Stipa – NTi Audio XL2 Sound Level Meter User Manual

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STIPA

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Measurement Unit

The STIPA result is displayed in STI (Speech Transmission
Index) or CIS (Common Intelligibility Scale), whereby CIS is
calculated as CIS = 1 + log STI.

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Edition of Standard IEC60268-16

ed4.0

actual edition released in 2011 with continuous
level dependent auditory masking function

ed3.0

old edition released in 2003 with stepped level
dependent auditory masking function

ed2.0

old edition released in 1998 with fixed masking
function

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Comparison of the IEC 60268-16 Editions

edition 2.0, 1998
edition 3.0, 2003
edition 4.0, 2011

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Progress Bar

Measurement status indication; the single STIPA measure-
ments takes 15 seconds. The actual measurement time
and measurement status are indicated here.

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Page Selector

Select between these pages:

Speech intelligibility measurement result

Table result page with modulation indexes and
sound levels for each octave band

On-site averaging of results.

Ambient Noise Correction

The page button

toggles between the 123 - Tab - Avr

screens. These pages show the speech intelligibility mea-
surement results. The page Cor offers setting the noise
spectra prior the STI measurement.

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Octave Bands

Frequencies 125 Hz - 8 kHz in 1/1 octave band resolution.

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Sound Pressure Level Leq

Individual time-averaged octave band level Leq.

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