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Formant narrowing using linear predictive coding to improve phonetic perception in children
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Tarr, Eric William
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1293542896
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Year and Degree
2011, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Abstract
Previous research has shown that children listen to speech sounds differently than adults. Understanding how speech is perceived, organized, and processed by the auditory system is important in explaining this difference and can be utilized in better assisting children with hearing loss. Several experiments were conducted that motivated the development of an algorithm to narrow the formants of speech. Children were found to rely on a coherent speech signal more than adults. This is based on consistent results in which children were more negatively impacted by an absence of certain formant information useful in forming a coherent speech percept. It was found in certain conditions of masking noise that focusing the formant information was beneficial for all age groups labeling speech sounds. Therefore it was decided to use linear predictive coding to analyze, process, and re-synthesize human speech signals for an experiment to test if formant narrowing is a valid method to enhance the formant information of speech.
Committee
Ashok Krishnamurthy, PhD (Advisor)
Susan Nittrouer, PhD (Advisor)
Hooshang Hemami, PhD (Advisor)
Pages
101 p.
Subject Headings
Electrical Engineering
Keywords
formant narrowing
;
linear predictive coding
;
phonetic perception
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Tarr, E. W. (2011).
Formant narrowing using linear predictive coding to improve phonetic perception in children
[Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1293542896
APA Style (7th edition)
Tarr, Eric.
Formant narrowing using linear predictive coding to improve phonetic perception in children.
2011. Ohio State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1293542896.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Tarr, Eric. "Formant narrowing using linear predictive coding to improve phonetic perception in children." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1293542896
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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