DSL project
Group 05 is developing a wearable headphone prototype and comparing genre-specific finite impulse response filtering, adaptive normalised least mean squares (NLMS) filtering and a conventional speech-band filter for speech enhancement in high-noise music environments.
How do genre-specific finite impulse response filtering, adaptive NLMS filtering and a conventional speech-band filter compare for real-time embedded speech enhancement in music environments where sound pressure levels exceed 100 dB?
The project aims to produce a dual-microphone embedded prototype and a repeatable comparison of speech quality, intelligibility, word error rate, signal-to-noise ratio improvement and processing latency across the three filtering strategies.
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I originally chose to study engineering to help people, but after four years of undergraduate projects, my passion has pivoted to increasing stakeholder value. My main contribution to our capstone is ensuring the final deliverable doesn’t catch fire, or at least, ensuring the fire is well documented. Following graduation, I look forward to taking this unique blend of pragmatism and corporate synergy into my MSc and then the workforce. When I am not writing my own bio, I enjoy abstract strategy (Go, chess), lowering my embarrassingly high golf score, and playing around with the latest technical developments.