Validation of the auralization technique: Comparative speech- intelligibility tests in real and virtual classrooms

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 991-999

  Yang, Wonyoung ^a   Hodgson, Murray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; LOUDSPEAKERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ACOUSTICS PREDICTION; AURALIZATION TECHNIQUE; INTELLIGIBILITY TESTS;

SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 37249086767     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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