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Convention Paper

Ideal Point Modelling of the Quality of Noisy Speech in Mobile Communications Based on Multidimensional Scaling

Authors: Mattila, Ville-Veikko

AES Convention 114 · Paper 5737 · March 2003

Abstract

Multidimensional scaling and preference mapping were used for the perceptual analysis of the quality of speech corrupted by car noise in mobile communications. 41 processing chains, representing, e.g., transmission of speech over mobile networks, were studied. 30 screened subjects were used in the quality test and 15 screened and trained subjects in the MDS test. Based on an external profiling of the auditory characteristics, the dimensions appeared to relate to general naturalness of speech, limitation of the frequency band of speech, smoothness of speech and noisiness of speech. The Phase IV, ideal point model was used to predict the quality with an average error of about 6 %, to study the interaction between the attributes and the linearity of the attributes.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 114
AES Convention
114
Paper number
5737
Publication date
March 6, 2003
Session subject
Psychoacoustics, Perception, and Listening Tests
Affiliation
Nokia Research Center, Tampere, Finland (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper