
handle: 10230/22906
La intel·ligibilitat de la parla en entorns sorollosos encara està limitada per usuaris d’implants coclears (ICs). En aquest treball s’han desenvolupat dos mètodes per millorar la relació senyal-soroll en entorns sorollosos. El primer mètode es basa en el conegut Generalised Sidelobe Canceller (GSC). El segon mètode s’ha modificat el Transfer Function GSC (TF-GSC) per ser incorporat en un processador d’IC. L’objectiu/nd’aquest projecte és optimitzar el funcionament del beamformer per cada individu. Els dos beamformers han sigut analitzats simulant diferents habitacions i amb diferents sorolls de fons. Les mesures objectives realitzades suggereixen que el TF-GSC dona una millor SNR que el estàndard GSC mentre que produeix menys distorsió als senyals de parla. S’han realitzat mesures subjectives amb implantats coclears per avaluar la percepció que tenen de la distorsió i la intel·ligibilitat de la parla utilitzant i sense utilitzar els beamformers.
Speech intelligibility in noise environments is still very limited for cochlear implants users (CIs). In this work two methods to improve the signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) in noisy environments have been designed. The first method is based on the well-known Generalised Sidelobe Canceller (GSC). A second method called Transfer Function GSC (TF-GSC) has been modified such that can be incorporated into a CI sound processor. The aim of this project is to optimize the performance of the beamformer to each individual CI user. The beamformers have been analysed in different room environments and with different background noises. Objective measures in a computer suggest that the TF-GSC provides with better SNR than the standard GSC while producing less distortion to the speech signals. Subjective measures in CI users have been performed to assess the perceptual distortion and the speech intelligibility with/without the beamformers.
Treball de fi de grau en Sistemes Audiovisuals
Tutors: Waldo Nogueira; Ralph G. Andrzejak
Implants coclears--Processament de dades
Implants coclears--Processament de dades
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