In order to solve the poor robust problem of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) system in noisy environment, a new estimation algorithm of switching speech power spectrum was proposed. Firstly, based on the assumption of the speech spectral amplitude was better modelled for a Chi distribution, a modified estimation algorithm of speech power spectrum based on Minimum Mean Square Error (MMSE) was proposed. Then incorporating the Speech Presence Probability (SPP), a new MMSE estimator based on SPP was obtained. Next, the new approach and the conventional Wiener filter were combined to develop a switch algorithm. With the heavy noise environment, the modified MMSE estimator was used to estimate the clean speech power spectrum; otherwise, the Wiener filter was employed to reduce calculating amount. The final estimation algorithm of switching speech power spectrum for ASR system was obtained. The experimental results show that,compared with the traditional MMSE estimator with Rayleigh prior, the recognition accurate of the proposed algorithm was averagely improved by 8 percentage points in various noise environments. The proposed algorithm can improve the robustness of the ASR system by removing the noise, and reduce the computational cost.