On some features of the development of objective methods speech intelligibility measurements

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A.N. Prodeus

Abstract

Three objective methods of estimation of speech intelligibility had been confronted: a method of partial signal-noise relations, formant method and modulation method. The possibility of advantages join of formant and modulation methods is prooved.

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Prodeus, A. . (2010). On some features of the development of objective methods speech intelligibility measurements. Electronics and Communications, 15(2), 217–223. https://doi.org/10.20535/2312-1807.2010.15.2.308963
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Acoustical devices and systems

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