Speech privacy between neighboring workstations in an open office - A laboratory study

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 771-782

  Virjonen, P ^a   Keranen J ^a   Helenius, R ^a   Hakala, J ^a   Hongisto, O V ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; CEILINGS; COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; DAMPING; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

CEILING ABSORPTION; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; OPEN OFFICE; SCREEN HEIGHT; SPEECH PRIVACY; VERTICAL SOUND FIELDS; WALL ABSORBERS;

SPEECH PROCESSING;

EID: 35949001678     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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