function y=highpass_filter_signal(x,fsout);

%
% function to utilize a pre-designed highpass filter to eliminate DC
% offset and 60 Hz hum in a speech or audio recording
%
% Inputs:
% x: input signal to be filtered
% fsout: sampling rate of signal
%
% Output:
% y: highpass filtered speech
% determine name of .mat file with filter coefficients and load filter
% coefficients
if (fsout == 6000) n=200;
elseif (fsout == 6667) n=250;
elseif (fsout == 8000) n=300;
elseif (fsout == 10000) n=350;
elseif (fsout == 16000) n=600;
elseif (fsout == 20000) n=700;
else
fprintf('sampling rate incorrect \n');
pause
end
filter_file=['hpf_fsout_',num2str(fsout),'_n_',num2str(n),'_fstop_',...
num2str(100),'.mat'];
load (filter_file);
% append zeros to signal input of length the same as the filter
xin=[x' zeros(1,n)];
% filter input signal with filter coefficients
xout=filter(b,1,xin);
% offset output samples by length of filter impulse response, n
nl=length(x);
y(1:nl)=xout(n:n+nl-1);
end