Browsing by Subject "Audition"

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A comparison study on sound defects of Bilkent Amphitheatre in terms of intelligibility of the speech
(2007) Yilmazer, S.
The 4000 seated multi-purpose hall Bilkent Amphitheater is a semi-closed amphitheater with a large volume of 90,000 m3.At the beginning, the amphitheater was designed only for open-air performances. Afterwards it was decided to be roofed with a tensile membrane in order to protect the spectators against atmospheric effects. However, the covered amphitheater was turned into a very resounding and a problematic place with a reverberation time even more than 6 s. when the hall is unoccupied. After that time, some acoustical interventions were implemented, but these have not been sufficient in decreasing the number of problematic areas of echoes and dead spots. In 2000, Akukon Oy Consulting Engineers, Finland, carried out the real-size measurements when the hall was unoccupied, in order to find out the values of different acoustical parameters. In 2004, the computer simulation of the hall for the unoccupied condition was made [2]. In order to test speech intelligibility in the hall, besides the computer simulation and real size measurements, in 2006, articulation testing (AI) was made by using normal hearing listeners in the hall. In this paper, comparison between the measurements and the experimental studies are presented. Results confirm that excessive values of reverberation time cause too much reverberant and liveliness throughout the hall, besides the lack of warmth subjectively. Clarity is undermined by excessive reverberate and the sound becomes blurred. Sound energy are not satisfactory in reflecting the sound sufficiently through the hall and the direct sound becomes insufficient at some locations as back and mid sides.
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An experimental study on speech interference in public leisure spaces
(Institute of Noise Control Engineering, 2010) Yilmazer, Semiha; Gezginer, Pelin Meriç
Physical comfort requirements of users in the non-acoustical spaces, leisure space, and usability of the space in long-term period should be taken into consideration in terms of sustainability of the space. The aim of this study is to investigate the speech interference of users' in an openplaned public leisure space. Bilkent Rollhouse was chosen as a leisure space because of its variance of activities in an open-plan like bowling, dart, billiards, play station and dining area. In this respect, a questionnaire was prepared to check the perception of sound of different user types in the area. The questionnaires were applied at the most crowded day of the week that is Friday and in between 18:00 to 21:00. The results of the survey were evaluated statistically. In addition to this, the equivalent continuous noise level, Leq, of the leisure space were taken in parallel to the questionnaire application to the users. Measuring of speech intelligibility via articulation index (AI) subjectively was the second phase of this study. Via application of the word list to the normal hearing users, the AI contours were prepared. Finally, objective and subjective measurements were analyzed in terms of speech interference during leisure activity in the space. As a leisure space, the relation between noise annoyance ratings and Leq did not show any significant difference in dart, billiards and play stations activities. However, in bowling activity and dining area, it was found that there is a significant relation between noise annoyance and Leq. This study reveals that users submit ambient noise of the space during leisure activity, they get in a common behaviour psychologically, they adjust their vocal noise that they create and finally these issues lead controlling of ambient noise by them. It means that users give up loudly speaking, they accept repeating or silence, focus on meal and they do not like getting in uncomfortable situation since their main activity is dining. For further study, the number of the samples in not only different leisure spaces, but also measurement points and sampling times should be increased to make clear hypothesis given above, since the study reveals completely different behaviour that is introduced in literature like cocktail party effect phenomenon.
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Hareket geçmişi görüntüsü yöntemi ile Türkçe işaret dilini tanima uygulaması
(IEEE, 2016-05) Yalçınkaya, Özge; Atvar, A.; Duygulu, P.
İşitme ve konuşma engelli bireylerin toplum içerisinde diger bireylerle sağlıklı şekilde iletişim kurabilmeleri açısından işaret dili çok önemli bir role sahiptir. Ne yazık ki işaret dilinin toplumda sadece duyarlı insanlar tarafından bilindiği ve bu sayının da azlıgı dikkat çekmektedir. Yaptığımız çalışma kapsamındaki amaç, geliştirdiğimiz sistem sayesinde işitme veya konuşma engeli mevcut olan bireylerin diğer bireylerle olan iletişiminde iyileşme sağlamaktır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda kameradan alınan işaret diline ait hareket bilgisi tanınabilmekte ve o hareketin ne anlama geldiği daha önceden eğitilen işaret diline ait hareket bilgileri ile karşılaştırılarak bulunabilmektedir. Hareket bilgilerinin kameradan alınan görüntülerden çıkarılması aşamasında "Hareket Geçmişi Görüntüsü" yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Bu bağlamdaki sınıflandırma işlemi için de "En Yakın Komşuluk" algoritması kullanılmıştır. Sonuç olarak geliştirilen sistem, eğitim kümesini kullanarak işaret dili hareketi için bir metin tahmin etmektedir. Toplamdaki sınıflandırma başarısı %95 olarak hesaplanmıştır.