Subject: Re: Objective intelligibility measurements From: Scott Pennock <SPennock@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:07:47 -0400 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>Hi Kevin, I believe the term "objective" is referring to what is making the measurement. If responses are coming from a person then the measurements are referred to as "subjective" (i.e., perceptual). However, in this case the measurements are coming from an algorithm that transforms physical level measurements into a prediction of intelligibility. The measuring device is "objective" in the sense that you will always get the same measured value for a given set of input signals. Best regards, Scott Pennock -----Original Message----- From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception [mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Kevin Austin Sent: September 17, 2008 6:25 AM To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx Subject: Objective intelligibility measurements Hi I'm not sure that the word "objective" is being used correctly here. From my understanding perception (and perceptual evaluation) are anything but "objective"; I understand these methods to demonstrate statistical responses across the group tested, at the time of the testing. Unless this is about the intelligibility of the object being tested, in which case I think it would be "Object intelligibility measurements". Best wishes Kevin > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:26:18 +0200 > From: "Beerends, J.G. (John)" <john.beerends@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: 1. Objective intelligibility measurements (3) > > Dear All, > > We have been developing a "PESQ Intelligibility" and written a paper > for the J. of the Audio Engineering Society which is currently under > review. > > John Beerends > TNO ICT > Delft=20 > The Netherlands > -----Original Message----- > From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception > [mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Lorenzo Picinali > Sent: dinsdag 16 september 2008 12:00 > To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx > Subject: 1. Objective intelligibility measurements (3) > > Dear Matt, > I don't know if you have ever been using PESQ (Perceptual Evaluation > of the Speech Quality, ITU Recommendation P.862)... > We started using it three years ago for the objective evaluation of > hearing aids audio quality, but at the end we concluded that for that > specific task, PESQ can generate problems ... >