Speech Intelligibility Archives

This post looks at the benefits of sound masking, how it works, and why sound masking systems, alongside other acoustical...

28 February, 2022 / 0 Comments

Office space is changing.During the industrial revolution, factories started bringing huge numbers of people together to work. Not long into...

19 October, 2020 / 0 Comments

Even before the pandemic, more and more people were working from home regularly. Thanks to contemporary computers and cellphones, with...

30 April, 2020 / 0 Comments

Do trees block sound? How do you soundproof a room? Why is there a fountain in the lobby? As acoustical...

27 March, 2020 / 0 Comments

The modern-day restaurant, bar, or tasting room is a place to relax and enjoy food, drink, and the company of...

08 November, 2018 / 0 Comments

Few buildings have more demanding acoustical requirements than houses of worship. Because the delivery of spoken word and the offering...

29 March, 2018 / 0 Comments

While human ears and brains are remarkable speech processors, our ability to understand speech is easily degraded by a little...

02 November, 2017 / 0 Comments

Storytelling is one of the oldest human traditions, and a great drama space connects the audience to the actors, setting...

28 July, 2017 / 0 Comments

“It’s the best of both worlds,” says the salesman. “All you need are these little screens, an acoustical tile ceiling,...

31 March, 2017 / 1 Comment

Reverberation time (RT) is a measure of how long it takes for sound to decay in a space. It can...

21 January, 2017 / 0 Comments

Last fall, we wrote about how acoustical design can improve speech intelligibility for people with impaired hearing. Yet even in a...

21 July, 2016 / 0 Comments

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