Reverberation times and speech transmission indices in classrooms

Journal of Sound and Vibration

Volumn 294, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 596-607

  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; CORRELATION THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS; REVERBERATION; SPEECH PROCESSING; TIME MEASUREMENT;

BACKGROUND NOISE LEVELS; OCTAVE BANDS; REVERBERATION TIMES; SPEECH TRANSMISSION DESIGN;

SPEECH TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33646529353     PISSN: 0022460X     EISSN: 10958568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2005.11.027     Document Type: Article

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