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Increasing Intelligibility of Multiple Talkers by Selective Mixing

Authors: Kleczkowski, Piotr; Plewa, Magdalena; Pluta, Marek

AES Convention 129 · Paper 8309 · November 2010

Abstract

Five tracks of speech signal were recorded. One of the tracks, the target track, consisted of spoken numbers, so that by counting the number of correctly heard words the degree of comprehension of the target talker could be quantified in each trial. Two types of mixes of all five tracks were performed: a simple mix and a selective mix. The latter mix is a development of the processing technique known as binary masking. A large group of subjects (54) listened to both types of mixes and it was found that selective mixing slightly increased the intelligibility of the target talker.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 129
AES Convention
129
Paper number
8309
Publication date
November 6, 2010
Session subject
Auditory Perception
Affiliation
AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper