Background noise levels and reverberation times in unoccupied classrooms: Predictions and Measurements

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 65-71

  Knecht, Heather A ^a   Nelson, Peggy B ^b,c   Whitelaw, Gail M ^a   Feth, Lawrence L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom acoustics; Educational audiology; Noise; Reverberation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NOISE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; STANDARD; SUBURBAN AREA; UNITED STATES; ADULT; AGED; AMPLIFIER; AUDIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SCHOOL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPLIFIERS; AUDIOLOGY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; SCHOOLS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038660480     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889(2002/009)     Document Type: Article

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