Voice Activity Detection Using Global Speech Absence Probability Based on Teager Energy for Speech Enhancement

In this paper, we propose a novel voice activity detection (VAD) algorithm using global speech absence probability (GSAP) based on Teager energy (TE) for speech enhancement. The proposed method provides a better representation of GSAP, resulting in improved decision performance for speech and noise segments by the use of a TE operator which is employed to suppress the influence of a noise signal. The performance of our approach is evaluated by objective tests under various environments, and it is found that the suggested method yields better results than the conventional scheme. Acknowledgments This work was sponsored by grant No. SS100022. From the Seoul R&BD Program..