A survey of acoustic conditions in semi-open plan classrooms in the United Kingdom

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1399-1410

  Greenland, Emma E ^a,b   Shield, Bridget M ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WSP   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC CONDITIONS; ACOUSTIC DESIGN; ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; ACOUSTIC SURVEY; AMBIENT NOISE; NOISE LEVELS; NOISE RATIO; PHYSICAL DESIGN; REVERBERATION TIME; SPEECH TRANSMISSION INDEX; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS; DESIGN; REVERBERATION; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; SPEECH COMMUNICATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH TRANSMISSION; SURVEYS;

TEACHING;

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTICS; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FURNITURE; HUMAN; MOTION; NOISE; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; VIBRATION;

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTICS; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MOTION; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SCHOOLS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VIBRATION;

EID: 80052528565     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3613932     Document Type: Article

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