Science Inventory

SPEECH LEVELS IN VARIOUS NOISE ENVIRONMENTS

Citation:

Pearsons, K., R. Bennett, AND S. Fidell. SPEECH LEVELS IN VARIOUS NOISE ENVIRONMENTS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/1-77/025 (NTIS PB270053), 1977.

Description:

The goal of this study was to determine average speech levels used by people when conversing in different levels of background noise. The non-laboratory environments where speech was recorded were: high school classrooms, homes, hospitals, department stores, trains and commercial aircraft.

Record Details:

Record Type:DOCUMENT( REPORT )
Product Published Date:05/31/1977
Record Last Revised:12/22/2005
Record ID: 45786