Speech intelligibility studies in classrooms
| Autor: | Bradley, J. S. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1986 |
| Předmět: |
early decay times
speech intelligibility tests Acoustique des salles de classe speech transmission index acoustical measurements center time early/late sound ratios octave-band measurements intelligibilité room acoustics octave-band useful/detrimental ratios ideal design goals for acoustical conditions Confidentialité des entretiens salles des cours background noise levels reverberation times speech intelligibility Classroom acoustics acoustique des salles classrooms Speech security |
| Popis: | Speech intelligibility tests and acoustical measurements were made in ten occupied classrooms. Octave-band measurements of background noise levels, early decay times, and reverberation times, as well as various early/late sound ratios, and the center time were obtained. Various octave- band useful/detrimental ratios were calculated along with the speech transmission index. The interrelationships of these measures were considered to evaluate which were most appropriate in classrooms, and the best predictors of speech intelligibility scores were identified. From these results ideal design goals for acoustical conditions for classrooms were determined either in terms of the 50-ms useful/ detrimental ratios or from combinations of the reverberation time and background noise level. |
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