Publications
Journal Papers:
A. Ikeno, J.H.L. Hansen, "The effect of listener accent background and comprehension on accent perception," EURASIP Journal of Audio, Speech, and Music Processing: Special Issue on Perception, Volume 2007, Article ID 76030, pp. 1-8, Nov. 2007. (PDF [404kB]55)
W. Kim, J.H.L. Hansen, "Feature Compensation Employing Multiple Environmental Models for Robust In-Vehicle Speech Recognition," accepted to IEICE Trans. on Information and Systems - Special Issue on Robust Speech Processing for Realistic Environments, June 2007. (PDF [x.xxMB]54)
U. Yapanel, J.H.L. Hansen, "A New Perceptually Motivated MVDR-Based Acoustic Front-End (PMVDR) for Robust Automatic Speech Recognition, Speech Communication, vol. 50, pp. 142-152, Jan. 2008 (PDF [216kB]53)
V. Prakash, J.H.L. Hansen, "In-set/Out-of-set Speaker Recognition under Sparse Enrollment," IEEE Trans. Audio, Speech & Language Processing, Special Issue on Speaker and Language ID, vol. 15, no. 7, pp. 2044-2052, Sept. 2007 (PDF [x.xxMB]52)
P. Angkititrakul, J.H.L. Hansen, "Discriminative In-set/Out-of-Set Speaker Recognition," IEEE Trans. on Audio, Speech and Language Processing, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 498-508, Feb. 2007. (PDF [x.xxMB]51)
R. Huang, J.H.L. Hansen, P. Angkititrakul, "Dialect/Accent Classification using Unrestricted Audio," IEEE Trans. on Audio, Speech and Language Processing, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 453-464, Feb. 2007. (PDF [x.xxMB]50)
M. Akbacak, J.H.L. Hansen, "Environmental Sniffing: Noise Knowledge Estimation for Robust Speech Systems," IEEE Trans. Audio, Speech and Language Processing, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 465-477, Feb. 2007. (PDF [x.xxMB]49)
N. Morales, D.T. Toledano, J.H. L. Hansen, J. Col?, "Blind Feature Compensation for Time-Variant Band-Limited Speech Recognition," IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 77-73, Jan. 2007. (PDF [x.xxMB]48)
J.H.L. Hansen, V. Radhakrishnan, K. Arehart, "Speech Enhancement based on Generalized Minimum Mean Square Error Estimators and Masking Properties of the Auditory System," IEEE Trans. Audio, Speech and Language Processing, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 2049-2063, Nov. 2006. (PDF [x.xxMB]47)
R. Huang, J.H.L. Hansen, "Advances in Unsupervised Audio Classification and Segmentation for the Broadcast News and NGSW Corpora, " IEEE Trans. Audio, Speech and Language Processing, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 907-919, May 2006 (PDF [xxxKB]46).
P. Angkititrakul, J.H.L. Hansen,"Advances in Phone-Based Modeling for Automatic Accent Classification," IEEE Trans. Audio, Speech & Language Processing, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 634-646, March 2006.(PDF [xxxKB]45)
A. Natarajan, J.H.L. Hansen,K.H. Arehart, J. Rossi-Katz, "An Auditory Masked Threshold based Noise Suppression Algorithm GMMSE-AMT[ERB] for Listeners with Sensorineural Hearing Loss," EURASIP Journal of Applied DSP: Special Issue on Signal Processing Hearing Aids and Cochlear Implants, vol. 2005, no. 18, pp. 2938-2953, Oct. 2005.(PDF [xxxKB]44)
J.H.L. Hansen, R. Huang, B. Zhou, M. Seadle, J.R. Deller, Jr., A.R. Gurijala, P. Angkititrakul, "SpeechFind: Advances in Spoken Document Retrieval for a National Gallery of the Spoken Word," IEEE Trans. Speech & Audio Processing, Special Issue on Data Mining, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 712 - 730, Sept. 2005. (PDF [1.72MB]43)
B. Zhou, J.H.L. Hansen, "Efficient Audio Stream Segmentation Via the T2 Statistic Based Bayesian Information Criterion," IEEE Trans. Speech & Audio Processing, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 467-474, July 2005. (PDF [546KB]42)
K. Arehart, J.H.L. Hansen, S. Gallant, L. Kalstein, "Evaluation of an Auditory-Masked-Threshold Noise Suppression Algorithm in Normal-Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Listeners," Speech Communication, vol. 40, pp. 575-592, May 2003. (PDF [438KB]39)
D.T. Chappell, J.H.L. Hansen, "Spectral Smoothing for Speech Segment Concatenation," Speech Communication, vol. 36, nos. 3-4, pp. 343-373, March 2002.(PDF [818KB]38)
J. Jensen, J.H.L. Hansen, "Speech Enhancement Using a Constrained Iterative Sinusoidal Model," IEEE Trans. Speech & Audio Processing, vol. 9, no. 7, pp. 731-740, October 2001. (PDF [1.9MB]37)
B.L. Pellom, R. Sarikaya, J.H.L. Hansen, "Fast Likelihood Computation Techniques in Nearest-Neighbor Based Search for Continuous Speech Recognition," IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 8, no. 8, pp. 221-224, July 2001. (PDF [3.2MB]36)
G. Zhou, J.H.L. Hansen, and J.F. Kaiser, "Nonlinear Feature Based Classification of Speech under Stress," IEEE Transactions on Speech & Audio Processing, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 201-216, March 2001. (PDF [2.6MB]35)
R. Sarikaya, J.H.L. Hansen "High Resolution Speech Feature Parameterization for Monophone Based Stressed Speech Recognition," IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 7, no. 7, pp. 182-185, July 2000. (PDF [396KB]34)
S.E. Bou-Ghazale, J.H.L. Hansen, "A Comparative Study of Traditional and Newly Proposed Features for Recognition of Speech Under Stress," IEEE Transactions on Speech & Audio Processing, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 429-442, July 2000. (PDF [2.6MB]33)
B.D. Womack, J.H.L. Hansen, "N-Channel Hidden Markov Models for Combined Stress Speech Classification and Recognition," IEEE Transactions on Speech & Audio Processing, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 668-677, Nov. 1999 (PDF [401KB]32).
J. Picone, J.H.L. Hansen, R.A. Cole, J.E. Hamaker, R. Brown, "Modern DSP Education: The Story of Three Greek Philosophers," IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, vol. 16, no. 5, pp.48-56, Sept. 1999 (PDF [824KB]31).
L.M. Arslan, J.H.L. Hansen, "Selective Training in Hidden Markov Model Recognition," IEEE Transactions on Speech & Audio Processing, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 46-54, Jan. 1999. (PDF [670KB]30)
B. Pellom, J.H.L. Hansen, "An Improved (Auto:I,LSP:T) Constrained Iterative Speech Enhancement Algorithm for Colored Noise Environments," IEEE Transactions on Speech & Audio Processing, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 573-579, Nov. 1998. (PDF [444KB]29)
B.L. Pellom, J.H.L. Hansen, "An Efficient Scoring Algorithm for Gaussian Mixture Model based Speaker Identification," IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 5, no. 11, pp. 281-284, Nov. 1998. (PDF [346KB]28)
J.H.L. Hansen, D. Chappell, "An Auditory-Based Distortion Measure for Segment based Speech Synthesis," IEEE Transactions on Speech & Audio Processing, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 489-495, Sept. 1998. (PDF [549KB]27)
B. Pellom, J.H.L. Hansen, "Automatic Segmentation of Speech Recorded in Unknown Noisy Channel Characteristics," Speech Communication:, Special Issue on Robust Speech Recognition in Unknown Communication Channels, vol. 25, nos. 1-3, pp. 97-116, Aug. 1998. (PDF [316KB]26)
L. M. Arslan, J.H.L. Hansen, "Likelihood Decision Boundary Estimation between HMM Pairs in Speech Recognition," IEEE Transactions on Speech & Audio Processing, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 410-414. July 1998. (PDF [381KB]25)
S. E. Bou-Ghazale, J.H.L. Hansen, "Stress Perturbation of Neutral Speech for Synthesis based on Hidden Markov Models," IEEE Transactions on Speech & Audio Processing, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 201-216, May 1998. (PDF [1.15MB]24)
J.H.L. Hansen, L. Gavidia-Ceballos, and J.F. Kaiser, "A nonlinear based speech feature analysis method with application to vocal fold pathology assessment," IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 300-313, March 1998. (PDF [867KB]23)
L. M. Arslan, J.H.L. Hansen, "A study of Temporal Features and Frequency Characteristics in American English Foreign Accent," The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, ["Featured Paper"], vol. 102(1), pp. 28-40, July, 1997. (PDF [889KB]22)
J.H.L. Hansen, B. Pellom, "Text-Directed Speech Enhancement using Phoneme Classification and Feature Map Constrained Vector Quantization," Speech Communications, vol. 21, pp. 169-189, April 1997. (PDF [1.2MB]21)
L. M. Arslan, J.H.L. Hansen, "Speech Enhancement for Cross-Talk Interference," IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 92-95, April 1997. (PDF [340KB]20)
J.H.L. Hansen, "Analysis and Compensation of Speech under Stress and Noise for Environmental Robustness in Speech Recognition," Speech Communications, Special Issue on Speech Under Stress, vol. 20(2), pp. 151-170, November 1996. (PDF [1.12MB]19)
S. Bou-Ghazale, J.H.L. Hansen, "Stressed Speech Synthesis Based on a Source Generator Framework,'' Speech Communications: Special Issue on Speech Under Stress, vol. 20(1-2), pp. 93-110, November 1996. (PDF [842KB]18)
B.D. Womack, J.H.L. Hansen, "Classification of Speech Under Stress using Target Driven Features," Speech Communications, Special Issue on Speech Under Stress, vol. 20(1-2), pp. 131-150, November 1996. (PDF [1.03MB]17)
J.H.L. Hansen, B. Womack, "Feature Analysis and Neural Network based Classification of Speech under Stress," IEEE Transactions on Speech & Audio Processing, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 307-313, July 1996. (PDF [518KB]16)
L. Arslan, J.H.L. Hansen, "Language Accent Classification in American English," Speech Communications, vol. 18(4), pp. 353-367, July 1996. (PDF [799KB]15)
L. Gavidia-Ceballos, J.H.L. Hansen, "Direct Speech Feature Estimation Using an Iterative EM Algorithm for Vocal Cancer Detection," IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 373-383, April 1996. (PDF [778KB]14)
D. Cairns, J.H.L. Hansen, and J. Riski, "A Noninvasive Technique for Detecting Hypernasal Speech Using a Nonlinear Operator," IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 35-45, Jan. 1996. (PDF [772KB]13)
J.H.L. Hansen, S. Bou-Ghazale, "Duration and Spectral Based Stress Token Generation for Keyword Recognition Using Hidden Markov Models," IEEE Transactions on Speech & Audio Processing, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 415-421, September 1995. (PDF [539KB]12)
J.H.L. Hansen, M. Clements, "Source Generator Equalization and Enhancement of Spectral Properties for Robust Speech Recognition in Noise and Stress," IEEE Transactions on Speech & Audio Processing., vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 407-415, Sept. 1995. (PDF [552KB]11)
J.H.L. Hansen, D. Cairns, "ICARUS: A Source Generator Based Real-time System for Speech Recognition in Noise, Stress, and Lombard Effect," Speech Communications., vol. 16, issue 4, pp. 391-422, July 1995. (PDF [1.56MB]10)
J.H.L. Hansen, S. Nandkumar, "Robust Estimation of Speech in Noisy Backgrounds Based on Aspects of the Auditory Process," The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 97, no. 6, pp. 3833-3849, June 1995. (PDF [1.4MB]9).
J.H.L. Hansen, L. Arslan, "Robust Feature Estimation and Objective Quality Assessment for Noisy Speech Recognition using the Credit Card Corpus," IEEE Transactions on Speech & Audio Processing, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 169-184, May 1995 (PDF [1.4MB]8).
S. Nandkumar, J.H.L. Hansen, "Dual-Channel Iterative Speech Enhancement with Constraints Based on an Auditory Spectrum," IEEE Transactions on Speech & Audio Processing, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 22-34, January 1995 (PDF [552KB]7).
J.H.L. Hansen, L. Arslan, "Markov Model Based Phoneme Class Partitioning for Improved Constrained Iterative Speech Enhancement," IEEE Transactions on Speech & Audio Processing, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 98-104, January 1995. (PDF [473KB]6)
J.H.L. Hansen, S. Nandkumar, "Objective Quality Assessment and the RPE-LTP Vocoder in Different Noise and Language Conditions," The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 97, no. 1, pp. 609-627, January 1995. (PDF [1.18MB]5)
D. Cairns, J.H.L. Hansen, "Nonlinear Analysis and Detection of Speech Under Stressed Conditions," The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 96, no. 6, pp. 3392-3400, December 1994. (PDF [610KB]4)
J.H.L. Hansen, "Morphological Constrained Enhancement with Adaptive Cepstral Compensation (MCE-ACC) for Speech Recognition in Noise and Lombard Effect," IEEE Transactions on Speech & Audio Processing, SPECIAL ISSUE: Robust Speech Recognition, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 598-614, October 1994. (PDF [1.19MB]3)
T. Pai, J.H.L. Hansen, "Boundary-Constrained Morphological Skeleton Minimization and Skeleton Reconstruction," IEEE Transactions on Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence, vol. 16, no.2, pp. 201-208, February 1994. (PDF [439KB]2)
J.H.L. Hansen, M. Clements, "Constrained Iterative Speech Enhancement with Application to Speech Recognition," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 795-805, April 1991. (PDF [839KB]1)
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