Validation of the revised STIr method

Speech Communication

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 413-425

  Steeneken, Herman J M ^a   Houtgast, Tammo ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Objective measure; Speech intelligibility; Speech transmission index; Validation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

SPEECH TRANSMISSION INDEX (STI);

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0036836688     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6393(02)00010-9     Document Type: Article

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