This letter proposes a novel blind acoustic mask (BAM) designed to adaptively detect noise components and preserve target speech segments in time-domain. A robust standard deviation estimator is applied the non-stationary noisy identify masking elements. The main contribution of proposed solution use this statistics derive an adaptive information define select samples with lower proportion. Thu...

This paper explores the making of generalizations from interpretive research by examining the process of developing a community-based information system (IS) in a rural area in South Africa. Lee and Baskerville’s [1] framework of four categories, and Walsham’s four types, of generalizations form a framework that is used in this case study. Using the concept of the Ideal Speech Situation two emp...

Credibility is central to communication but often jeopardized by "credibility gaps." This is especially true for communication about corporate social responsibility (CSR). To date, no tool has been available to analyze stakeholders' credibility perceptions of CSR communication. This article presents a series of studies conducted to develop a scale to assess the perceived credibility of CSR repo...

This paper addresses ways in which theorizing gender may be important in forming an understanding of the topic of emancipation which is central to the new critical information systems based on Habermas’s thinking. After briefly introducing current research on gender and IS and arguing that we need to look towards feminist philosophy for appropriate theory in order to understand foundational iss...

The article discusses the appropriation of the theory developed by Habermas to analyze health policies and management. The fundamental concepts of the discursive theory of democracy as a deliberative policy, procedural democracy, the public sphere and civil society are analyzed. An attempt is made to demonstrate that the concepts of deliberative policies are grounded on basic theoretical catego...

Background: individuals with Parkinson's disease present voice and speech alterations, especially regarding loudness and speech rate. Aim: to determine the immediate effect of modified auditory feedback: amplification, delay and masking in the voice and speech of individuals with Parkinson's disease, according to gender. Method: twenty-six subjects with Parkinson's disease (15 men and 11 women)...

Single-microphone noise reduction leads to subjective benefit, but not to objective improvements in speech intelligibility. We investigated whether response times (RTs) provide an objective measure of the benefit of noise reduction and whether the effect of noise reduction is reflected in rated listening effort. Twelve normal-hearing participants listened to digit triplets that were either unpr...

This research aimed at finding the types and motives of using euphemism by Minangkabau teenagers adults in Pariaman. The type this was descriptive-qualitative research. data were uterances used informants. informants native speakers. collected observation. researcher found there four two euphemisms Types part body, thing animal, event, characteristics situation while to polite speech hide somet...