Understanding classroom acoustic solutions

Seminars in Hearing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-154

  Siebein, Gary W ^a,b  

^a Siebein Associates Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustical design; Acoustical measurements; Architectural acoustics; Classroom acoustics; Computer model; School design; Speech intelligibility; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AIR CONDITIONING; ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER MODEL; HUMAN; NOISE REDUCTION; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STANDARD; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2542531492     PISSN: 07340451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-828665     Document Type: Review

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