Effects of five speech masking sounds on performance and acoustic satisfaction. implications for open-plan offices

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 641-655

  Haapakangas, A ^a   Kankkunen, E ^b   Hongisto, V ^a   Virjonen, P ^a   Oliva, D ^a   Keskinen, E ^b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC COMFORT; CREATIVE THINKING; OPEN-PLAN OFFICES; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH MASKERS; SPEECH TRANSMISSION INDEX; SPRING WATER; SUBJECTIVE WORKLOAD; VOCAL MUSIC; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; GROUNDWATER; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

SPEECH TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79958820758     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3813/AAA.918444     Document Type: Article

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