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The Effects of Multiple Arrivals on the Intelligibility of Reinforced Speech

Authors: Ryan, Timothy J.; King, Richard; Braasch, Jonas; Martens, William L.

AES Convention 131 · Paper 8464 · October 2011

Abstract

The effects of multiple arrivals on the intelligibility of speech produced by live-sound reinforcement systems are examined. The intent is to determine if correlations exist between the manipulation of sound system optimization parameters and the subjective attribute speech intelligibility. Investigated variables are signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), delay time between signals arriving from multiple elements of a loudspeaker array and array type and geometry. Intelligibility scores were obtained through subjective evaluation of binaural recordings, reproduced via headphone, using the Modified Rhyme Test.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 131
AES Convention
131
Paper number
8464
Publication date
October 6, 2011
Session subject
Recording and Sound Production
Affiliation
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Rensselaer Polytechnic University, Troy, NY, USA; University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper