Auditory periphery as speech signal processor

Author

Goldstein, Moise H., Jr.

Author_Institution

Center for Speech Process., Johns Hopkins Univ., MD, USA

Volume

13

Issue

2

fYear

1994

Firstpage

186

Lastpage

196

Abstract

The main thrust of this article concerns models of the auditory periphery and their properties as speech processors. Physiological studies are given attention, as they provide the basis for the models. Although studies of activity of single auditory nerve fibers have been underway in several laboratories since the early 1960s, it was not until the late 70s that reports of systematic investigations using speech signal stimuli appeared. The author considers: cochlear structure and dynamics; auditory nerve physiology (tuning characteristics); speech signals and the auditory periphery; comparisons between physiological and model results; wavelets and time-frequency distributions.<>

Keywords

hearing; physiological models; reviews; speech analysis and processing; auditory periphery models; cochlear structure; physiological studies; single auditory nerve fibers; speech signal processor; speech signal stimuli; time-frequency distributions; tuning characteristics; wavelets; Biological system modeling; Biomembranes; Cats; Clocks; Ear; Hair; Humans; Nerve fibers; Signal processing; Speech processing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0739-5175

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/51.281677

Filename

281677