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Quantifying the intelligibility of speech in noise for non-native listeners by van Wijngaarden, Sander J, Steeneken, Herman J M, Houtgast, Tammo

“…When listening to languages learned at a later age, speech intelligibility is generally lower than when listening to one's native language. The main purpose of…”
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Quantifying the intelligibility of speech in noise for non-native talkers by van Wijngaarden, Sander J, Steeneken, Herman J M, Houtgast, Tammo

“…The intelligibility of speech pronounced by non-native talkers is generally lower than speech pronounced by native talkers, especially under adverse…”
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Using the Speech Transmission Index for predicting non-native speech intelligibility by van Wijngaarden, Sander J, Bronkhorst, Adelbert W, Houtgast, Tammo, Steeneken, Herman J M

“…While the Speech Transmission Index (STI) is widely applied for prediction of speech intelligibility in room acoustics and telecommunication engineering, it is…”
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Mutual dependence of the octave-band weights in predicting speech intelligibility by Steeneken, Herman J.M, Houtgast, Tammo

“…Current objective measures for predicting the intelligibility of speech by an index assume that this can be obtained by simple addition of the contributions of…”
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Validation of the revised STIr method by Steeneken, Herman J M, Houtgast, Tammo

“…The revised model for the speech transmission index (STIr, Speech Communication 28 [1999] 109) was validated with an independent set of 68 test conditions. For…”
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Phoneme-group specific octave-band weights in predicting speech intelligibility by Steeneken, Herman J.M, Houtgast, Tammo

“…In an earlier study we derived robust frequency-weighting functions for prediction of the intelligibility of short nonsense words. These frequency-weighting…”
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The effect of a non-native accent in Dutch on speech intelligibility by van Wijngaarden, Sander J., Steeneken, Herman J. M., Houtgast, Tammo

“…It is well known that second-language talkers are usually less intelligible than native talkers, especially under adverse listening conditions. Background…”
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Implementation of adaptive digital ANR in hearing protectors by Steeneken, Herman J. M., Verhave, Jan A.

“…Present state-of-the-art personal hearing protectors with ANR are mainly based on analog control circuitry. The performance of these systems is fair to good;…”
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Using the Speech Transmission Index to predict the intelligibility of non-native speech by van Wijngaarden, Sander J., Steeneken, Herman J. M., Houtgast, Tammo, Bronkhorst, Adelbert W.

“…The calibration of the Speech Transmission Index (STI) is based on native speech, presented to native listeners. This means that the STI predicts speech…”
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Mutual dependence of octave-band contributions to speech intelligibility by Steeneken, Herman J. M.

“…Current objective measures for predicting the intelligibility of speech assume that this can be modeled as a simple addition of the contributions from…”
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Diagnostic assessment of speech intelligibility in auditoria with the STI by Houtgast, Tammo, Steeneken, Herman J. M.

“…The quality of speech transmission in an auditorium equipped with a public address system is determined by the characteristics of both the electro-acoustic…”
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Development of a Wireless 'Communications EarPlug' for Application in Military Aviation by van Wijngaarden, Sander, Agterhuis, Evert, Steeneken, Herman J. M

“…A laboratory model of the wireless 'Communications EarPlug' (w-CEP) was development. Standard communication earplugs (using wires) are known to offer…”
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Hearing and performance during a 70-h exposure to noise simulating the space station environment by Abel, Sharon M, Crabtree, Brian, Baranski, Joseph V, Smith, David G, Thompson, Megan M, Steeneken, Herman J M, Verhave, Jan A, Buckey, Jay C, Alvarenga, Donna L, Comtois, Jean-Marc

“…Elevated hearing thresholds have been documented in some astronauts after long-term spaceflights although noise levels were lower than those normally…”
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