4.5. Effects of poor acoustics

This section is under development.

Ruth Crosby-Stewart’s presentation ‘Effects of inadequate room acoustics‘

Useful reading

• NDCS Acoustic Toolkit publication (Archived publication – available with consent from the National Deaf Children’s Society))
  • Introduction
  • Noise Surveys (Schools)
  • Reverberation Times (Schools)
  • Speech Intelligibility (Schools)
  • Assistive Devices (Schools)
  • Noise Surveys (Specialists)
  • Reverberation Times (Specialists)
  • Appendix A  How to create a graph
  • Appendix B BB93 Performance standards
  • Appendix C BRE Absorption coefficients
  • Appendix D1 LIFE-UK IHP

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4.6 Improving room acoustics

4.7 Soundlevel meters (under development)

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4.1 Characteristics of sound sources and rooms

4.2 Room acoustics listening and speech intelligibility

4.3 Acoustic properties of a room

4.4 Acoustic standards legislation and guidance

Other sections

• Section 1 Anatomy and physiology of the ear
• Section 2 Aetiology and types of deafness
• Section 3 Auditory perception and hearing testing
• Section 5 Listening skills and functional hearing
• Section 6 Hearing technologies