Speech Enhancement: Theory and Practice (Signal Processing and Communications) [Hardcover]

Philipos C. Loizou (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0849350328 | ISBN-13: 978-0849350320 | Publication Date: June 7, 2007 | Edition: 1

The first book to provide comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of all major speech enhancement algorithms proposed in the last two decades, Speech Enhancement: Theory and Practice is a valuable resource for experts and newcomers in the field. The book covers traditional speech enhancement algorithms, such as spectral subtraction and Wiener filtering algorithms as well as state-of-the-art algorithms including minimum mean-squared error algorithms that incorporate signal-presence uncertainty and subspace algorithms that incorporate psychoacoustic models. The coverage includes objective and subjective measures used to evaluate speech quality and intelligibility.

Divided into three parts, the book presents the digital-signal processing and speech signal fundamentals needed to understand speech enhancement algorithms, the various classes of speech enhancement algorithms proposed over the last two decades, and the methods and measures used to evaluate the performance of speech enhancement algorithms. The text is supplemented with examples and figures designed to help readers understand the theory. MATLAB^® implementations of all major speech enhancement algorithms and a speech database that can be used for evaluation of noise reduction algorithms are available for download on the book's description page at the CRC Press website.

Providing clear and concise coverage of the subject, the author brings together a large body of knowledge about how human listeners compensate for acoustic noise when in noisy environments. This book is a valuable resource not only for engineers who want to implement the latest speech enhancement algorithms but also for speech practitioners who want to incorporate some of these algorithms into hearing aid applications for speech intelligibility and/or quality improvement.

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University of Texas at Dallas, USA

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• Hardcover: 632 pages
• Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (June 7, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0849350328
• ISBN-13: 978-0849350320
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 1.5 inches
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5.0 out of 5 stars The most up-to-date and impressive references for speech processing researchers, January 29, 2012

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This review is from: Speech Enhancement: Theory and Practice (Signal Processing and Communications) (Hardcover)

If you are a beginner in the field of speech processing research, this book will serve as one of your best references. For researchers that have been around for some time, this book is certainly a valuable asset that they have been missing. The problem with many speech processing books is that they are outdated, written by the pioneers from the field, but not updated as the research progressed. The biggest advantage that this book offers is the clarity with which most of the recent topics are discussed, by an author who is very well accomplished(in the Speech Processing Research community).

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good review for single channel speech enhancement of the last two decades, July 30, 2008

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Table of Contents
Introduction
Understanding the Enemy: Noise
Classes of Speech Enhancement Algorithms
Book Organization
References

FUNDAMENTALS
DISCRETE-TIME SIGNAL PROCESSING AND SHORT-TIME FOURIER ANALYSIS
Discrete-Time Signals
Linear Time-Invariant Discrete-Time Systems
The z-Transform
Discrete-Time Fourier Transform
Short-Time Fourier Transform
Spectrographic Analysis of Speech Signals
Summary
References

SPEECH PRODUCTION AND PERCEPTION
The Speech Signal
The Speech Production Process
Engineering Model of Speech Production
Classes of Speech Sounds
Acoustic Cues in Speech Perception
Summary
References

NOISE COMPENSATION BY HUMAN LISTENERS
Intelligibility of Speech in Multiple-Talker Conditions
Acoustic Properties of Speech Contributing to Robustness
Perceptual Strategies for Listening in Noise
Summary
References

ALGORITHMS
SPECTRAL-SUBTRACTIVE ALGORITHMS
Basic Principles of Spectral Subtraction
A Geometric View of Spectral Subtraction
Shortcomings of the Spectral Subtraction Method
Spectral Subtraction Using Oversubtraction
Nonlinear Spectral Subtraction
Multiband Spectral Subtraction
MMSE Spectral Subtraction Algorithm
Extended Spectral Subtraction
Spectral Subtraction Using Adaptive Gain Averaging
Selective Spectral Subtraction
Spectral Subtraction Based on Perceptual Properties
Performance of Spectral Subtraction Algorithms
Summary
References

WIENER FILTERING
Introduction to Wiener Filter Theory
Wiener Filters in the Time Domain
Wiener Filters in the Frequency Domain
Wiener Filters and Linear Prediction
Wiener Filters for Noise Reduction
Iterative Wiener Filtering
Imposing Constraints on Iterative Wiener Filtering
Constrained Iterative Wiener Filtering
Constrained Wiener Filtering
Estimating the Wiener Gain Function
Incorporating Psychoacoustic Constraints in Wiener Filtering
Codebook-Driven Wiener Filtering
Audible Noise Suppression Algorithm
Summary
References

STATISTICAL-MODEL BASED METHODS
Maximum-Likelihood Estimators
Bayesian Estimators
MMSE Estimator
Improvements to the Decision-directed Approach
Elimination of Musical Noise
Log-MMSE Estimator
MMSE Estimation of the pth-Power Spectrum
MMSE Estimators Based on Non-Gaussian Distributions
Maximum A Posteriori (MAP) Estimators
General Bayesian Estimators
Perceptually Motivated Bayesian Estimators
Incorporating Speech Absence Probability in Speech Enhancement
Methods for Estimating the A Priori Probability of Speech Absence
Summary
References

SUBSPACE ALGORITHMS
Introduction
Using SVD for Noise Reduction: Theory
SVD-Based Algorithms: White Noise
SVD-Based Algorithms: Colored Noise
SVD-Based Methods: A Unified View
EVD-Based Methods: White Noise
EVD-Based Methods: Colored Noise
EVD-Based Methods: A Unified View
Perceptually Motivated Subspace Algorithms
Subspace-Tracking Algorithms
Summary
References

NOISE ESTIMATION ALGORITHMS
Voice Activity Detection Vs. Noise Estimation
Introduction to Noise Estimation Algorithms
Minimal-Tracking Algorithms
Time-Recursive Averaging Algorithms for Noise Estimation
Histogram-Based Techniques
Other Noise Estimation Algorithms
Objective Comparison of Noise Estimation
Algorithms
Summary
References


EVALUATION
EVALUATING PERFORMANCE OF SPEECH ENHANCEMENT ALGORITHMS
Quality vs. Intelligibility
Evaluating Intelligibility of Processed Speech
Evaluating Quality of Processed Speech
Evaluating Reliability of Quality Judgments: Recommended Practice
Objective Quality Measures
Nonintrusive Objective Quality Measures
Figures of Merit of Objective Quality Measures
Challenges and Future Directions in Objective Quality Evaluation
Summary
References

COMPARISON OF SPEECH ENHANCEMENT ALGORITHMS
NOIZEUS: A Noisy Speech Corpus for Quality Evaluation of Speech Enhancement Algorithms
Comparison of Enhancement Algorithms: Speech Quality
Comparison of Enhancement Algorithms: Speech Intelligibility
Comparison of Objective Measures for Quality Evaluation
Summary
References

Appendix A: Derivation of the MMSE Estimator
Appendix B: Special Functions and Integrals
Appendix C: Speech Databases and MATLAB Code
Index

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book!, October 13, 2008

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This book was well organized and well written. I used it extensively while designing my own speech enhancement algorithm. Specifically, I found the chapter on noise estimation very helpful- the algorithms were well defined and the authors dialog helped me gain insite into the different types of estimators.