On the enhancement of dereverberation algorithms based on a perceptual evaluation criterion
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This paper describes an optimization strategy based on a perceptual assessment criterion for dereverberation algorithms. The complete procedure is applied to the adaptive inversefiltering (AIF) and spectral subtraction (SS) stages of a given dereverberation algorithm using the so-called QAreverb quality measure. Experimental results, using a 204-signal speech database, indicate that the associated algorithm can be greatly simplified (in about 97% of the overall computational complexity) by removing the AIF stage. In addition, a fine tuning of the SS stage is able to improve in 6% the algorithm’s QAreverb score, resulting in a much simpler and more efficient algorithm in a perceptual point of view.
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