Optimum speech level to minimize listening difficulty in public spaces

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 251-256

  Kobayashi, Masaaki ^a,c   Morimoto, Masayuki ^a   Sato, Hiroshi ^b   Sato, Hayato ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c Tsubota)   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

LISTENING DIFFICULTY RATINGS; OPTIMUM SPEECH LEVEL; QUALITY OF SPEECH COMMUNICATION; SUBJECTIVE LISTENING TEST;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; NOISE; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 33846204369     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2382499     Document Type: Article

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