lombard effect detection

Jidong Tao

Lombard effect is an under-stress phenomenon by which animals increase their vocalization in the presence of background noise. Some animal population are believed to be threatened by anthropogenic high-intensity noise. Automatic Lombard Effect Detection System is used to detect if animals are in Lombard effect through animals vocalization.

Reference: Peter Scheifele, "Investigation of the Response of the Auditory and Acoustic Communications Systems in the Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus Leucas) of the St. Lawrence River Estuary to Noise" Ph.D Dissertation 2003.