國立虎尾科技大學 |

Lombard Effect in Speech Production by Cochlear Implant Users : = Analysis, Assessment and Implications.

Record Type:	Language materials, manuscript : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Lombard Effect in Speech Production by Cochlear Implant Users :/
Reminder of title:	Analysis, Assessment and Implications.
Author:	Lee, Jaewook.
Description:	1 online resource (154 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-03(E), Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International79-03B(E).
Subject:	Electrical engineering. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9780355392517

Lombard Effect in Speech Production by Cochlear Implant Users : = Analysis, Assessment and Implications.
Lee, Jaewook.

Lombard Effect in Speech Production by Cochlear Implant Users :Analysis, Assessment and Implications. - 1 online resource (154 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-03(E), Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)

Includes bibliographical references

In daily communication, speakers aim to communicate their message in a manner that is intelligible to listeners. When individuals with normal hearing become aware of reduced auditory feedback due to environmental noise, they likely adopt a different speaking style called the 'Lombard effect'. The Lombard effect is the tendency of speakers to modify their speech production while speaking in the presence of loud noise. Increased levels of masking noise lead to increase in vocal effort including energy, fundamental frequency, and glottal spectral slope. Lombard speech modification is aimed at providing the listener with increased speech intelligibility in challenging listening environments. The Lombard effect is also known to degrade automatic speech systems such as automatic speech recognition (ASR) and speaker identification (SID). While well-studied for normal hearing listeners and automatic speech systems, the Lombard effect has received little, if any, attention in the field of cochlear implant users. To our knowledge, no study has examined whether cochlear implant users employ the Lombard effect during voice communication. This dissertation provided a comprehensive investigation of the research concerning Lombard effect for cochlear implant users with post-lingual deafness. We investigated the nature of the Lombard effect that was produced by cochlear implant users. A variety of acoustic and phonetic features including voice power, fundamental frequency, glottal spectral tilt, phoneme duration, and formant frequencies were analyzed. Mobile personal audio recordings from continuous single-session audio streams collected over an individual's daily life were used for these analyses. Prior advancements in this domain include the "Prof-Life-Log"longitudinal study at UT-Dallas. The Lombard effect was observed in the speech production of all cochlear implant users. The results indicate that both suprasegmental ( e.g., F0, glottal spectral slope and vocal intensity) and segmental (e.g., F1 for /i/ and /u/)) features were altered in such environments. Along with speech production characteristics, the research also focused on the effect of Lombard speaking style on intelligibility by cochlear implant users. A speech corpus for the perceptual experiments of Lombard speech was formulated with normal hearing speakers. A subjective listening test was performed to provide how cochlear implant users respond to Lombard speech in challenging listening environments. The results indicate that the Lombard speech yielded a significant improvement in intelligibility in both quiet and noisy listening conditions. The specific modification of speech production of cochlear implant users under the Lombard effect may contribute to some degree an intelligible communication in adverse noisy environments. Lastly, a practical implication of Lombard effect for developing a speech enhancement algorithm for cochlear implant users was discussed. A previous proposed framework based on Source Generator theory was employed to perturb neutral speech production based on Lombard effect modification. Data from subjective evaluation demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed speech enhancement algorithm. The results indicated improvement in intelligibility when providing neutral speech which was modified based on Lombard effect properties via the proposed algorithm. The specific variations due to Lombard effect can be leveraged for new algorithm development and further applications of speech technology to benefit cochlear implant users.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780355392517Subjects--Topical Terms:

596380
Electrical engineering.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

Lombard Effect in Speech Production by Cochlear Implant Users : = Analysis, Assessment and Implications.
LDR:04912ntm a2200361Ki 4500 001 910311
005 20180511093054.5
006 m o u
007 cr mn||||a|a||
008 190606s2017 xx obm 000 0 eng d
020 $a 9780355392517
035 $a (MiAaPQ)AAI10675229
035 $a (MiAaPQ)0382vireo:162Lee
035 $a AAI10675229
040 $a MiAaPQ $b eng $c MiAaPQ
099 $a TUL $f hyy $c available through World Wide Web
100 1 $a Lee, Jaewook. $3 1181533
245 1 0 $a Lombard Effect in Speech Production by Cochlear Implant Users : $b Analysis, Assessment and Implications.
264 0 $c 2017
300 $a 1 online resource (154 pages)
336 $a text $b txt $2 rdacontent
337 $a computer $b c $2 rdamedia
338 $a online resource $b cr $2 rdacarrier
500 $a Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-03(E), Section: B.
500 $a Adviser: John H.L. Hansen.
502 $a Thesis (Ph.D.) $c The University of Texas at Dallas $d 2017.
504 $a Includes bibliographical references
520 $a In daily communication, speakers aim to communicate their message in a manner that is intelligible to listeners. When individuals with normal hearing become aware of reduced auditory feedback due to environmental noise, they likely adopt a different speaking style called the 'Lombard effect'. The Lombard effect is the tendency of speakers to modify their speech production while speaking in the presence of loud noise. Increased levels of masking noise lead to increase in vocal effort including energy, fundamental frequency, and glottal spectral slope. Lombard speech modification is aimed at providing the listener with increased speech intelligibility in challenging listening environments. The Lombard effect is also known to degrade automatic speech systems such as automatic speech recognition (ASR) and speaker identification (SID). While well-studied for normal hearing listeners and automatic speech systems, the Lombard effect has received little, if any, attention in the field of cochlear implant users. To our knowledge, no study has examined whether cochlear implant users employ the Lombard effect during voice communication. This dissertation provided a comprehensive investigation of the research concerning Lombard effect for cochlear implant users with post-lingual deafness. We investigated the nature of the Lombard effect that was produced by cochlear implant users. A variety of acoustic and phonetic features including voice power, fundamental frequency, glottal spectral tilt, phoneme duration, and formant frequencies were analyzed. Mobile personal audio recordings from continuous single-session audio streams collected over an individual's daily life were used for these analyses. Prior advancements in this domain include the "Prof-Life-Log"longitudinal study at UT-Dallas. The Lombard effect was observed in the speech production of all cochlear implant users. The results indicate that both suprasegmental ( e.g., F0, glottal spectral slope and vocal intensity) and segmental (e.g., F1 for /i/ and /u/)) features were altered in such environments. Along with speech production characteristics, the research also focused on the effect of Lombard speaking style on intelligibility by cochlear implant users. A speech corpus for the perceptual experiments of Lombard speech was formulated with normal hearing speakers. A subjective listening test was performed to provide how cochlear implant users respond to Lombard speech in challenging listening environments. The results indicate that the Lombard speech yielded a significant improvement in intelligibility in both quiet and noisy listening conditions. The specific modification of speech production of cochlear implant users under the Lombard effect may contribute to some degree an intelligible communication in adverse noisy environments. Lastly, a practical implication of Lombard effect for developing a speech enhancement algorithm for cochlear implant users was discussed. A previous proposed framework based on Source Generator theory was employed to perturb neutral speech production based on Lombard effect modification. Data from subjective evaluation demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed speech enhancement algorithm. The results indicated improvement in intelligibility when providing neutral speech which was modified based on Lombard effect properties via the proposed algorithm. The specific variations due to Lombard effect can be leveraged for new algorithm development and further applications of speech technology to benefit cochlear implant users.
533 $a Electronic reproduction. $b Ann Arbor, Mich. : $c ProQuest, $d 2018
538 $a Mode of access: World Wide Web
650 4 $a Electrical engineering. $3 596380
650 4 $a Biomedical engineering. $3 588770
650 4 $a Audiology. $3 889171
655 7 $a Electronic books. $2 local $3 554714
690 $a 0544
690 $a 0541
690 $a 0300
710 2 $a ProQuest Information and Learning Co. $3 1178819
710 2 $a The University of Texas at Dallas. $b Electrical Engineering. $3 1181534
773 0 $t Dissertation Abstracts International $g 79-03B(E).
856 4 0 $u http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10675229 $z click for full text (PQDT)