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The basic elements of audio forensics are authentication, enhancement, and interpretation. As noted previously, authentication generally involves objective observations and measurements, and like any empirical study, the accuracy and precision of the measurements are very important to assess and to report. Audio enhancement tends to be a somewhat more subjective area, as the choices involved in single-ended noise reduction often require a personal judgment about the quality and usefulness of the processed recording. In this chapter, we will learn that forensic interpretation needs to be as objective as possible, but the examination leading to the objective interpretation often requires subjective assessment, induction, and experience.
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Maher, R.C. (2018). Forensic Interpretation. In: Principles of Forensic Audio Analysis. Modern Acoustics and Signal Processing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99453-6_7
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