The CCITï considers it important that there should be a standardized method of objectively measuring speech level, so that measurements made by different Administrations may be directly comparable. Requirements of such a meter are
that it should measure
ITU-T P.56-1993 history
2011ITU-T P.56-2011 (Pre-Published) Objective measurement of active speech level
1993ITU-T P.56-1993 Objective Measurement of Active Speech Level - Telephone Transmission Quality Objective Measuring Apparatus (Study Group XII) 15 pp