The speech intelligibility and applicability of the speech transmission index in large spaces

This paper aims to explore the influence factors of speech intelligibility and the applicability of the speech transmission index (STI) in large spaces, where the sound energy is unevenly distributed and non-exponentially decays. The subjective speech intelligibility tests were conducted in Mandarin (China mainland) in two large spaces with volumes of 97,000 m3 and 246,000 m3. Objective indicators such as the Reverberation Time (RT), Early Decay...