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Evaluation of Room Speech Transmission Index and Modulation Transfer Function by the Use of Time Delay Spectrometry

Authors: Keele, Jr., D. B. (Don)

AES Conference: 6th International Conference: Sound Reinforcement · Paper 6-006 · May 1988

Abstract

The literature shows that the modulation transfer function (MTF) and speech transmission index (STI) can be computed from the squared impulse response of a linear passive system. This paper describes an extension of this method to measurements of systems using time delay spectrometry (TDS). The new method makes use of both the real and imaginary parts of the complex analytic impulse response of the system (the energy-time response). This allows more accurate determination of STI and MTF because the calculations are based on measurements that more closely follow the true energy decay in the room.

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Published in
AES Conference: 6th International Conference: Sound Reinforcement
Paper number
6-006
Publication date
May 6, 1988
Session subject
Sound Reinforcement
Affiliation
Techron, Div. Crown International, Inc., Elkhart, IN (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Conference Paper