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Talking and Listening Levels in Verbal Communication-Importance of Specifying Parametric Values

Authors: Gardner, Mark B.

AES Convention 36 · Paper 645 · April 1969

Abstract

The specification of talking and listening levels for face-to-face as well as for system communication is meaningful only to the extent that the conditions involved are also specified. Thus, the use of 64 dB above 0.0002 µbar as the level of -conversational speech at a meter- may be in error by some 15 dB or more under certain circumstances. The influence of such factors as ambient noise, system gain, assigned task, etc., in establishing meaningful levels is outlined.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 36
AES Convention
36
Paper number
645
Publication date
April 6, 1969
Affiliation
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated, Murray Hill, NJ (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper