Speech Enhancement Algorithm using Deep Learning and Hahn Polynomials

Speech enhancement algorithms and machine learning can play a fundamental role in signal processing to improve speech quality. These techniques can be used to reduce noise and distortions in speech signals, hence ensuring clearer and more intelligible speech. By leveraging advanced machine learning, speech enhancement algorithms not only improve the listener’s auditory system, but also increase the efficacy of speech recognition systems. In particular, deep learning is a class of machine learning techniques, which have recently been used in speech enhancement. This paper proposes the use of Discrete Hahn polynomials (DHPs) o extract spectral features from noisy signals using fully connected neural networks and convolutional neural network. Deep learning can efficiently capture the contextual information of speech signals, resulting in superior improvements in speech quality and intelligibility properties. The results are evaluated based on the well-known TIMIT database. The results show that the presented model is able to enhance the speech signal for different conditions.