Facilities for music education and their acoustical design

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-104

  Koskinen, Heli ^a   Toppila, Esko ^b   Olkinuora, Pekka ^b  

^a Helimaki Acoustics   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Music; Reverberation time; Room acoustics; Sound absorption; Sound exposure

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MUSIC; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL; STANDARD; TEACHING; TINNITUS;

ACOUSTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MUSIC; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; TEACHING; TINNITUS;

EID: 77953151602     PISSN: 10803548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2010.11076831     Document Type: Article

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