Cuckoo search based optimal mask generation for noise suppression and enhancement of speech signal

In this paper, an effective noise suppression technique for enhancement of speech signals using optimized mask is proposed. Initially, the noisy speech signal is broken down into various time–frequency (TF) units and the features are extracted by finding out the Amplitude Magnitude Spectrogram (AMS)...

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Main Authors: Anil Garg, O.P. Sahu
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Language:English
Published: Springer 2015-07-01
Series:Journal of King Saud University: Computer and Information Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319157815000427
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description In this paper, an effective noise suppression technique for enhancement of speech signals using optimized mask is proposed. Initially, the noisy speech signal is broken down into various time–frequency (TF) units and the features are extracted by finding out the Amplitude Magnitude Spectrogram (AMS). The signals are then classified based on quality ratio into different classes to generate the initial set of solutions. Subsequently, the optimal mask for each class is generated based on Cuckoo search algorithm. Subsequently, in the waveform synthesis stage, filtered waveforms are windowed and then multiplied by the optimal mask value and summed up to get the enhanced target signal. The experimentation of the proposed technique was carried out using various datasets and the performance is compared with the previous techniques using SNR. The results obtained proved the effectiveness of the proposed technique and its ability to suppress noise and enhance the speech signal.
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spelling doaj-art-58fdb5d2abd84b9b8aabdd8b5279a01b2025-08-20T03:52:03ZengSpringerJournal of King Saud University: Computer and Information Sciences1319-15782015-07-0127326927710.1016/j.jksuci.2014.04.006Cuckoo search based optimal mask generation for noise suppression and enhancement of speech signalAnil GargO.P. SahuIn this paper, an effective noise suppression technique for enhancement of speech signals using optimized mask is proposed. Initially, the noisy speech signal is broken down into various time–frequency (TF) units and the features are extracted by finding out the Amplitude Magnitude Spectrogram (AMS). The signals are then classified based on quality ratio into different classes to generate the initial set of solutions. Subsequently, the optimal mask for each class is generated based on Cuckoo search algorithm. Subsequently, in the waveform synthesis stage, filtered waveforms are windowed and then multiplied by the optimal mask value and summed up to get the enhanced target signal. The experimentation of the proposed technique was carried out using various datasets and the performance is compared with the previous techniques using SNR. The results obtained proved the effectiveness of the proposed technique and its ability to suppress noise and enhance the speech signal.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319157815000427Noise suppressionEnhancement of speech signalAMS feature extractionCuckoo searchWaveform synthesisOptimal mask
spellingShingle Anil Garg
O.P. Sahu
Cuckoo search based optimal mask generation for noise suppression and enhancement of speech signal
Journal of King Saud University: Computer and Information Sciences
Noise suppression
Enhancement of speech signal
AMS feature extraction
Cuckoo search
Waveform synthesis
Optimal mask
title Cuckoo search based optimal mask generation for noise suppression and enhancement of speech signal
title_full Cuckoo search based optimal mask generation for noise suppression and enhancement of speech signal
title_fullStr Cuckoo search based optimal mask generation for noise suppression and enhancement of speech signal
title_full_unstemmed Cuckoo search based optimal mask generation for noise suppression and enhancement of speech signal
title_short Cuckoo search based optimal mask generation for noise suppression and enhancement of speech signal
title_sort cuckoo search based optimal mask generation for noise suppression and enhancement of speech signal
topic Noise suppression
Enhancement of speech signal
AMS feature extraction
Cuckoo search
Waveform synthesis
Optimal mask
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319157815000427
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