Computational auditory scene analysis: listening to several things at once.
The problem of distinguishing particular sounds, such as conversation, against a background of irrelevant noise is a matter of common experience. Psychologists have studied it for some 40 years, but it is only comparatively recently that computer modelling of the phenomenon has been attempted. This article reviews progress made, possible practical applications, and prospects for the future.
Cooke
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University of Sheffield.
Brown
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Crawford
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Green
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D001288:Attention; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D009622:Noise; D010470:Perceptual Masking; D010897:Pitch Discrimination; D011571:Psychoacoustics; D013018:Sound Spectrography; D013067:Speech Perception