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Speech levels in meeting rooms and the probability of speech privacy problems.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20136204     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Speech levels were measured in a large number of meetings and meeting rooms to better understand their influence on the speech privacy of closed meeting rooms. The effects of room size and number of occupants on average speech levels, for meetings with and without sound amplification, were investigated. The characteristics of the statistical variations of speech levels were determined in terms of speech levels measured over 10 s intervals at locations inside, but near the periphery of the meeting rooms. A procedure for predicting the probability of speech being audible or intelligible at points outside meeting rooms is proposed. It is based on the statistics of meeting room speech levels, in combination with the sound insulation characteristics of the room and the ambient noise levels at locations outside the room.
Authors:
J S Bradley; B N Gover
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America     Volume:  127     ISSN:  1520-8524     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Acoust. Soc. Am.     Publication Date:  2010 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-02-08     Completed Date:  2010-06-24     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7503051     Medline TA:  J Acoust Soc Am     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  815-22     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
National Research Council, 1200 Montreal Road, Ottawa K1A 0R6, Canada. john.bradley@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Algorithms
Architecture as Topic*
Humans
Noise
Probability
Regression Analysis
Speech*
Speech Perception

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