Details

Title

Mosque as a Bilingual Space – an Investigation on Speech Intelligibility in Mosque Acoustics Using Simulation Techniques

Journal title

Archives of Acoustics

Yearbook

2021

Volume

vol. 46

Issue

No 3

Affiliation

Alic, Elma : Department of Architecture, Eskisehir Technical University, Eskisehir, Turkey ; Ozcevik Bilen, Asli : Department of Architecture, Eskisehir Technical University, Eskisehir, Turkey

Authors

Keywords

mosque acoustics ; bilingual space ; acoustical simulation ; speech intelligibility ; word recognition tests ; auralisation

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Techniczne

Coverage

443-457

Publisher

Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Committee on Acoustics

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Date

2021.09.21

Type

Article

Identifier

DOI: 10.24425/aoa.2021.138131
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