Predicting binaural speech intelligibility in architectural acoustics

The Technology of Binaural Listening

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 427-447

  Culling, J F ^a   Lavandier, M ^b   Jelfs, S ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS; AUDITION; FORECASTING; REVERBERATION;

ACCURATE PREDICTION; BACKGROUND NOISE; BINAURAL ROOM IMPULSE RESPONSE; HEARING IMPAIRMENTS; MULTIPLE NOISE SOURCES; NOISY ROOMS; REVERBERATION TIME; SPEECH UNDERSTANDING;

SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 84879004717     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-37762-4_16     Document Type: Chapter

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