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Mapping speech transmission index (STI) and background noise in university classrooms

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Noise and intelligibility measurements were taken in dozens of classrooms at approximately every-meter resolution and are presented as heat maps. In doing so we hope to determine (1) the largest… Click to show full abstract

Noise and intelligibility measurements were taken in dozens of classrooms at approximately every-meter resolution and are presented as heat maps. In doing so we hope to determine (1) the largest (and loudest) classrooms that do not require loudspeaker speech amplification and (2) the radius of muddled intelligibility circumscribed around noise sources such as air diffusers and fan coil units.

Keywords: transmission index; index sti; speech; mapping speech; noise; speech transmission

Journal Title: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Year Published: 2017

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