Refinement of Enhanced Speech Using Hybrid-Median Filter and Harmonic Regeneration Approach

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2014-03-13
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Thisstudyproposesapost-processortoimprovetheharmonicstructureofavowelinanenhancedspeech,enablingthespeechqualitytobeimproved.Initially,aspeechenhancementalgorithmisemployedtoreducethebackgroundnoiseforanoisyspeech.Hencetheenhancedspeechispost-processedbyahybrid-medianfiltertoreducethemusicaleffectofresidualnoise.Sincetheharmonicspectraareimpactedbybackgroundnoiseandaspeechenhancementprocess,thequalityofavowelisdeteriorated.Aharmonicregeneratedmethodisdevelopedtoimprovethequalityofpost-processedspeech.Experimentalresultsshowthattheproposedmethodcanimprovethequalityofpost-processedspeechbyadequatelyregeneratingharmonicspectra.