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Speech Intelligibility and Speech Naturalness while Speaking with and without Medical Mask

open access: yesJournal of Indian Speech Language & Hearing Association, 2023
Introduction: The COVID-19 situation has led to an increase use of medical mask for protection. Facial and respiratory PPE covering the mouth and nose have been reported to diminish Speech Intelligibility.
Sushmitha Murali   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative investigation of objective speech intelligibility prediction measures for noise-reduced signals in Mandarin and Japanese [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In this paper, eight state-of-the-art objective speech intelligibility prediction measures are comparatively investigated for noisy signals before and after noise-reduction processing between Mandarin and Japanese. Clean speech signals (Chinese words and
Chen, Fei   +3 more
core  

Enabling a Circular Water Transition: Identifying Governance Pathways for Wastewater Reuse

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over 80% of the world's wastewater is discharged untreated, making reuse a widely underutilised strategy for addressing water scarcity. Due to the complexity of implementing water reuse systems, supportive governance conditions are required to steer this process and overcome barriers.
Kirsty Holstead   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Circularity Before Strategy: Translating the Circular Economy for Environmental Policy and Governance in Emerging Economies

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The circular economy (CE) is now a cornerstone of global environmental policy. However, current debates often frame CE as a future‐oriented strategy to be adopted or scaled, implicitly assuming that emerging economies and the Global South are starting from strictly linear conditions. Drawing on practice‐oriented and institutional perspectives,
Solmaz Filiz Karabag, Cali Nuur
wiley   +1 more source

Speech intelligibility in multilingual spaces [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
No abstract ...
Galbrun, Laurent; id_orcid   +8 more
core  

Improved status following behavioural intervention in a case of severe dysarthria with stroke aetiology

open access: yes, 2012
There is little published intervention outcome literature concerning dysarthria acquired from stroke. Single case studies have the potential to provide more detailed specification and interpretation than is generally possible with larger participant ...
Mackenzie, Catherine, Lowit, Anja
core   +1 more source

Keeping their powder dry: Purity, pollution, and handgun ownership among Jewish women in Israel

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the gendered practices through which Jewish women in Israel experience and negotiate personal handgun ownership in everyday life. Drawing on interviews, participant observation in gun‐related spaces, and analysis of women‐only online forums, we explore the expanding participation of Jewish women in civilian gun ownership,
Maya Maor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

PRODUCTION AND PERCEPTUAL ANALYSIS OF SPEECH PRODUCED IN NOISE [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
When exposed to noise, speakers modify the way they speak, possibly in an effort to maintain intelligible communication. These modifications are collectively referred to as the Lombard effect.
LU, YOUYI
core  

Equity by Design: A Positive Organizational Scholarship Approach to Human Resource‐Artificial Intelligence Systems Design

open access: yesHuman Resource Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In today's polarized sociopolitical climate, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts increasingly face backlash, with equity in particular becoming marginalized in both scholarly and practitioner discourse despite its central importance for ensuring fair allocation of opportunities and resources across the employee lifecycle.
Tiffany M. Trzebiatowski   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

EVALUATION OF SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY IN THE PREMISES PROTECTED BY ACOUSTIC NOISE GENERATOR

open access: yesДоклады Белорусского государственного университета информатики и радиоэлектроники, 2019
The evaluation of the speech intelligibility in the premises protected by acoustic noise generator was performed by the correlation analysis method. The existence of dependence between the speech intelligibility and the signal power was proofed with a ...
H. V. Davydau   +2 more
doaj  

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