Improving the performance of speech perception in noisy environment based on an FAME strategy

Ying Hui Lai; Syu Siang Wang; Yu Ting Su; Cheng Han-Che; Fan Kang Fu; Yu Tsao

doi:10.1109/ISCSLP.2016.7918430

Improving the performance of speech perception in noisy environment based on an FAME strategy

Ying Hui Lai, Syu Siang Wang, Yu Ting Su, Cheng Han-Che, Fan Kang Fu, Yu Tsao

Department of Biomedical Engineering

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Abstract

Background noise is a significant factor influencing the performance of speech perception. Previous studies showed that the temporal fine structure (TFS) plays an important role in speech perception for normal hearing (NH) and hearing loss individuals. The frequency amplitude modulation encoding (FAME) is a successful approach to enhance the TFS information for cochlear implant (CI) recipients. Following the success of FAME for CI recipients, this study aims to evaluate the speech perception performance of FAME for NH listeners in noisy conditions. Experimental results from the present study confirmed that FAME provides better speech perception performance and lower listening effort for NH listeners than noisy speech. In particular, FAME improved Mandarin disyllabic words recognition by as much as 16.7 percentage points and the ease of listening by 1.6 (MOS scale). This demonstrates that the FAME strategy is promising for improving speech recognition performance for NH listeners in noisy environment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 2016 10th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing, ISCSLP 2016
Editors	Hsin-Min Wang, Qingzhi Hou, Yuan Wei, Tan Lee, Jianguo Wei, Lei Xie, Hui Feng, Jianwu Dang, Jianwu Dang
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509042937
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCSLP.2016.7918430
State	Published - 2 May 2017
Event	10th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing, ISCSLP 2016 - Tianjin, China Duration: 17 Oct 2016 → 20 Oct 2016

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Name	Proceedings of 2016 10th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing, ISCSLP 2016

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Conference	10th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing, ISCSLP 2016
Country/Territory	China
City	Tianjin
Period	17/10/16 → 20/10/16

Keywords

Frequency amplitude modulation encoding (FAME)
Noise reduction
Speech perception

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Lai, Y. H., Wang, S. S., Su, Y. T., Han-Che, C., Fu, F. K., & Tsao, Y. (2017). Improving the performance of speech perception in noisy environment based on an FAME strategy. In H-M. Wang, Q. Hou, Y. Wei, T. Lee, J. Wei, L. Xie, H. Feng, J. Dang, & J. Dang (Eds.), Proceedings of 2016 10th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing, ISCSLP 2016 [7918430] (Proceedings of 2016 10th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing, ISCSLP 2016). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCSLP.2016.7918430

Lai, Ying Hui ; Wang, Syu Siang ; Su, Yu Ting et al. / Improving the performance of speech perception in noisy environment based on an FAME strategy. Proceedings of 2016 10th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing, ISCSLP 2016. editor / Hsin-Min Wang ; Qingzhi Hou ; Yuan Wei ; Tan Lee ; Jianguo Wei ; Lei Xie ; Hui Feng ; Jianwu Dang ; Jianwu Dang. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. (Proceedings of 2016 10th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing, ISCSLP 2016).

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Lai, YH, Wang, SS, Su, YT, Han-Che, C, Fu, FK & Tsao, Y 2017, Improving the performance of speech perception in noisy environment based on an FAME strategy. in H-M Wang, Q Hou, Y Wei, T Lee, J Wei, L Xie, H Feng, J Dang & J Dang (eds), Proceedings of 2016 10th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing, ISCSLP 2016., 7918430, Proceedings of 2016 10th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing, ISCSLP 2016, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 10th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing, ISCSLP 2016, Tianjin, China, 17/10/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCSLP.2016.7918430

Improving the performance of speech perception in noisy environment based on an FAME strategy. / Lai, Ying Hui; Wang, Syu Siang; Su, Yu Ting et al.

Proceedings of 2016 10th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing, ISCSLP 2016. ed. / Hsin-Min Wang; Qingzhi Hou; Yuan Wei; Tan Lee; Jianguo Wei; Lei Xie; Hui Feng; Jianwu Dang; Jianwu Dang. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. 7918430 (Proceedings of 2016 10th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing, ISCSLP 2016).

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Lai YH, Wang SS, Su YT, Han-Che C, Fu FK, Tsao Y. Improving the performance of speech perception in noisy environment based on an FAME strategy. In Wang H-M, Hou Q, Wei Y, Lee T, Wei J, Xie L, Feng H, Dang J, Dang J, editors, Proceedings of 2016 10th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing, ISCSLP 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2017. 7918430. (Proceedings of 2016 10th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing, ISCSLP 2016). doi: 10.1109/ISCSLP.2016.7918430

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