Education acoustic & ceiling
Educational Acoustics- Must for better learning
Go into a classroom and look up. What is seen overhead can be, in large part, determining if students are hearing enough words to understand their lessons, if teachers are taking sick days due to vocal fatigue and consequentially, if administrators are meeting annual operating budgets. These factors relate to the acoustics in the classroom and more specifically, to the sound absorption within it. If there is not enough sound absorption in spaces for learning, they are overly loud, reverberant and stressful; not an environment conducive for effective education. Up to one of every four words cannot be understood by students in many classrooms, according to guidelines by the Acoustical Society of America.
Improving Educational Acoustics
When the spaces are well-designed acoustically, speech intelligibility increases and the overall noise level decreases. This means that students can understand a higher percentage of spoken words and teachers do not need to strain their voices above high noise levels. These two fundamental improvements then have positive and significant ripple effects through the quality and financial performance of the institution.
How to select the best acoustic option:
The smart approach to adding sound absorption to learning spaces is an acoustic ceiling system. This suspended acoustic ceiling also conceals the overhead electrical, fire suppression, structural, heating and air conditioning elements from sight. Another valuable approach to enhance the acoustics of the vicinity is to treat the walls with high frequency sound absorbing material like Fabric acoustic panels. These panels apart from making the walls vibrant, decrease the echo of the room to significant level thus helping the speaker and the listener to lead a stress less session.
Kindly use the simulator below to crack the optimum value according to the dimensions of your space and the products to be used. You can also avail our consultancy services for the best recommendation of products to be used.
