Interaction of speech coders and atypical speech II: effects on speech quality.
J Speech Lang Hear Res
; 45(4): 689-99, 2002 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-12199399
ABSTRACT
We investigated how standard speech coders, currently used in modern communication systems, affect the quality of the speech of persons who have common speech and voice disorders. Three standardized speech coders (GSM 6.10 RPE-LTP, FS1016 CELP, and FS1015 LPC) and two speech coders based on subband processing were evaluated for their performance. Coder effects were assessed by measuring the quality of speech samples both before and after processing by the speech coders. Speech quality was rated by 10 listeners with normal hearing on 28 different scales representing pitch and loudness changes, speech rate, laryngeal and resonatory dysfunction, and coder-induced distortions. Results showed that (a) nine scale items were consistently and reliably rated by the listeners; (b) all coders degraded speech quality on these nine scales, with the GSM and CELP coders providing the better quality speech; and (c) interactions between coders and individual voices did occur on several voice quality scales.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Distúrbios da Fala
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Telecomunicações
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Qualidade da Voz
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Distúrbios da Voz
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Article