By Dr Colin Mercer, Technical Director, Prosig
The “standard” centre frequencies for 1/3 Octaves are based upon the Preferred Numbers. These date from around 1965. They are not specific to third octaves. The only reference we have is to British Standard BS2045:1965 Preferred Numbers. There are probably equivalent ISO and ANSI versions. read »»»
By Dr Colin Mercer, Technical Director, Prosig
The Articulation Index or AI gives a measure of the intelligibility of hearing speech in a given noise environment. The metric was originally developed in 1949 in order to give a single value that categorised the speech intelligibility of a communication system. The basic interpretation of the AI value is the higher the value then the easier it is to hear the spoken word. The AI value is expressed either as a factor in the range zero to unity or as a percentage. read »»»