Journal of South China University of Technology (Natural Science Edition) ›› 2011, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (3): 130-134.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-565X.2011.03.025

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Comparison of Speech Intelligibility Between Standard Chinese and English by Native Chinese Listener in Rooms

Peng Jian-xin1,2  Lv Yong-xin1  Liu Xiao-jun1  Lu Xiao-dong3   

  1. School of Civil Engineering and Transportation,South China University of Technology,Guangzhou 510640,Guangdong,China
  • Received:2010-04-21 Revised:2010-06-21 Online:2011-03-25 Published:2011-02-01
  • Contact: 彭健新(1968-)，男，博士，副教授，主要从事建筑声学和环境声学研究 E-mail:phjxpeng@scut.edu.cn
  • About author:彭健新(1968-)，男，博士，副教授，主要从事建筑声学和环境声学研究
  • Supported by:

    国家自然科学基金资助项目(10774048)；广东省科技计划项目(2008B080701020)；华南理工大学亚热带建筑科学国家重点实验室开放课题(2008KB32)

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Abstract:

Subjective speech intelligibility scores of Chinese and English are obtained through the sucjective evaluation of simulated room acoustical signals with different objective speech intelligibility parameters by a native standard Chinese listener.Then,the relationships and their difference between the scores and the speech transmission index STI for Chinese and English are analyzed.The results show that Chinese and English speech intelligibility scores increase with STI,that Chinese speech intelligibility scores are higher than English ones for the rhyme test words under the same conditions with native standard Chinese listener,and that the same circumstance occurs at high STI but opposite result is obtained at low STI for HINT sentences.

Key words: Speech intelligibility, Chinese Mandarin, English, Speech transmission index, Acoustical simulation, Binaural room impulse response