IEC 60268-16:2020/COR1:2025
(Corrigendum)Corrigendum 1: Sound system equipment - Part 16: Objective rating of speech intelligibility by speech transmission index
Corrigendum 1: Sound system equipment - Part 16: Objective rating of speech intelligibility by speech transmission index
Corrigendum 1: Equipements pour systèmes électroacoustiques - Partie 16: Évaluation objective de l'intelligibilité de la parole au moyen de l'indice de transmission de la parole
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IEC 60268-16 IEC 60268-16
Edition 5.0 2020-09 Édition 5.0 2020-09
Sound system equipment - Équipements pour systèmes
Part 16: Objective rating of speech électroacoustiques -
intelligibility by speech transmission index Partie 16: Évaluation objective de
l'intelligibilité de la parole au moyen de l'indice
de transmission de la parole
CO RRI G E NDUM 1
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