Recognized standard

S3.5-1997 (Reaffirmed 2020)

FDA recognition 4-163 · ANSI · Dental/ENT

Key facts

Recognition number 4-163
Designation S3.5-1997 (Reaffirmed 2020)
Title American National Standard Methods for Calculation of the Speech Intelligibility Index
Standards developer American National Standards Institute
Specialty area Dental/ENT
Date of entry Jan 14, 2019
Device classes Class 1, Class 2, Class 3
Scope (excerpt) Defines a method for computing a physical measure that is highly correlated with the intelligibility of speech as evaluated by speech perception tests given a group of talkers and listeners. This measure is called the speech Intelligibility Index, SII. The SII is calculated from acoustical…

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