Speech Level Measures Dr. Herman J.M. Steeneken
Speech level measurement Requirements: Male female comparable Wide band and telephone band comparable Insensitive for pauses and silent periods Fixed relation with STI test signal levels
Relevant level measures Peak levels (overload indicator) RMS level (root mean square, related to SNR) Indicator deflections (not reliable)
Mean speech spectra
Level measurement
Amplitude distribution direct sampling
Amplitude distribution envelope sampling
Relation between some speech levels Notice the level differences between speech utterances spoken with and without silent periods in between