectivity; hearing loss; real-time implementation; sharpening processing algorithm; sinusoidal model; spectral contrast; speech model;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19991388
