Measurement and Prediction of the Spatial Decay of Speech in Open-Plan Offices
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Aalto University, P.O. Box 11000, FI-00076 Aalto www.aalto.fi Author Jukka S. Keränen Name of the doctoral dissertation Measurement and Prediction of the Spatial Decay of Speech in Open-Plan Offices Publisher School of Electrical Engineering Unit Department of Signal Processing and Acoustics Series Aalto University publication series DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS 23/2015 Field of research Acoustics and Audio Signal Processing Manuscript submitted 15 September 2014 Date of the defence 17 April 2015 Permission to publish granted (date) 13 January 2015 Language English Monograph Article dissertation (summary + original articles)
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