The effect of classroom amplification on the signal-to-noise ratio in classrooms while class is in session

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 451-460

  Larsen, Jeffery B ^a   Blair, James C ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom acoustics; Classroom FM system; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; CHILD; FURNITURE; HUMAN; NOISE; SCHOOL; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; CHILD; FACULTY; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; NOISE; SCHOOLS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 55249103166     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2008/07-0032)     Document Type: Article

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