Development and analysis of an international speech test signal (ISTS)

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 891-903

  Holube, Inga ^a,b   Fredelake, Stefan ^a,b,d   Vlaming, Marcel ^c   Kollmeier, Birger ^a,d  

^a Centre of Competence HrTech   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hearing aid measurement; International standard; Speech; Test signal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STANDARD; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78349250118     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2010.506889     Document Type: Article

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