Does anyone know of research that has investigated
a effect of the speaker's frequency response on speech perception ability? We
could try to get speaker response to be perfectly flat, but so long as we are
within an ANSI standard, does it really make a difference? Does anyone know the
scientific basis of this standard?
ANSI standard 3.6-1996 (from Katz on speech
audiometry):
No more than 10 dB attenuation 125-250
Hz
+/- 3 dB 250-4000 Hz
+/- 5 dB 4000-6000 Hz
Ward R. Drennan, Ph. D.
VM Bloedel Hearing
Research Center
University of Washington Box 357923
Seattle, WA
98195-7923
Phone: (206) 897-1848
Fax: (206)
616-1828
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