Performance of Noise Indices in Office Environment Dominated by Noise from Human Speech

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 293-305

  Tang, S K ^a   Wong, C T ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Noise indices; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000927250     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-682X(98)00008-5     Document Type: Article

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