speech intelligibility

collocation in English

meaningsofspeechandintelligibility

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speech
noun
uk
/spiːtʃ/us
/spiːtʃ/
the ability to talk, the activity of talking, or a piece of ...
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intelligibility
noun[U]
uk
/ɪnˌtel.ɪ.dʒəˈbɪl.ə.ti/us
/ɪnˌtel.ə.dʒəˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
(of speech and writing) the quality of being possible ...
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(Definition ofspeechandintelligibilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Evaluating listeners with normal and impaired hearing on clinical tests of spatial localization andspeechintelligibilitygain.
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Even the changes in extreme levels of noise have been argued to occur primarily for the purpose of improvingspeechintelligibility.
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A procedure for testingspeechintelligibilityin a virtual listening environment.
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Development of a test ofspeechintelligibilityin noise using sentence materials with controlled word predictability.
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Changes in design based on this hypothesis could increasespeechintelligibilityin hearing impaired patients.
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This led to the formulation of equations, which described the consequences of a hearing loss onspeechintelligibility.
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Inadequate control may lead to elevated sound levels within the space which can be annoying and reducespeechintelligibility.
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For audio engineers, architectural acoustics can be about achieving goodspeechintelligibilityin a stadium or enhancing the quality of music in a theatre.
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The absolute measurement ofspeechintelligibilityis a complex science.
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Consonants play a much more significant role inspeechintelligibilitythan vowels.
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The most prevalent use was to aidspeechintelligibilityin cathedrals and churches prior to the widespread use of public address systems.
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