Analog Circuit Implementation for Speech Enhancement Purposes

• Abstract—Human speech is the main method for personal communication. However, interfering noise could degrade the intelligibility of speech, eventually resulting in errors. Thus, efficient speech enhancement algorithms are needed for example in hand held battery powered hearing aids. This paper presents an implementation of a time domain method for speech enhancement purposes; the Adaptive Gain Equalizer. The implementation is carried out on a printed circuit board using common analog electronic components, and evaluated in real-time. The proposed solution advances in prolonged battery life time, high system bandwidth, and it neither quantizes nor digitalizes data as opposed to many digital solutions.

Ämnesord

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Signalbehandling (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Signal Processing (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

adaptive equalisers

analogue circuits

hearing aids

printed circuits

speech enhancement

speech intelligibility

time-domain analysis

voice communication

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