Optimization of Personal Audio Systems for Intelligibility Contrast

Wallace D, Cheer J. Optimization of Personal Audio Systems for Intelligibility Contrast. In: AES Convention 144. Audio Engineering Society; 2018. Paper 10017. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=19413

@inproceedings{Wallace2018_19413,
  author = {Wallace, Daniel and Cheer, Jordan},
  title = {{Optimization of Personal Audio Systems for Intelligibility Contrast}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 144},
  note = {Paper 10017},
  year = {2018},
  month = may,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=19413}
}

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TI  - Optimization of Personal Audio Systems for Intelligibility Contrast
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AB  - Personal audio systems are designed to deliver spatially separated regions of audio to individual listeners. This paper demonstrates a method of personal audio system design that provides a level of contrast in the perceived speech intelligibility between bright and dark audio zones. Limitations in array directivity which would lead to a loss of privacy are overcome by reproducing a synthetic masking signal in the dark zone. This signal is optimized to provide effective masking whilst remaining subjectively pleasant to listeners. Results of this optimization from a simulated personal audio system are presented.
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