{"id":49792,"date":"2021-08-27T17:22:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T15:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garvanacoustic.com\/?p=49792"},"modified":"2022-04-29T17:11:18","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T15:11:18","slug":"speech-intelligibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.garvanacoustic.com\/en\/news-lifestyle\/speech-intelligibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Speech intelligibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"no-padding\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"wpb_column hcode-column-container  col-xs-mobile-fullwidth\" data-front-class=\"col-xs-mobile-fullwidth front-column-class\"><div class=\"vc-column-innner-wrapper\"><div class=\"fit-videos\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"866\" height=\"467\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qF0OnY4aKQM?autoplay=0&loop=0\"><\/iframe><\/div><p>Speech intelligibility is the ability of a listener to understand a sound or an entire conversation.<br \/>\nThe STI (Speech Transmission Index) is the most used method to quantify the speech intelligibility in a specific location in the environment.<br \/>\nThe scale ranges from 0 to 1: 0 is the worst result, where the message is not understood at all, while 1 is the maximum level, with a 100% understanding of the message.<\/p>\n<p>Speech intelligibility can be simulated (a very useful process for newly built environments) or measured.<br \/>\nThere are several factors that can affect speech intelligibility in an indoor environment: distortion of an audio system (for example a meeting room with an amplification system), ambient noise (for example fans, background hum) and environmental acoustics.<\/p>\n<p>In most cases, it is environmental acoustics that mostly compromises speech intelligibility.<\/p>\n<p>Try to imagine a presentation of products or services in an environment with poor intelligibility and where only 50% of the information told by the speaker reaches the listener.<br \/>\nWhat is the point of attending such a meeting if so much information is lost?<\/p>\n<p>It is extremely important to design the acoustics of the rooms, but unfortunately still few take care of it, and many intervene only later, when the problem comes to their attention. 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