A single-channel speech enhancement method of noisy speech signals at very low signal-to-noise ratios is presented, which is based on masking properties of the human auditory system and power spectral density estimati...A single-channel speech enhancement method of noisy speech signals at very low signal-to-noise ratios is presented, which is based on masking properties of the human auditory system and power spectral density estimation of non stationary noise. It allows for an automatic adaptation in time and frequency of the parametric enhancement system, and finds the best tradeoff among the amount of noise reduction, the speech distortion, and the level of musical residual noise based on a criterion correlated with perception and SNR. This leads to a significant reduction of the unnatural structure of the residual noise. The results with several noise types show that the enhanced speech is more pleasant to a human listener.展开更多
The Perceptual Spectrum Distortion (PSD), based on auditory properties of human being, is presented to measure speech distortion. The PSD measure calculates the speech distortion distance by simulating the auditory p...The Perceptual Spectrum Distortion (PSD), based on auditory properties of human being, is presented to measure speech distortion. The PSD measure calculates the speech distortion distance by simulating the auditory properties of human being and converting short-time speech power spectrum to auditory perceptual spectrum. Preliminary simulative experiments in comparison with the Itakura measure have been done. The results show that the PSD measure is a perferable speech distortion measure and more consistent with subjective assessment of speech quality.展开更多
文摘A single-channel speech enhancement method of noisy speech signals at very low signal-to-noise ratios is presented, which is based on masking properties of the human auditory system and power spectral density estimation of non stationary noise. It allows for an automatic adaptation in time and frequency of the parametric enhancement system, and finds the best tradeoff among the amount of noise reduction, the speech distortion, and the level of musical residual noise based on a criterion correlated with perception and SNR. This leads to a significant reduction of the unnatural structure of the residual noise. The results with several noise types show that the enhanced speech is more pleasant to a human listener.
文摘The Perceptual Spectrum Distortion (PSD), based on auditory properties of human being, is presented to measure speech distortion. The PSD measure calculates the speech distortion distance by simulating the auditory properties of human being and converting short-time speech power spectrum to auditory perceptual spectrum. Preliminary simulative experiments in comparison with the Itakura measure have been done. The results show that the PSD measure is a perferable speech distortion measure and more consistent with subjective assessment of speech quality.
