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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Main Authors:	Gunawan, Teddy Surya, Khalifa, Othman Omran, Ambikairajah, Eliathamby
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2008
Subjects:	TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/2338/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/2338/1/GunawanFinal_SpeechEnhancement.pdf

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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 Conference or Workshop Item 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.
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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
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.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Gunawan, Teddy Surya Khalifa, Othman Omran Ambikairajah, Eliathamby
author_facet	Gunawan, Teddy Surya Khalifa, Othman Omran Ambikairajah, Eliathamby
author_sort	Gunawan, Teddy Surya
title	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_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_sort	development of a forward masking model using neural networks and its application to speech enhancement
publishDate	2008
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/2338/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/2338/1/GunawanFinal_SpeechEnhancement.pdf
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