Study on the enhancement effect of the attention mechanism for noisy English speech
Shan Wang · Noise & Vibration Worldwide · 2025
In light of the extensive use of English in daily life, research on improving the quality of noisy English speech plays a crucial role. This paper proposed an enhanced U-Net model for enhancing noisy English speech by incorporating an attention mechanism and optimizing the loss function. The enhancement effect of the method was evaluated using the VoiceBank-DEMAND dataset. The optimized loss function yielded superior enhancement outcomes for noisy English speech. The perceptual evaluation of speech quality (PESQ) was 3.18, the short-time objective intelligibility (STOI) was 0.95, and the CSIG, CBAK, and COVL were 4.41, 3.65, and 3.83, respectively. These results outperformed other U-Net improved models and existing models. The findings validate the efficacy of the proposed approach for enhancing noisy English speech, thereby demonstrating its practical applicability.