Speech Processing in the Auditory System

Although speech is the primary behavioral medium by which humans communicate, its auditory basis is poorly understood, having profound implications on efforts to ameliorate the behavioral consequences of hearing impairment and on the development of robust algorithms for computer speech recognition. In this volume, the authors provide an up-to-date synthesis of recent research in the area of speech processing in the auditory system, bringing together a diverse range of scientists to present the subject from an interdisciplinary perspective. Of particular concern is the ability to understand speech in uncertain, potentially adverse acoustic environments, currently the bane of both hearing aid and speech recognition technology. There is increasing evidence that the perceptual stability characteristic of speech understanding is due, at least in part, to elegant transformations of the acoustic signal performed by auditory mechanisms. As a comprehensive review of speech's auditory basis, this book will interest physiologists, anatomists, psychologists, phoneticians, computer scientists, biomedical and electrical engineers, and clinicians.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

From the contents:

Preface.- Speech Processing in the Auditory System: An Overview.- The Analysis and Representation of Speech.- Explaining the Structure of Feature and Phoneme Inventories: The Role of Auditory Distinctiveness.- Physiological Representations of Speech.- The Perception of Speech Under Adverse Acoustic Conditions.- Automatic Speech Recognition: An Auditory Perspective.- Hearing Aids and Hearing Impairment.- Speech Processing for Cochlear Implants.

Zusammenfassung

Although speech is the primary behavioral medium by which humans
communicate, its auditory basis is poorly understood, having profound
implications on efforts to ameliorate the behavioral consequences of
hearing impairment and on the development of robust algorithms for
computer speech recognition. In this volume, the authors provide an up
-to-date synthesis of recent research in the area of speech processing
in the auditory system, bringing together a diverse range of
scientists to present the subject from an interdisciplinary
perspective.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Willia A Ainsworth (Herausgeber), William A Ainsworth (Herausgeber), William A. Ainsworth (Herausgeber), Richard R Fay (Herausgeber), Richard R. Fay (Herausgeber), S. Greenberg (Herausgeber), Steven Greenberg (Herausgeber), Arthur N. Popper (Herausgeber), Richard R Fay (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Springer, Berlin
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.01.2004
• EAN: 9780387005904
• ISBN: 978-0-387-00590-4
• Seiten: 477
• Gewicht: 805 g
• Illustration: w. 111 ill. and 16 col. plates.
• Serien: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research; Springer Handbook of Auditory Research
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin > Nichtklinische Fächer; C, Neurologie und klinische Neurophysiologie, Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Otorhinolaryngology, Neurology, Neuroscience, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Stability, Neurosciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Otorhinolaryngology (ENT), Neurobiology, Speech recognition