Hospital noise and occupant response

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 117, Issue PART 1, 2011, Pages 248-255

  Ryherd, Erica ^a   Okcu, Selen ^b   Hsu, Timothy ^a   Mahapatra, Arun ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT; EMPLOYEE HEALTH; HEARING LOSS; HVAC SYSTEM; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; NOISE SOURCE; OCCUPANT RESPONSE; RESEARCH TEAMS; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTICS; AIR CONDITIONING; AUDITION; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

HOSPITALS;

EID: 82055200547     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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