We present a new framework for the evaluation of speech representations in zero-resource settings, that extends and complements previous work by Carlin, Jansen and Hermansky [1]. In particular, we replace their Same/Different discrimination task by several Minimal-Pair ABX (MP-ABX) tasks. We explain the analytical advantages of this new framework and apply it to decompose the standard signal pr...

Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by oculocutaneous albinism and a lack of dense granules in platelets. HPS types 1 and 4 are associated with a granulomatous enterocolitis that is phenotypically indistinguishable from Crohn's disease. We present two cases of HPS-associated Crohn's disease phenotype in which the patients were refractory to stand...

Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) is a rare autosomal recessive disease that displays genetic heterogeneity; there are 9 known subtypes. HPS is characterized by oculocutaneous albinism, a platelet storage pool deficiency and resultant bleeding diathesis, and lysosomal accumulation of ceroid lipofuscin. Patients with HPS, specifically those with the genotypes HPS-1, HPS-2, or HPS-4, are predispose...

environment. In some cases, the environmental effect can be modeled by a set of simple transformations and, in particular, by convolution with an environmental impulse response and the addition of some environmental noise. Often, the temporal properties of these environmental effefts are quite different from the temporal properties of speech. We have been experimenting with filtering approach...

Hynek Hermansky, Eric A. Wan, and Carlos Avendano Oregon Graduate Institute of Science & Technology Department of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics P.O. Box 91000, Portland, OR 97291 ABSTRACT Finite Impulse Response (FIR) Wiener-like lters are applied to time trajectories of cubic-root compressed short-term power spectrum of noisy speech recorded over cellular telephone communications....

SPEECH FROM NARROW-BANDWIDTH SPEECH Carlos Avendano, Hynek Hermansky, and Eric A. Wan Oregon Graduate Institute of Science & Technology Department of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics P.O. Box 91000, Portland, OR 97291 ABSTRACT A new technique is presented which improves the subjective quality of band-limited speech. The approach is based on a linear model of speech production, in whic...