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Is STIPa a Robust Measure of Speech Intelligibility Performance?

Authors: Mapp, Peter

AES Convention 118 · Paper 6399 · May 2005

Abstract

STIPa (STI for PA systems) is rapidly becoming a popular method of assessing speech intelligibility. It was conceived in order to overcome the problems associated with RaSTI when measuring the potential intelligibility performance of a sound system. The paper reports the results of extensive testing carried out on a variety of sound systems and controlled test environments using measurement equipment from four different manufacturers. It is concluded, that whilst theoretically, STIPa should be able to accurately predict STI, in practice, actually realising this goal may not be quite so straightforward. A number of error mechanisms were found and are reported together with estimations of the typical measurement accuracy and repeatability that can be expected when undertaking STI performance testing.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 118
AES Convention
118
Paper number
6399
Publication date
May 6, 2005
Session subject
Room and Architectural Acoustics; Sound Reinforcement
Affiliation
Peter Mapp Associates (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper