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Microsystems, Electronics and Acoustics
ISSN 2523-4447 · e‑ISSN 2523-4455 Open Access · CC BY-SA 4.0
Vol. 24 · Issue 5 · 2019 Oct 31, 2019 Acoustical devices and systems

Predictive Estimation of Speech Intelligibility Masked by Noise Interference

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Anastasiia Olehivna Harasiuk Corresponding Національний технічний університет України "Київський політехнічний інститут імені Ігоря Сікорського" Ukraine
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Maksym Volodymyrovych Myronov Національний технічний університет України "Київський політехнічний інститут імені Ігоря Сікорського" Ukraine
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Vladyslav Valentynovych Lozinsky Національний технічний університет України "Київський політехнічний інститут імені Ігоря Сікорського" Ukraine
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Nguyen Thanh Vy Національний технічний університет України "Київський політехнічний інститут імені Ігоря Сікорського" Viet Nam
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Alla Vitaliivna Darchuk Національний технічний університет України "Київський політехнічний інститут імені Ігоря Сікорського" Ukraine
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Arkadii Mykolaiovych Prodeus Національний технічний університет України "Київський політехнічний інститут імені Ігоря Сікорського" Ukraine
Pages48-55 PublishedOct 31, 2019
VOL 24 · ISS 5 · 2019 View issue

Abstract

A detailed description of the speech intelligibility prediction algorithm using analytical modeling is presented. The efficiency of the proposed algorithm is tested for four types of noise interference: white, pink, brown and typical for classrooms. The consistency of the results with known similar results indicates the correctness of the proposed components of the analytical algorithm. In addition, we compared the results of evaluating speech intelligibility obtained in accordance with the “classical” approach with the results of evaluating the STI index of speech intelligibility, which allowed us to confirm the thesis of a low camouflage ability of white noise at low signal-to-noise ratios.

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