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This chapter introduces the problem of speech enhancement in the short-time Fourier transform (STFT) domain.

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  1. INRS-EMT, University of Quebec, de la Gauchetiere Ouest 800, Montreal, QC, H5A 1K6, Canada

    Jacob Benesty

  2. Northwestern Polytechnical University, Youyi West Road 127, 710072, Xi’an, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China

    Jingdong Chen

  3. International Audio Laboratories Erlangen, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Am Wolfsmantel 33, 91058, Erlangen, Germany

    Emanuël A. P. Habets

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Benesty, J., Chen, J., Habets, E.A.P. (2012). Introduction. In: Speech Enhancement in the STFT Domain. SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23250-3_1

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