The Extended Speech Transmission Index: Predicting speech intelligibility in fluctuating noise and reverberant rooms

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Abstract

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.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1178-1194
JournalJournal of the Acoustical Society of America
Volume145
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

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