• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.8-15
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• 2007

Speech intelligibility of the eavesdropping sound is investigated on a acoustic cavity - glass window coupled system. Using MLS (Maximum Length Sequency) signal as a sound source, acceleration and velocity responses of the glass window are measured by accelerometer and laser doppler vibrometer. MTF (Modulation Transfer Function) is used to identify tile speech transmission characteristics of the cavity and window system. STI (Speech Transmission Index) based upon MTF is calculated and speech intelligibility of the vibration sound of the glass window is estimated. Speech intelligibilities by the acceleration signal and the velocity signal are compared. Finally, intelligibility of the conversation sound is confirmed by the subjective test.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1987.11a
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• pp.34-38
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• 1987

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.30 no.8
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• pp.468-473
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• 2011

Speech may not be clearly understandable in the room that is highly reverberant, due to the loss of consonants intelligibility. Therefore, it is very important to obtain a high sound pressure level of direct sound in reverberant room. A properly designed sound reinforcement system can not provide the good speech intelligibility without the absorption treatments of walls. With using the highly directional speaker, we can transmit the sound energy into only the areas where people are sitting. This can be help to improve the speech intelligibility. In this paper, even in reverberant rooms, it will be shown that the good speech intelligibility can be obtained by only the directivity control of speaker without the room treatment. Also, it would be more improved by the properly room tuning using an equalizer.

• Journal of KSNVE
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.240-246
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• 2000

One of the widely accepted methods for evaluating the interior sound quality of automobiles is Articulation Index(AI). The AI actually measures the articulation level of the sound in the vehicle cabin as passengers talk to one another. In this study, the effect of two different absorption materials inside the cabin on AI has been investigated by ray-tracing method : one is firewall, the other is celling. It turns out that the back seat location is found to be strongly dependent on the type of absorption materials treated at the celling, since the sound absorbing area is different due to the location and the firewall is situated in the "Reverberation Radius". The proposed methdo could be used to improve the sound quality of automobiles at the design stge.sign stge.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.6 no.5
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• pp.703-708
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• 2011

In this paper, most of the church except for a large church has accommodated many audience to install a balcony floor in a small space. therefore, dead zone and dislocated sound image localization is made due to this under-balcony seats. This paper propose that the problems of dead zone and dislocated sound image localization could be solved using computer simulation in the view of practical side. The economical computer simulation tool, Mapp online that can be found easily was used to the specified church. Installation a sub speaker for dead zone and -10 dB power control of the sub speaker to main speaker power for dislocated sound image localization was proposed. Computer simulation result shows that the value of definition for area was improved from "Normal" to "Very Good" which means about 52% improvement.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• spring
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• pp.403-406
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• 2002

휴대폰의 일반화와 이것의 음향변환기로 사용되는 초소형 스피커 (Micro-speaker) 수요의 증가에 따라 휴대폰의 다양한 기능 및 성능의 개발에 대한 초소형 스피커의 성능개선이 절실히 요구된다. 특히, 초소형 스피커에서 발생된 음의 명료도와 음의 방사효율에 관한 특성의 개선은 당면한 문제이다. 본 연구에서는 초소형 스피커 전면에 진동판 보호를 위해 부착되어 있는 전면 덮개(Front Cover)를 스피커의 명료도와 효율에 관련된 음향적 기구로서 고려하여 일반 휴대폰에 사용되고 있는 초소형 스피커들을 대상으로 전면덮개에 가공된 기공의 면적에 따른 음파의 투과손실을 측정하였다. 또한, 전면덮개와 초소형 스피커 진동판 사이에 존재하는 체적과 전면 덮개의 기공에 대한 음향 임피던스(Acoustic Impedance)를 이론적인 방법으로 구하여 이에 따른 투과손실(Transmission Loss) 및 공명특성을 예측하고 이를 스피커들에 대한 투과손실 측정 결과와 비교하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 초소형 스피커를 제조하는 기업들이 경험적인 방법을 벗어나, 이론적 근거를 바탕으로 제품설계를 수행하는데 기여할 것으로 사료된다.

• 재활복지
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.67-82
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• 2016

The purpose of this study was to investigate relation and effect of PCC(Percentage of Correct Consonant) and nasalance score on the speech intelligibility and acceptability in adults with dysarthria by reading task of standardized passage. Ten adults with dysarthria and sixteen normal adults were participated in this study. PCC and nasalance score were measured through reading task of standardized passage. And, speech intelligibility and acceptability were examined using visual analogue criteria. The result of the study was as follows. First, the nasalance score of adults with dysarthria group is significantly higher than normal adults group in reading sample by standardized passage. Second, the PCC, speech intelligibility and acceptability shows significant correlation. However, the nasalance score doesn't show significant corelation with speech intelligibility and acceptability. These results suggest that PCC is closely related to speech intelligibility and speech acceptability, but nasalance score is not related to speech intelligibility and speech acceptability.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.319-329
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• 2016

The present study was to test if breathing training in melodic intonation therapy (MIT) ameliorated the articulation intelligibility of Broca's aphasics or not. The experimental group did breathing training (2 stages) that preceded the MIT. In order to evaluate the efficacy of the MIT intervention, the VOT (Voice Onset Time), the TD (Total Delay), the voice sound intensity and the expiratory volume of the subjects, closely associated with articulation intelligibility were measured before and after the intervention. It was shown that, in the experimental group after the MIT intervention, the VOT and TD were increased on bilabial/p/, alveolar consonant /t/, and soft palatal /k/(p < 0.05), but no significant differences were found on affricate /c/ and fricative /s/(p > 0.05). In the control group, no significant increases in the VOT and TD were observed on all articulation points(p > 0.05). The voice sound intensity which influences the verbal articulation increased in the experimental group after the intervention(p < 0.05), whereas no significant changes were observed in the control group. In conclusion, the breathing training in the MIT was found to result in improving the articulation intelligibility of Broca's aphasiacs.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1993.06a
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• pp.93-97
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• 1993

본 논문은 한국어 문어변환(TTS:Text-to-Speech) 시스템내에서의 음성합성시 음질 및 자연성 개선을 위한 연구 결과이다. 합성음 평가방법으로는 한국어 발음대사전에 수록된 빈도수 순위대로 추출한 음절(V형: 19개, CV형:80개, VC형:30개, CVC형: 100개, 총 229개)을 대상으로 규칙합성시킨 1음절어(합성음절수:229개)중 음절유형별로 15개씩 총 60개 음절을 20초간 3회 반복음의 녹음 테이프를 작성한 합성음에 대하여 사전지식이 없는 임의의 그룹을 선정하여 이해도, 명료도, 잡음감, 자연성 등 4 가지 항목에 대하여 오피니온 평가를 수행한 결과를 제시하였다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.43-54
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• 1985

이 논문에서는 Frequency weighting을 이용하여 선형예측 부호화기의 명료성을 개선하는 방법 을 연구한다. 잡음이 섞이지 않은 음성에 대해서는 음성을 분석하기전에 frequency weighting을 행한다. 또한 잡음이 섞인 음성인 경우에는 잡음성분을 spectral subtraction 방법에 의해서 제거한 다음에 frequency weighting을 준다. 이 때 frequency weighting을 주기 위해서 귀의 특성과 연관되어 잘 알려 진 C- message weighting 함수, flanagan weighting 함수 및 articulation index를 약간 수정한 weighting 함수를 사용했다. 여러 객관적인 distance measure를 사용하여 frequency weighting 방법의 성능을 측정하고 귀로 들어 본 결과, frequency weighting 방법을 사용하여 선형예측 방법에 의한 합성 음의 명료도를 효율적으로 개선할 수 있었다.