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Presentation 2016-08-09 13:00
Estimation of forced-selection speech intelligibility by comparing objective measures between candidate words
Kazuhiro Kondo (Yamagata Univ.) EA2016-20
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(in English) We proposed an estimation method for forced pairwise selection speech intelligibility test that takes into account the forced selection manner of the test. The distance measure used was based on the frequency-weighted segmental SNR (fwSNRseg) in sub-bands defined in the Articulation Index (AI) standard. We compared the distance between the degraded test word, and the clean templates for the two candidate words in the word pair, in each of the AI bands. The ratio of sub-bands with higher SNRseg for the correct word vs. the total number of bands, with weighting defined in the AI standard to account for the sensitivity of the human auditory system, is calculated to quantify the match between the test and the correct word characteristics. A logistic mapping function from this ratio to intelligibility using speech mixed with known noise was trained, and then used to estimate the intelligibility of speech mixed with unknown noise. The correlation and Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) between subjective and estimated intelligibility were about 0.97 and 0.10, respectively. This level of estimation accuracy should enable screening of subjective intelligibility testing conditions, minimizing the need for actual test using human subjects.
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(in English) speech intelligibility / objective measures / two-to-one forced selection / DRT / speech quality estimation / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 116, no. 179, EA2016-20, pp. 1-6, Aug. 2016.
Paper # EA2016-20 
Date of Issue 2016-08-02 (EA) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685    Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Committee EA ASJ-H  
Conference Date 2016-08-09 - 2016-08-10 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English) Tohoku Gakuin Univ., Tagajo Campus 
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Topics (in English) Ultra-Realistic Acoustics, Engineering/Electro Acoustics, Psychological and Physiological Acoustics, and Related Topics 
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Conference Code 2016-08-EA-H 
Language Japanese 
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Title (in English) Estimation of forced-selection speech intelligibility by comparing objective measures between candidate words 
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Keyword(1) speech intelligibility  
Keyword(2) objective measures  
Keyword(3) two-to-one forced selection  
Keyword(4) DRT  
Keyword(5) speech quality estimation  
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1st Author's Name Kazuhiro Kondo  
1st Author's Affiliation Yamagata University (Yamagata Univ.)
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Date Time 2016-08-09 13:00:00 
Presentation Time 30 minutes 
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Paper # EA2016-20 
Volume (vol) vol.116 
Number (no) no.179 
Page pp.1-6 
#Pages 6 
Date of Issue 2016-08-02 (EA) 

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