TY - JOUR
T1 - The Extended Speech Transmission Index: Predicting speech intelligibility in fluctuating noise and reverberant rooms
AU - van Schoonhoven, Jelmer
AU - Rhebergen, Koenraad S.
AU - Dreschler, Wouter A.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The Speech Transmission Index (STI) is used to predict speech intelligibility in noise and reverberant environments. However, measurements and predictions in fluctuating noises lead to inaccuracies. In the current paper, the Extended Speech Transmission Index (ESTI) is presented in order to deal with these shortcomings. Speech intelligibility in normally hearing subjects was measured using stationary and fluctuating maskers. These results served to optimize model parameters. Data from the literature were then used to verify the ESTI-model. Model outcomes were accurate for stationary maskers, maskers with artificial fluctuations, and maskers with real life non-speech modulations. Maskers with speech-like characteristics introduced systematic errors in the model outcomes, probably due to a combination of modulation masking, context effects, and informational masking.
AB - The Speech Transmission Index (STI) is used to predict speech intelligibility in noise and reverberant environments. However, measurements and predictions in fluctuating noises lead to inaccuracies. In the current paper, the Extended Speech Transmission Index (ESTI) is presented in order to deal with these shortcomings. Speech intelligibility in normally hearing subjects was measured using stationary and fluctuating maskers. These results served to optimize model parameters. Data from the literature were then used to verify the ESTI-model. Model outcomes were accurate for stationary maskers, maskers with artificial fluctuations, and maskers with real life non-speech modulations. Maskers with speech-like characteristics introduced systematic errors in the model outcomes, probably due to a combination of modulation masking, context effects, and informational masking.
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5092204
DO - https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5092204
M3 - Article
C2 - 31067918
SN - 0001-4966
VL - 145
SP - 1178
EP - 1194
JO - Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
JF - Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
IS - 3
ER -