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http://dx.doi.org/10.7776/ASK.2013.32.4.335

Effect of the Inter-aural Level Differences on the Speech Intelligibility Depending on the Room Absorption in Classrooms  

Park, Chan-Jae (충북대학교 건축공학과)
Haan, Chan-Hoon (충북대학교 건축공학과)
Abstract
The present study investigates the effect of the inter-aural level difference(ILD) on the syllable articulation test in classrooms which can be occurred by the absorption of interior surfaces. In order to do this, the sound absorbing materials were installed in the classroom and sound pressure level(SPL) at each ear was measured using binaural recording systems. Also, syllable articulation tests were carried out at a classroom with and without sound absorption materials by 20 students who have normal hearing condition, in order to investigates the effect of the ILD on the speech intelligibility. As a result, it was found that the larger inter-aural level differences was occurred at the nearer positions to lateral walls after sound absorptions were applied to lateral walls in the classroom. At some places, the measured ILD was lager than JND of sound level (3dB). Also, it was shown that the correlation coefficient of inter-aural level difference with the score of syllable test has the significant result(-0.441). Thus, It is concluded that ILD can affect the subjective speech intelligibility in classrooms.
Keywords
Inter-aural level difference; Speech intelligibility; Syllable articulation test; Acoustic measurement; Correlation analysis; Classroom;
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