Speech transmission index or rapid speech transmission index for classrooms? A designer's point of view

Journal of Sound and Vibration

Volumn 276, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 431-439

  Tang, S K ^a   Yeung, M H ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC WAVES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; REVERBERATION; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TEACHING;

ACOUSTIC DESIGN; BACKGROUND NOISE LEVEL; RAPID SPEECH TRANSMISSION INDEX (RASTI); SPEECH TRANSMISSION INDEX (STI);

SPEECH TRANSMISSION;

EID: 3142639255     PISSN: 0022460X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2003.10.036     Document Type: Article

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