Table of Contents

 1     Scope          
 2     References
 3     Definitions
        3.1     Terms defined elsewhere       
        3.2     Terms defined in this Recommendation           
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms             
 5     Conventions            
 6     Existing loudness model structures
        6.1     Zwicker model for stationary sound   
        6.2     Moore and Glasberg model for stationary sound          
        6.3     Zwicker and Fastl model for non-stationary sound       
        6.4     Glasberg and Moore for non-stationary sound              
 7     Reasons for a new universal loudness model             
 8     Loudness model for receiving loudness        
        8.1     Recording of speech signals   
        8.2     Loudness calculation 
        8.3     Application for terminals         
 9     Loudness model for sending loudness          
10     Loudness model for sidetone loudness       
11     Loudness model for listener sidetone loudness       
Annex A – Validation and test vectors for loudness model implementation    
        A.1     Introduction to test vectors for validation        
        A.2     Validation of loudness model implementation              
        A.3     Validation of speech pause detection and loudness model implementation     
Appendix I – Result of loudness experiment A    
        I.1                  Introduction to experiment A    
        I.2                  Subjective experiment 
        I.3                  Comparison results        
        I.4                  Conclusion         
Appendix II – Result of loudness experiment B    
       II.1     Introduction to loudness experiment B              
       II.2     Measurement set-up 
       II.3     Auditory loudness assessment
       II.4     Instrumental loudness methods           
       II.5     Auditory results           
       II.6     Direct loudness model output
       II.7     Conclusions   
Appendix III – Result of loudness experiment C    
      III.1     Introduction to loudness experiment C              
      III.2     Subjective experiment              
      III.3     Results and comparison to ISO 532-1 objective results
      III.4     Conclusion     
Appendix IV – Nominal transmission paths     
       IV.1     Nominal receive paths             
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