Acoustics - hearing, listening and learning: Guide

Ann Underwood, Roger Turner, Stuart Whyte, Joy Rosenberg, Pauline Cobbold, Gill Weston | View as single page | Comment/Feedback
Acoustics - hearing, listening and learning
Evidence
Background
Context
Interventions
Case studies
10 important things to know about acoustic accessibility
A history of poor acoustics
Speech/voice acoustics
10 questions to answer about acoustic accessibility
Adding Acoustic materials
Importance of good listening environments
Impact of poor acoustics
Classroom acoustics
Managing Noise: some sound advice
Using Soundfield Systems/Classroom Audio Distribution Systems
BATOD magazine articles
Improvements
Acoustic standards and guidance
Acoustic materials
Using Personal Radio Aid systems with Soundfield
Other References
Soundfield Systems /CADS
From the Manufacturers’ websites
Terminology
Personal Radio Aids with soundfield systems for deaf children
BATOD Foundation conference proceedings
Strength of Evidence
Transferability
Editors' Comments
Areas for further research
Online community

Adding Acoustic materials

The Essex study - sound treatment in rooms. A balloon is burst in four classrooms with varying degrees of acoustic treatment - the sound quality in each room is clearly related to the treatment! 

 

The Essex Study A YouTube presentation.

Simon Smith of Sweyne Park School gives his experience of teaching in the classrooms treated as part of the Essex Study, but also explains the importance of a good acoustic environment when teaching. "You can hear who's talking, you can deal with a quiet word". Pupils Grace Gillmore and Eleanor. 

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