METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING EFFECTS OF NOISE PRODUCING ARTIFACTS IN A SPEECH SIGNAL

Methods and systems are presented for reducing effect of noise producing artifacts in a speech signal. An example method includes obtaining a plurality of incoming samples representative of a speech subframe, summing an energy level for each of the plurality of samples to generate a total input level, determining whether the speech subframe is in a silence area using the total input level, setting a gain value as a function of the total input level in response to the speech subframe being in the silence area, wherein the function results in the gain value increasing as the total input value increases and the gain value decreasing as the total input value decreases, multiplying the plurality of samples by the gain value to produce modified samples, generating a digital speech signal using the modified samples, and converting using a digital-to-analog converter, the digital speech signal into an analog signal.