The distribution of average power in various speech sounds as a function of frequency has been measured with an integrating audio spectrometer. This instrument divides the electrical signal into 14 frequency bands and simultaneously records the integrated square of the amplitude in each band over a measured time interval, usually 30 seconds. From these data and the known over‐all calibration of the spectrometer channels one can compute the spectral distribution of average acoustic power at the location of the input microphone. The operation of the instrument and the procedure of measurement are described. Speech spectra are given which are average results for a trained crew of seven men, speaking into a condenser microphone in an anechoic chamber.
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July 1948
July 01 1948
Voice Measurements with an Audio Spectrometer
H. W. Rudmose;
H. W. Rudmose
Cruft Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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K. C. Clark;
K. C. Clark
Cruft Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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F. D. Carlson;
F. D. Carlson
Cruft Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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J. C. Eisenstein;
J. C. Eisenstein
Cruft Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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R. A. Walker
R. A. Walker
Cruft Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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H. W. Rudmose
K. C. Clark
F. D. Carlson
J. C. Eisenstein
R. A. Walker
Cruft Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 20, 503–512 (1948)
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April 12 1948
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H. W. Rudmose, K. C. Clark, F. D. Carlson, J. C. Eisenstein, R. A. Walker; Voice Measurements with an Audio Spectrometer. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 1 July 1948; 20 (4): 503–512. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.1906404
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