or Supported Independent Living Program ~ The Supported Independent Living Program provides subsidized housing for people with mental illnesses Community Mental Health Centre staff select people with mental illnesses to live in private market rental units, and non-profit mental health organizations to provide support services for residents BC Housing administers the subsidies, on behalf of the Ministry of Health
= SPEECH-INTERFERENCE LEVEL A calculated quantity providing a guide to the interference of a noise with the reception of speech The speech-interference level is the arithmetic average of the octave band levels of the interfering noise in the most important part of the speech frequency range The levels in octave bands centered at 500, 1000, and 2000 Hz are commonly averaged to determine the speech-interference level