Estimates of speech intelligibility based on equivalent speech- and noise-spectrum levels and hearing thresholds

Canadian Acoustics - Acoustique Canadienne

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 112-113

  Forshaw, Stanley ^a   Ritmiller, Laurel ^b   Hodgson, Murray ^c   Laroche, Chantal ^d  

^a 3650 Wesbrook Mall ^*  (Canada)

^b CANTEST Ltd   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 0039346471     PISSN: 07116659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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