A comparison of spectral estimation methods for the analysis of sibilant fricatives.

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A comparison of spectral estimation methods for the analysis of sibilant fricatives.

J Acoust Soc Am. 2015 Apr;137(4):EL248-54

Authors: Reidy PF

Abstract
It has been argued that, to ensure accurate spectral feature estimates for sibilants, the spectral estimation method should include a low-variance spectral estimator; however, no empirical evaluation of estimation methods in terms of feature estimates has been given. The spectra of /s/ and /ʃ/ were estimated with different methods that varied the pre-emphasis filter and estimator. These methods were evaluated in terms of effects on two features (centroid and degree of sibilance) and on the detection of four linguistic contrasts within these features. Estimation method affected the spectral features but none of the tested linguistic contrasts.

PMID: 25920873 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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