EDP Sciences logo
Submit your paper
Search
Menu
All issues Volume 10 (2026) Acta Acust., 10 (2026) 63 References
Open Access
Issue
Acta Acust.
Volume 10, 2026
Article Number 63
Number of page(s) 25
Section Speech
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/aacus/2026053
Published online 21 July 2026
  1. A. Haapakangas, V. Hongisto, M. Eerola, T. Kuusisto: Distraction distance and perceived disturbance by noise – An analysis of 21 open-plan offices. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 141, 1 (2017) 127–136. [Google Scholar]
  2. ASTM E2638-10: Standard test method for objective measurement of the speech privacy provided by a closed room. ASTM International, 2017. [Google Scholar]
  3. M. Robinson, C. Hopkins, K. Worrall, T. Jackson: Thresholds of information leakage for speech security outside meeting rooms. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 136, 3 (2014) 1149–1159. [Google Scholar]
  4. K.S. Pearsons, R.L. Bennett, S.A. Fidell: Speech levels in various noise environments. Office of Health and Ecological Effects, Office of Research and Development, US EPA, 1977. [Google Scholar]
  5. W.O. Olsen: Average speech levels and spectra in various speaking/listening conditions. American Journal of Audiology 7, 2 (1998) 21–25. [CrossRef] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. I.R. Cushing, F.F. Li, T.J. Cox, K. Worrall, T. Jackson: Vocal effort levels in anechoic conditions. Applied Acoustics 72, 9 (2011) 695–701. [Google Scholar]
  7. D. Byrne, H. Dillon, K. Tran, S. Arlinger, K. Wilbraham, R. Cox, B. Hagerman, R. Hetu, J. Kei, C. Lui, J. Kiessling, M.N. Kotby, N.H.A. Nasser, W.A.H. El Kholy, Y. Nakanishi, H. Oyer, R. Powell, D. Stephens, R. Meredith, T. Sirimanna, G. Tavartkiladze, G.I. Frolenkov, S. Westerman, C. Ludvigsen: An international comparison of long-term average speech spectra. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 96, 4 (1994) 2108–2120. [Google Scholar]
  8. L. Morales, G. Leembruggen, S. Dance, B.M. Shield: A revised speech spectrum for STI calculations. Applied Acoustics 132 (2018) 33–42. [Google Scholar]
  9. EN 60268-16:2011: Sound system equipment – Part 16: objective rating of speech intelligibility by speech transmission index. European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization, 2011. [Google Scholar]
  10. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: IEEE recommended practice for speech quality measurements. IEEE Transactions on Audio and Electroacoustics 17, 3 (1969) 227–246. [Google Scholar]
  11. B.B. Monson, E.J. Hunter, A.J. Lotto, B.H. Story: The perceptual significance of high-frequency energy in the human voice. Frontiers in Psychology 5 (2014) 587. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. B.B. Monson, J. Caravello: The maximum audible low-pass cutoff frequency for speech. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 146, 6 (2019) EL496–EL501. [Google Scholar]
  13. L.L. Hunter, B.B. Monson, D.R. Moore, S. Dhar, B.A. Wright, K.J. Munro, L.M. Zadeh, C.M. Blankenship, S.M. Stiepan, J.H. Siegel: Extended high frequency hearing and speech perception implications in adults and children. Hearing Research 397 (2020) 107922. [Google Scholar]
  14. E. Jacewicz, J.M. Alexander, R.A. Fox: Introduction to the special issue on perception and production of sounds in the high-frequency range of human speech. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 154, 5 (2023) 3168–3172. [Google Scholar]
  15. B.C. Moore, M.A. Stone, C. Füllgrabe, B.R. Glasberg, S. Puria: Spectro-temporal characteristics of speech at high frequencies, and the potential for restoration of audibility to people with mild-to-moderate hearing loss. Ear and Hearing 29, 6 (2008) 907–922. [Google Scholar]
  16. B.B. Monson, E.J. Hunter, B.H. Story: Horizontal directivity of low-and high-frequency energy in speech and singing. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 132, 1 (2012) 433–441. [Google Scholar]
  17. M.K. Miller, V. Delaram, A. Trine, R.M. Ananthanarayana, E. Buss, B.B. Monson, G.C. Stecker: An anechoic, high-fidelity, multidirectional speech corpus. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 68, 1 (2025) 411–418. [Google Scholar]
  18. V. Delaram, M.K. Miller, R.M. Ananthanarayana, A. Trine, E. Buss, G.C. Stecker, B.B. Monson: Gender and speech material effects on the long-term average speech spectrum, including at extended high frequencies. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 156, 5 (2024) 3056–3066. [Google Scholar]
  19. W.T. Chu, A.C.C. Warnock: Detailed directivity of sound fields around human talkers. IRC Research Report 104, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 2002. [Google Scholar]
  20. ISO 3382-3:2022: Acoustics – Measurement of room acoustic parameters – Part 3: open plan offices. International Organisation for Standardisation, 2022. [Google Scholar]
  21. EN IEC 60268-16:2020: Sound system equipment – Part 16: objective rating of speech intelligibility by speech transmission index. European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization, 2020. [Google Scholar]
  22. ANSI S3.5-1997: Methods for calculation of the speech intelligibility index. American National Standards Institute, 1997. [Google Scholar]
  23. https://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/manual/Sound_To_Pitch___.html (accessed 6th April 2025). [Google Scholar]
  24. C. Pörschmann, J.M. Arend: Investigating phoneme-dependencies of spherical voice directivity patterns. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 149 (2021) 4553–4564. [Google Scholar]
  25. C. Pörschmann, J.M. Arend: Phoneme dependence of horizontal asymmetries in voice directivity. JASA Express Letters 4, 2 (2024) 025205. [Google Scholar]
  26. ISO 3745:2012+A1:2017: Acoustics – Determination of sound power levels and sound energy levels of noise sources using sound pressure – Precision methods for anechoic rooms and hemi-anechoic rooms. International Organisation for Standardisation, 2017. [Google Scholar]
  27. C.M. Johns-Lewis: Prosodic differentiation of discourse modes, in: Intonation in Discourse. Routledge, 2018, pp. 199–220. [Google Scholar]
  28. D. Graddol: Discourse specific pitch behaviour, in: Intonation in Discourse. Routledge, 2018, pp. 221–238. [Google Scholar]
  29. ISO 9921:2003: Ergonomics – Assessment of speech communication. International Organisation for Standardisation, 2003. [Google Scholar]
  30. P.C. Loizou: Speech Enhancement: Theory and Practice. CRC Press, 2007. [Google Scholar]
  31. C. Pörschmann: Supplementary material for “A database for the comparison of measured datasets of human voice directivity”, in: Forum Acusticum 2023, 2023. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7834211. [Google Scholar]
  32. J. Sundberg: Chest wall vibrations in singers. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 26, 3 (1983) 329–340. [Google Scholar]
  33. B.B. Monson, A.J. Lotto, B.H. Story: Analysis of high-frequency energy in long-term average spectra of singing, speech, and voiceless fricatives. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 132, 3 (2012) 1754–1764. [Google Scholar]
  34. L. Morales, F.F. Li: A new verification of the speech transmission index for the English language. Speech Communication 105 (2018) 1–11. [Google Scholar]
  35. J.V. Tobias: Relative occurrence of phonemes in American English. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 31, 5 (1959) 631–631. [Google Scholar]

Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.

Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.

Initial download of the metrics may take a while.