Useful sound
The useful sound or the useful signal is the opposite of interfering sound or interfering signal. A distinction is made between useful sound, such as music or the voice during a conversation, and interference sound, such as construction site or traffic noise . In electrical transmission, useful sound also represents the signal used for useful purposes , which is characterized by special electrical parameters such as voltage , frequency , etc. The useful signal can consist of a continuous or discontinuous process. In the case of the assignment of the useful sound to a reference value, one speaks of a useful level, which represents a significant quantity of the useful electrical signal.
A prerequisite for a good understanding of speech is that the useful sound is greater than the background sound. Not only hearing-impaired people, but also people with good hearing benefit from a positive useful / background noise ratio and short reverberation times .
literature
- Eugen Skudrzyk: The basics of acoustics. Volume 1, Springer Verlag, Vienna 1954.
- Henning Rosenkötter: Auditory perception disorders. Treating children with learning and language difficulties, Klett-Cotta Verlags GmbH, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-608-94344-7 .
- Klaus Fellbaum: Speech processing and speech transmission. Springer Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg 1984, ISBN 978-3-540-13306-3 .
- Manfred Heckl, Gerhard Müller (ed.): Pocket book of technical acoustics. 2nd edition, Springer Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg 1995, ISBN 978-3-642-97357-4 .
- Stefan Weinzierl (Ed.): Handbook of audio technology. Springer Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-540-34300-4 .
See also
Web links
- Diagnostics of auditory perception disorders (accessed on September 15, 2017)
- Sound and noise effects (accessed on September 15, 2017)
- Sound in sound recording technology (accessed September 15, 2017)
- Method and device for determining the acoustic properties of a room, in particular of a passenger compartment (accessed on September 15, 2017)