@inproceedings{5ff067180c454377b2d23e38f86a47a6,
title = "Using speech transformation to increase speech intelligibility for the hearing- and speaking-impaired",
abstract = "We present two speech transformation approaches designed to increase the intelligibility of speech. The first approach is used in the context of increasing the intelligibility of conversationally spoken speech for hearing-impaired listeners. An initial experiment showed that a relatively simple mapping function can map spectral features of conversationally spoken speech closer to context-equivalent spectral features of clearly spoken speech. The second approach aims to increase the intelligibility of speaking-impaired individuals by the general population. Results of listening tests indicated that although an intelligibility increase was not achieved, listeners preferred the transformed speech of the proposed system over that of an alternative system.",
keywords = "Hearing aid, Speaking aid, Speech modification",
author = "Alexander Kain and {Van Santen}, Jan",
year = "2009",
doi = "10.1109/ICASSP.2009.4960406",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781424423545",
series = "ICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings",
pages = "3605--3608",
booktitle = "2009 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing - Proceedings, ICASSP 2009",
note = "2009 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2009 ; Conference date: 19-04-2009 Through 24-04-2009",
}