Speech enhancement by map spectral amplitude estimation using a super-Gaussian speech model

  • Authors:
  • Thomas Lotter;Peter Vary

  • Affiliations:
  • Institute of Communication Systems and Data Processing, RWTH Aachen University of Technology, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany and Siemens Audiological Engineering Group, Gebbertstrasse, Erlangen, Ger ...;Institute of Communication Systems and Data Processing, RWTH Aachen University of Technology, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

  • Venue:
  • EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

This contribution presents two spectral amplitude estimators for acoustical background noise suppression based on maximum a posteriori estimation and super-Gaussian statistical modelling of the speech DFT amplitudes. The probability density function of the speech spectral amplitude is modelled with a simple parametric function, which allows a high approximation accuracy for Laplace- or Gamma-distributed real and imaginary parts of the speech DFT coefficients. Also, the statistical model can be adapted to optimally fit the distribution of the speech spectral amplitudes for a specific noise reduction system. Based on the super-Gaussian statistical model, computationally efficient maximum a posteriori speech estimators are derived, which outperform the commonly applied Ephraim-Malah algorithm.