• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.191-206
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• 2018

Purpose : This study investigated the correlation between speech intelligibility and acoustic measurements of speech sounds produced by the children with speech sound disorders and children without any diagnosed speech sound disorder. Methods : A total of 60 children with and without speech sound disorders were the subjects of this study. Speech samples were obtained by having the subjects? speak meaningful words. Acoustic measurements were analyzed on a spectrogram using the Multi-speech 3700 program. Speech intelligibility was determined according to a listener's perceptual judgment. Results : Children with speech sound disorders had significantly lower speech intelligibility than those without speech sound disorders. The intensity of the vowel /u/, the duration of the vowel /${\omega}$/, and the second formant of the vowel /${\omega}$/ were significantly different between both groups. There was no difference in voice onset time between the groups. There was a correlation between acoustic measurements and speech intelligibility. Conclusion : The results of this study showed that the speech intelligibility of children with speech sound disorders was affected by intensity, word duration, and formant frequency. It is necessary to complement clinical setting results using acoustic measurements in addition to evaluation of speech intelligibility.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.363-369
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• 2007

The purpose of the study is to obtain acoustical information to prevent eavesdropping of the glass window. Speech intelligibility was investigated on the vibration sound detected from the glass window of a conference room. Objective test using speech transmission index(STI) was performed to estimate quantitatively the speech intelligibility. STI was determined based on tile modulation transfer function(MTF) of the room-glass window system. Using Maximum Length Sequency(MLS) signal as a sound source, impulse responses of the glass window and MTF were determined by signals from accelerometers and laser doppler vibrometer. Finally, speech intelligibility of the interior sound and window vibration were compared under different sound pressure levels and amplifier gains to confirm the effect of measurement condition on the speech intelligibility.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• 제24권4E호
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• pp.139-143
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• 2005

The present study aims to investigate the effects of speaker location on the speech intelligibility in a classroom. In order to this, acoustic measurements were undertaken in a classroom with three different sound source locations such as center of front wall (FC), both sides of front wall (FS) and the center of ceiling (CC). SPL, RT, $D_{50}$, RASTI were measured in the 9 measurement points with same sound power level of sound source and MLS was used as the sound source signal. Also, subjective listening tests were carried out using Korean language listening materials which were recorded in an anechoic chamber. The recorded syllables were replayed and recorded again in the classroom with same sound source at three different locations and listening tests were undertaken to 20 respondents who were asked to write the correct syllables which were recorded in the classroom. The results show that higher sound intelligibility ($D_{50}$ of $47\%$, RASTI of 0.56) was obtained when sound source was located at the FS. The results also show that high sound intelligibility was obtained at the area nearby walls.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제17권9호
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• pp.888-894
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• 2007

The speech sound is detected by the vibration measurement of the window glass. In this study, we investigate the effect of the disturbing waves by background noise and window shaker excitation on the speech intelligibility of the detected sound. Based upon Modulation Transfer Function(MTF), speech intelligibility of the sound is objectively estimated by Speech Transmission Index(STI) As the level of the disturbing wave varies, variation of the speech intelligibility is examined. Experimental result reveals how STI is influenced by the level and frequency characteristics of the disturbing wave. By using a customized window shaker for disturbing sound, we evaluate the efficiency and the frequency characteristics of the anti-eavesdropping system. The purpose of the study is to provide useful information to prevent the eavesdropping through the window glass.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2006년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.150-155
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• 2006

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

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제30권8호
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• pp.468-473
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• 2011

잔향이 많은 공간에서는 음성을 명확하게 알아 듣기 어렵다. 음성의 명료도를 확보하는 데는 자음이 중요하므로 잔향음에 비하여 직접음을 크게 하는 것이 중요하다. 잔향이 많은 공간에 음향 시스템을 적절하게 설계하면 흡음 처리하지 않고도 높은 명료도를 얻을 수 있었다. 지향성이 좁은 스피커를 사용하여도 사람이 앉아 있는 영역으로 음을 집중시킬 수 있어서 음성의 명료도를 향상시킬 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 잔향이 많은 공간에서도 실내를 흡음 처리하지 않고 스피커의 지향성을 제어하여 높은 명료도를 얻을 수 있음을 실험을 통하여 제시하였으며, 음향 시스템을 적절히 튜닝함으로써 명료도를 더욱 향상시킬 수 있는 것을 제시하였다.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.8-15
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• 2007

음향 공동-유리창 연성계를 대상으로 도청음의 음성 명료도를 검토한다. MLS신호를 음원으로 유리창의 가속도와 속도 응답을 가속도계와 레이저 도플러 진동계를 사용하여 측정한다. 변조전송함수 (MTF)를 사용하여 공동-유리창 진동계의 음성전달특성을 규명한다. 변조전송함수에 근거하여 음성전송지수 (STI)를 구하고, 유리창 진동음의 음성명료도를 평가한다. 가속도음과 속도음의 음성명료도를 비교하고, 최종적으로 대화음의 명료도를 주관적 평가로 확인한다.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.129-141
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• 2012

본 논문은 강의실의 실내흡음력이 증가함에 따라 발생하는 물리적 음명료도 (D50, STI)의 변화가 한국어와 중국어의 주관적 음이해도 (음성요해도)에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 이를 위해 중규모 강의실에서 흡음재를 설치하기 전과 후의 물리적 음향성능을 측정하고, 음절요해도 테스트 법을 사용해 음성요해도를 평가하였다. 음성요해도 평가시 한국어와 중국어의 두 가지 언어를 대상으로 진행함으로써 두 언어의 특성에 따른 음성요해도의 차이를 비교하였다. 실험결과 흡음재를 설치함에 따라 물리적 음명료도가 증가하였으며, 음성요해도 또한 증가함을 알 수 있었다. 또한 동일한 조건에서 음절요해도 테스트를 수행한 결과 한국어보다 중국어의 음성요해도가 더 높은 것으로 평가되었으며 이것은 한국어와 중국어의 발음특성의 차이에 기인한 것으로 사료된다. 한편 물리적 음명료도와 주관적 음명료도의 상관관계 분석결과 ($R^2$) D50의 경우 한국어는 0.696, 중국어는 0.707로 나타났으며 STI의 경우 한국어는 0.651, 중국어는 0.665로 매우 높은 상관관계가 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 음성과학
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.139-156
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• 2001

Speech intelligibility in patients with complete dentures is an important clinical problem depending on the material used. The objective of this study was to investigate the speech of two edentulous subjects fitted with a complete maxillary prosthesis made of two different palatal materials: chrome-cobalt alloy and acrylic resin. Three patients with complete dentures in the experiment group and ten people in the controls groups participated in the experiment. CSL, Visi-Pitch were used to measure speech characteristics. The test words consisted of a simple vowel /e/, meaningless three syllabic words containing fricative, affricated and stops sounds, and sustained fricative sounds /s/ and /$\int$/. The analysis speech parameters were vowel and lateral formants, VOT, sound durations, sound pressure level and fricative frequency. Data analysis was conducted by a series of paired T-test. The findings like the following: (1) Vowel formant one of patients with complete denture is higher than that of the control group (p<0.05), while lateral formant three of patients with complete denture is lower than that of the control group (p<0.0l). (2) Patients with complete denture produced lower speech intelligibility with low fricative frequency (/$\int$/) than control group (p<0.0). The speech intelligibility of patients with metal prosthesis was higher than that of those with resin prosthesis (p<0.05). (3) Fricative, lateral and stop sound durations of patients with complete denture were longer than those of the control group (p<0.01 and p<0.05), respectively. Total sound durations of patients with metal prosthesis were similar to that of the control group (p<0.05), while those with resin prosthesis had a shorter duration (p<0.01). This implied that those with metal prosthesis had higher speech intelligibility than those with resin prosthesis. (4) Patients with complete denture had higher sound pressure levels /t/ and /c/ than the control group (p<0.01). However, sound pressure levels for /c/ of patients with metal prosthesis or resin prosthesis was similar to the control group (p<0.05). (5) Patients with complete denture had higher fundamental frequency than the control group (p<0.01).

• 대한음성학회지:말소리
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• 제50호
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• pp.99-110
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• 2004

The normal transmission characteristics of sound are hardly obtained due to the various noises and structural factors in a running car environment. It is due to the channel distortion of the original source sound recorded by microphones, and it seriously degrades the performance of the speech recognition in real driving environments. In this paper we analyze the degree of intelligibility under the various sound distortion environments by channels according to driving speed with respect to speech transmission index(STI) and compare the STI with rates of speech recognition. We examine the correlation between measures of intelligibility depending on sound pick-up patterns and performance in speech recognition. Thereby we consider the optimal location of a microphone in single channel environment. In experimentation we find that high correlation is obtained between STI and rates of speech recognition.