I. Introduction
Speech coding technology plays a crucial role in modern communication systems, enabling high-quality voice communication over limited bandwidth channels. The Enhanced Voice Services (EVS) codec (3GPP TS26) [1] is a recent speech coding technology developed for the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). It is designed to provide superior performance compared to existing codecs, including Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband (AMR-WB) and Adaptive Multi-Rate Narrowband (AMR-NB).