Intelligibility in various rooms: Comparing its assessment by (RA)STI measurement with a direct measurement procedure

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 53, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 179-191

  Tisseyre, A ^a   Moulinier, A ^a   Rouard, Y ^a  

^a Tisseyre and Associes   (France)

Author keywords

Intelligibility measurement; Intelligibility tests; RASTI; Room acoustics; Speech listening

Indexed keywords

SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

INTELLIGIBILITY MEASUREMENT; ROOM ACOUSTICS;

ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS;

EID: 0031693922     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-682x(97)00024-8     Document Type: Article

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