Modelling Auditory Processing and Organisation by Martin Cooke

Modelling Auditory Processing and Organisation by Martin Cooke

We are surrounded by noise; we must be able to separate the signals we want to hear from those we do not. To overcome this 'cocktail party effect' we have developed various strategies; endowing computers with similar abilities would enable the development of devices such as intelligent hearing aids and robust speech recognition systems. This book describes a system which attempts to separate multiple, simultaneous acoustic sources using strategies based on those used by humans. It is both a review of recent work on the modelling of auditory processes, and a presentation of a new model in which acoustic signals are decomposed into elements. These structures are then re-assembled in accordance with rules of auditory organisation which operate to bind together elements that are likely to have arisen from the same source. The model is evaluated by measuring its ability to separate speech from a wide variety of other sounds, including music, phones and other speech.

"The writing is crisp, and the book includes numerous illustrations..[A] contribution to the problem of the processing of auditory data. Researchers in biophysics, bioengineering, and robotics should find it of interest." Anthony J. Duben, Computing Reviews

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ISBN 13	9780521619387
ISBN 10	0521619386
Title	Modelling Auditory Processing and Organisation
Author	Martin Cooke
Series	Distinguished Dissertations In Computer Science
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2005-02-17
Number of pages	136
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