Provided is a system, method, and computer program product for improving the quality of speech reproduction in wireless applications where the received speech frames are subject to transmission and packet losses. The speech decoding process is dynamically delayed by at least one frame period in order to perform additional error correction and concealment techniques during times when the wireless link quality if below a predetermined threshold. The wireless link is monitored and if the link quality falls below a predetermined threshold, the decoding process is delayed by at least one frame period so that one or more error correcting techniques can be performed to increase the quality of the reconstructed speech.