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http://dx.doi.org/10.5370/KIEE.2010.59.6.1120

A Speech Enhancement Algorithm based on Human Psychoacoustic Property  

Jeon, Yu-Yong (인하대학교 전자공학과)
Lee, Sang-Min (인하대학교, 전자공학과, 인하대학교 전자정보공동연구소)
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The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers / v.59, no.6, 2010 , pp. 1120-1125 More about this Journal
Abstract
In the speech system, for example hearing aid as well as speech communication, speech quality is degraded by environmental noise. In this study, to enhance the speech quality which is degraded by environmental speech, we proposed an algorithm to reduce the noise and reinforce the speech. The minima controlled recursive averaging (MCRA) algorithm is used to estimate the noise spectrum and spectral weighting factor is used to reduce the noise. And partial masking effect which is one of the human hearing properties is introduced to reinforce the speech. Then we compared the waveform, spectrogram, Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality (PESQ) and segmental Signal to Noise Ratio (segSNR) between original speech, noisy speech, noise reduced speech and enhanced speech by proposed method. As a result, enhanced speech by proposed method is reinforced in high frequency which is degraded by noise, and PESQ, segSNR is enhanced. It means that the speech quality is enhanced.
Keywords
Speech Enhancement; Noise Reduction; Psychoacoustic; Human Hearing Property;
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