A method for distinguishing speakers in a conference call of a plurality
of participants, in which method speech frames of the conference call are
received in a receiving unit, which speech frames include encoded speech
parameters. At least one parameter of the received speech frames is
examined in an audio codec of the receiving unit, and the speech frames
are classified to belong to one of the participants, the classification
being carried out according to differences in the examined at least one
speech parameter. These functions may be carried out in a speaker
identification block, which is applicable in various positions of a
teleconferencing processing chain. Finally, a spatialization effect is
created in a terminal reproducing the audio signal according to notified
differences by placing the participants at distinct positions in an
acoustical space of the audio signal.