Applied Speech and Audio Processing is a MATLAB-based, one-stop resource that blends speech and hearing research in describing the key techniques of speech and audio processing. This practically oriented text provides MATLAB examples throughout to illustrate the concepts discussed and to give the reader hands-on experience with important techniques. Chapters on basic audio processing and the characteristics of speech and hearing lay the foundations of speech signal processing, which are built upon in subsequent sections explaining audio handling, coding, compression, and analysis techniques. The final chapter explores a number of advanced topics that use these techniques, including psychoacoustic modelling, a subject which underpins MP3 and related audio formats. With its hands-on nature and numerous MATLAB examples, this book is ideal for graduate students and practitioners working with speech or audio systems.

Ian McLoughlin is an Associate Professor in the School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Over the past 20 years he has worked for industry, government and academia across three continents. His publications and patents cover speech processing for intelligibility, compression, detection and interpretation, hearing models for intelligibility in English and Mandarin Chinese, and psychoacoustic methods for audio steganography.