Speech is normally heard against a background of other sounds. This paper reviews recent work on listeners' ability to separate speech from other sounds. Evidence is presented that both low-level grouping mechanisms and knowledge specific to speech are deployed in solving this difficult problem.
Cite as: Darwin, C.J. (1989) Speech perception seen through the ear. Proc. First European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology (Eurospeech 1989), 1230-1234, doi: 10.21437/Eurospeech.1989-59
@inproceedings{darwin89_eurospeech,
author={C. J. Darwin},
title={{Speech perception seen through the ear}},
year=1989,
booktitle={Proc. First European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology (Eurospeech 1989)},
pages={1230--1234},
doi={10.21437/Eurospeech.1989-59}
}