A reliable speech enhancement method is important for speech applications as a pre-processing step to improve their overall performance. In this paper, we propose a novel frequency domain method for single channel speech enhancement. Conventional frequency domain methods usually neglect the correlation between neighboring time-frequency components of the signals. In the proposed method, we take...

Objective: It is extremely common for adults to use inner speech to regulate their behavior. Despite this, little is known about the underlying processes that may explain why people use inner speech differently. This study aimed to determine the relationship between different types of inner speech with symptoms of anxiety, depression, somatization, and distress in normal people. Methods: The r...

in this paper, genetic programming is applied for quality improvement of noisy speech signal. therefore, a system including both spectral subtraction and genetic programming is implemented for speech enhancement. in the proposed method, first noise is reduced by spectral subtraction. in the next step, genetic programming trees are trained for more enhancement of noisy signal by mapping the sign...

this study was an attempt to shed light on the use of requestive speech act by iranian nonnative speakers (nnss) of english and canadian native speakers (nss) of english to find out the (possible) similarities and/or differences between the request realizations, and to investigate the influence of the situational variables of power, distance, context familiarity, and l1’s (possible) influence. ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the sensitivity and specificity of a portable sleep apnea monitoring device (PolyG; CNS Inc; Chantassen, Minn) using standard polysomnography (PSG) as a gold standard. SETTING The University of Alberta Hospitals Sleep Disorders Laboratory. PARTICIPANTS One hundred and four consecutive patients referred for assessment of sleep complaints. MEASUREMENTS Patients underwent...