Evaluation of speech intelligibility of sound fields in passenger train compartments

Acoustical Science and Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 379-382

  Shimokura, Ryota ^a   Soeta, Yoshihara ^a  

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

Author keywords

Impulse response measurement; Public address system; Sound field; Speech intelligibility; Train compartment

Indexed keywords

A-TRAIN; ACOUSTICAL PARAMETERS; DUMMY HEAD MICROPHONES; IMPULSE RESPONSE MEASUREMENT; PASSENGER TRAIN; RECEIVER POSITIONS; SOUND FIELD; SOUND FIELDS; TRAIN COMPARTMENT;

ACOUSTIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; FLOORS; IMPULSE RESPONSE; MICROPHONES; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS;

SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 70349113553     PISSN: 13463969     EISSN: 13475177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1250/ast.30.379     Document Type: Article

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