Speech Enhancement: Theory and Practice, Second Edition [Paperback]

Introduction. Part I Fundamentals: Discrete-Time Signal Processing and Short-Time Fourier Analysis. Speech Production and Perception. Noise Compensation by Human Listeners. Part II Algorithms: Spectral-Subtractive Algorithms. Wiener Filtering. Statistical-Model-Based Methods. Subspace Algorithms. Noise-Estimation Algorithms. Part III Evaluation: Evaluating Performance of Speech Enhancement Algorithms. Objective Quality and Intelligibility Measures. Comparison of Speech Enhancement Algorithms. Part IV Future Steps: Algorithms That Can Improve Speech Intelligibility. Appendices. Index.

Philipos C. Loizou earned his bachelors, masters, and doctorate degrees in electrical engineering from Arizona State University in Tempe. A pioneer in the field of speech enhancement and noise reduction in cochlear implants, Dr. Loizou was one of the first to develop specific enhancement algorithms that directly improve intelligibility. He was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Speech and Hearing Science at Arizona State University, an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock, and Cecil and Ida Green Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas. Dr. Loizou was a fellow of the Acoustical Society of America. He was an associate editor of the International Journal of Audiology (20102012), IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (20092011), IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing (19992002), and IEEE Signal Processing Letters (20062009) and a member of the Speech Technical Committee (20082010) of the IEEE Signal Processing Society. He authored or coauthored numerous publications, including three textbooks.

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