Enriched communication across the lifespan

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Research reports on enrichment techniques.

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Publications

Talker intelligibility and listening effort: The role of speaking rate

Author(s): Maximillian Paulus, Valerie Hazan, Anita Wagner, Patti Adank
Published in: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics : integrating 4th EAA Euroregio 2019, 2019
Publisher: DEGA
DOI: 10.18154/rwth-conv-239169

Parallel vs. Non-Parallel Voice Conversion for Esophageal Speech

Author(s): Luis Serrano, Sneha Raman, David Tavarez, Eva Navas, Inma Hernaez
Published in: Interspeech 2019, 2019, Page(s) 4549-4553
Publisher: ISCA
DOI: 10.21437/interspeech.2019-2194

Talker Intelligibility and Listening Effort with Temporally Modified Speech

Author(s): Maximillian Paulus, Valerie Hazan, Patti Adank
Published in: Interspeech 2019, 2019, Page(s) 3128-3132
Publisher: ISCA
DOI: 10.21437/interspeech.2019-1402

Articulatory Control in Speech Production.

Author(s): Chen Shen, Esther Janse
Published in: Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, 2019, Page(s) 2533-2537
Publisher: Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association Inc.

Differences in Processing Speech-on-Speech Between Musicians and Non-musicians: The Role of Prosodic Cues

Author(s): Elif Canseza Kaplan, Deniz Baskent, Anita Wagner
Published in: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics : integrating 4th EAA Euroregio 2019, 2019
Publisher: DEGA
DOI: 10.18154/rwth-conv-239680

Towards Realistic Immersive Audiovisual Simulations for Hearing Research - Capture, Virtual Scenes and Reproduction

Author(s): Gerard Llorach, Giso Grimm, Maartje M.E. Hendrikse, Volker Hohmann
Published in: Proceedings of the 2018 Workshop on Audio-Visual Scene Understanding for Immersive Multimedia - AVSU'18, 2018, Page(s) 33-40, ISBN 9781450359771
Publisher: ACM Press
DOI: 10.1145/3264869.3264874

Vehicle Noise: Loudness Ratings, Loudness Models and Future Experiments with Audiovisual Immersive Simulations

Author(s): Llorach, G., Oetting, D., Krüger M., Vormann, M., Fitschen, C., Schulte, M., Hohmann, V., Meis, M.
Published in: Proceedings of Internoise 2019, 2019
Publisher: Spanish Acoustical Society
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4276091

Audio-visual stimuli for the evaluation of speech-enhancing algorithms

Author(s): Giso Grimm, Gerard Llorach, Maartje Hendrikse, Volker Hohmann
Published in: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics : integrating 4th EAA Euroregio 2019, 2019
Publisher: DEGA
DOI: 10.18154/rwth-conv-238907

Exploring Listeners’ Speech Rate Preferences

Author(s): Olympia Simantiraki, Martin Cooke
Published in: Interspeech 2020, 2020, Page(s) 1346-1350
Publisher: ISCA
DOI: 10.21437/interspeech.2020-1832

Speaker Conditional WaveRNN: Towards Universal Neural Vocoder for Unseen Speaker and Recording Conditions

Author(s): Dipjyoti Paul, Yannis Pantazis, Yannis Stylianou
Published in: Interspeech 2020, 2020, Page(s) 235-239
Publisher: ISCA
DOI: 10.21437/interspeech.2020-2786

Speech enrichment: Listening effort and intelligibility

Author(s): Anna Exenberger, Paul Iverson
Published in: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics : integrating 4th EAA Euroregio 2019, 2019
Publisher: DEGA
DOI: 10.18154/rwth-conv-238874

Effects of Spectral Tilt on Listeners’ Preferences And Intelligibility

Author(s): Olympia Simantiraki, Martin Cooke, Yannis Pantazis
Published in: ICASSP 2020 - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2020, Page(s) 6254-6258, ISBN 978-1-5090-6631-5
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/icassp40776.2020.9054117

Training Generative Adversarial Networks With Weights

Author(s): Yannis Pantazis, Dipjyoti Paul, Michail Fasoulakis, Yannis Stylianou
Published in: 2019 27th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), 2019, Page(s) 1-5, ISBN 978-9-0827-9703-9
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/eusipco.2019.8902934

Listeners' Speech Rate Preferences in Stationary and Modulated Maskers

Author(s): Olympia Simantiraki, Martin Cooke
Published in: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics : integrating 4th EAA Euroregio 2019, 2019
Publisher: DEGA
DOI: 10.18154/rwth-conv-239387

Benefits of the WaveNet-Based Speech Intelligibility Enhancement for Normal and Hearing Impaired Listeners

Author(s): Muhammed Shifas Padinjaru Veettil, Carol Chermaz, Theognosia Chimona, Vassilis Tsiaras, Yannis Stylianou,
Published in: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics : integrating 4th EAA Euroregio 2019, 2019
Publisher: DEGA
DOI: 10.18154/rwth-conv-239258

Measuring the contribution to cognitive load of each predicted vocoder speech parameter in DNN-based speech synthesis

Author(s): Avashna Govender, Cassia Valentini-Botinhao, Simon King
Published in: 10th ISCA Speech Synthesis Workshop, 2019, Page(s) 121-126
Publisher: ISCA
DOI: 10.21437/ssw.2019-22

A Sound Engineering Approach to Near End Listening Enhancement

Author(s): Carol Chermaz, Simon King
Published in: Interspeech 2020, 2020, Page(s) 1356-1360
Publisher: ISCA
DOI: 10.21437/interspeech.2020-2748

Word error and confusion patterns in an audiovisual German matrix sentence test (OLSA)

Author(s): Gerard Llorach, Volker Hohmann
Published in: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics : integrating 4th EAA Euroregio 2019, 2019
Publisher: DEGA
DOI: 10.18154/rwth-conv-239621

Individual Articulatory Control in Speech Enrichment

Author(s): Chen Shen, Martin Cooke, Esther Janse
Published in: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics : integrating 4th EAA Euroregio 2019, 2019
Publisher: DEGA
DOI: 10.18154/rwth-conv-239282

Differences between Native and Non-Native Lombard Speech in terms of pitch range

Author(s): Katherine Pearl Marcoux, Mirjam Ernestus
Published in: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics : integrating 4th EAA Euroregio 2019, 2019
Publisher: DEGA
DOI: 10.18154/rwth-conv-239240

Designing a Modern Greek sentence corpus for audiological and speech technology research

Author(s): Anna Sfakianaki
Published in: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Greek Linguistics (ICGL14), 2019
Publisher: ICGL

A Multifaceted Enrichment of Oesophageal Speech

Author(s): Raman, Sneha; Hernaez, Inma; Navas, Eva; Serrano, Luis
Published in: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics : integrating 4th EAA Euroregio 2019, Issue 22, 2019
Publisher: DEGA
DOI: 10.18154/rwth-conv-239415

Unsupervised Acoustic Unit Discovery for Speech Synthesis Using Discrete Latent-Variable Neural Networks

Author(s): Ryan Eloff, André Nortje, Benjamin van Niekerk, Avashna Govender, Leanne Nortje, Arnu Pretorius, Elan van Biljon, Ewald van der Westhuizen, Lisa van Staden, Herman Kamper
Published in: Interspeech 2019, 2019, Page(s) 1103-1107
Publisher: ISCA
DOI: 10.21437/interspeech.2019-1518

Evaluating Near End Listening Enhancement Algorithms in Realistic Environments

Author(s): Carol Chermaz, Cassia Valentini-Botinhao, Henning Schepker, Simon King
Published in: Interspeech 2019, 2019, Page(s) 1373-1377
Publisher: ISCA
DOI: 10.21437/interspeech.2019-1800

The CSTR entry to the 2018 Blizzard Challenge

Author(s): Espic calderón, F., Govender, A., Ribeiro, M. S., Valentini Botinhao, C., & Watts, O.
Published in: 2018 Blizzard Challenge, 2018
Publisher: ISCA

Towards a Neural-Based Single Channel Speech Enhancement Model for Hearing-Aids

Author(s): Muhammed Shifas Padinjaru Veettil, Claudio Santelli, Yannis Stylianou
Published in: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics : integrating 4th EAA Euroregio 2019, 2019
Publisher: DEGA
DOI: 10.18154/rwth-conv-239594

Enhancing Speech Intelligibility in Text-To-Speech Synthesis Using Speaking Style Conversion

Author(s): Dipjyoti Paul, Muhammed P.V. Shifas, Yannis Pantazis, Yannis Stylianou
Published in: Interspeech 2020, 2020, Page(s) 1361-1365
Publisher: ISCA
DOI: 10.21437/interspeech.2020-2793

Weighted Generative Adversarial Network for many-to-many Voice Conversion

Author(s): Dipjyoti Paul, Yannis Pantazis, Yannis Stylianou
Published in: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics : integrating 4th EAA Euroregio 2019, 2019
Publisher: DEGA
DOI: 10.18154/rwth-conv-239420

Realistic Audiovisual Listening Environments in the Lab: Analysis of Movement Behavior and Consequences for Hearing Aids

Author(s): Maartje Hendrikse, Gerard Llorach, Giso Grimm, Giso, Volker Hohmann
Published in: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics : integrating 4th EAA Euroregio 2019, 2019
Publisher: DEGA
DOI: 10.18154/rwth-conv-239167

Impact of Different Speech Types on Listening Effort

Author(s): Olympia Simantiraki, Martin Cooke, Simon King
Published in: Interspeech 2018, 2018, Page(s) 2267-2271
Publisher: ISCA
DOI: 10.21437/Interspeech.2018-1358

Glottal Source Features for Automatic Speech-Based Depression Assessment

Author(s): Olympia Simantiraki, Paulos Charonyktakis, Anastasia Pampouchidou, Manolis Tsiknakis, Martin Cooke
Published in: Interspeech 2017, 2017, Page(s) 2700-2704
Publisher: ISCA
DOI: 10.21437/Interspeech.2017-1251

Speech Intelligibility Enhancement Based on a Non-causal Wavenet-like Model

Author(s): Muhammed Shifas PV, Vassilis Tsiaras, Yannis Stylianou
Published in: Interspeech 2018, 2018, Page(s) 1868-1872
Publisher: ISCA
DOI: 10.21437/Interspeech.2018-2119

Measuring the Cognitive Load of Synthetic Speech Using a Dual Task Paradigm

Author(s): Avashna Govender, Simon King
Published in: Interspeech 2018, 2018, Page(s) 2843-2847
Publisher: ISCA
DOI: 10.21437/Interspeech.2018-1199

Using Pupillometry to Measure the Cognitive Load of Synthetic Speech

Author(s): Avashna Govender, Simon King
Published in: Interspeech 2018, 2018, Page(s) 2838-2842
Publisher: ISCA
DOI: 10.21437/Interspeech.2018-1174

LSTM based voice conversion for laryngectomees

Author(s): Luis Serrano, David Tavarez, Xabier Sarasola, Sneha Raman, Ibon Saratxaga, Eva Navas, Inma Hernaez
Published in: IberSPEECH 2018, 2018, Page(s) 122-126
Publisher: ISCA
DOI: 10.21437/iberspeech.2018-26

Listening to Laryngectomees: A study of Intelligibility and Self-reported Listening Effort of Spanish Oesophageal Speech

Author(s): Sneha Raman, Inma Hernaez, Eva Navas, Luis Serrano
Published in: IberSPEECH 2018, 2018, Page(s) 107-111
Publisher: ISCA
DOI: 10.21437/iberspeech.2018-23

Using Pupil Dilation to Measure Cognitive Load When Listening to Text-to-Speech in Quiet and in Noise

Author(s): Avashna Govender, Anita E. Wagner, Simon King
Published in: Interspeech 2019, 2019, Page(s) 1551-1555
Publisher: ISCA
DOI: 10.21437/interspeech.2019-1783

Non-Parallel Voice Conversion Using Weighted Generative Adversarial Networks

Author(s): Dipjyoti Paul, Yannis Pantazis, Yannis Stylianou
Published in: Interspeech 2019, 2019, Page(s) 659-663
Publisher: ISCA
DOI: 10.21437/interspeech.2019-2869

Evaluating Cognitive Load of Text-To-Speech (TTS) synthesis

Author(s): Avahna Govender, Simon King, Cassia Valentini-Botinhao
Published in: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics : integrating 4th EAA Euroregio 2019, 2019
Publisher: DEGA
DOI: 10.18154/rwth-conv-239695

A Non-Causal FFTNet Architecture for Speech Enhancement

Author(s): Muhammed Shifas P.V., Nagaraj Adiga, Vassilis Tsiaras, Yannis Stylianou
Published in: Interspeech 2019, 2019, Page(s) 1826-1830
Publisher: ISCA
DOI: 10.21437/interspeech.2019-2622

Near End Listening Enhancement in Realistic Environments

Author(s): Carol Chermaz, Cassia Valentini-Botinhao, Henning Schepker, Simon King
Published in: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics : integrating 4th EAA Euroregio 2019, 2019
Publisher: DEGA
DOI: 10.18154/rwth-conv-239327

EEG alpha power as a measure of listening effort reduction in adverse conditions

Author(s): Amy Jane Hall, Axel Winneke, Jan Rennies-Hochmuth
Published in: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics : integrating 4th EAA Euroregio 2019, 2019
Publisher: DEGA
DOI: 10.18154/rwth-conv-239632

Intelligibility-Enhancing Speech Modifications — The Hurricane Challenge 2.0

Author(s): Jan Rennies, Henning Schepker, Cassia Valentini-Botinhao, Martin Cooke
Published in: Interspeech 2020, 2020, Page(s) 1341-1345
Publisher: ISCA
DOI: 10.21437/interspeech.2020-1641

Pitch in Native and Non-Native Lombard Speech.

Author(s): Marcoux, K.P, Ernestus, M.T.C
Published in: Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, 2019, Page(s) 2605-2609
Publisher: Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association Inc.

The relationship between talker acoustics, intelligibility, and effort in degraded listening conditions

Author(s): Maximillian Paulus, Valerie Hazan, Patti Adank
Published in: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Issue 147/5, 2020, Page(s) 3348-3359, ISSN 0001-4966
Publisher: Acoustical Society of America
DOI: 10.1121/10.0001212

Movement and Gaze Behavior in Virtual Audiovisual Listening Environments Resembling Everyday Life

Author(s): Maartje M. E. Hendrikse, Gerard Llorach, Volker Hohmann, Giso Grimm
Published in: Trends in Hearing, Issue 23, 2019, Page(s) 233121651987236, ISSN 2331-2165
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc.
DOI: 10.1177/2331216519872362

A Spanish Multispeaker Database of Esophageal Speech

Author(s): Luis Serrano García, Sneha Raman, Inma Hernáez Rioja, Eva Navas Cordón, Jon Sanchez, Ibon Saratxaga
Published in: Computer Speech & Language, 2020, ISSN 0885-2308
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.csl.2020.101168

Comunicación enriquecida a lo largo de la vida

Author(s): Cooke, Martin; King, Simon; Hazan, Valerie; Stylianou, Yannis; Janse, Esther; Baskent, Deniz; Hohmann, Volker; Winneke, Axel; Hernáez Rioja, Inmaculada
Published in: Procesamiento del lenguaje natural, Issue 21, 2019, ISSN 1135-5948
Publisher: Sociedad Espanola para el Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural
DOI: 10045/96604

Influence of visual cues on head and eye movements during listening tasks in multi-talker audiovisual environments with animated characters

Author(s): Maartje M.E. Hendrikse, Gerard Llorach, Giso Grimm, Volker Hohmann
Published in: Speech Communication, Issue 101, 2018, Page(s) 70-84, ISSN 0167-6393
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.specom.2018.05.008

Maximum Speech Performance and Executive Control in Young Adult Speakers

Author(s): Chen Shen, Esther Janse
Published in: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020, Page(s) 1-17, ISSN 1092-4388
Publisher: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
DOI: 10.1044/2020_JSLHR-19-00257

Intelligibility and Listening Effort of Spanish Oesophageal Speech

Author(s): Sneha Raman, Luis Serrano, Axel Winneke, Eva Navas, Inma Hernaez
Published in: Applied Sciences, Issue 9/16, 2019, Page(s) 3233, ISSN 2076-3417
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/app9163233

Say Hi to Eliza - An Embodied Conversational Agent on the Web

Author(s): Gerard Llorach, Josep Blat
Published in: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 10498, 2017, Page(s) 255-258, ISBN 978-3-319-67401-8
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-67401-8_34

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