Good air quality in classrooms, achieved through natural or mechanical ventilation, is
necessary for students' health and cognition, but might simultaneously expose them to …

The poor acoustic quality in educational buildings is a prevalent issue that can significantly
influence teachers' and students' health, comfort, and performance. An integrative literature …

Enhanced speech intelligibility in realistic acoustic scenarios guarantees effective
communication. Noise and reverberation degrade speech intelligibility, but the combined …

Soundscape research on indoor environments is emerging as a topic to be addressed for
the design of supportive, healthier, and more comfortable spaces. Only a few studies so far …

The assessment of the acoustic quality of learning spaces traditionally concerns rooms'
objective parameters and not the dynamical behavior of students during lectures. In the …

This project acquired sound levels logged across six school days and impulse responses in
220 classrooms across four K–12 grades. Seventy-four percent met reverberation time …

Comprehending the teacher's message when other students are chatting is challenging.
Even though the sound environment is the same for a whole class, differences in individual …

Inside open-plan offices, background noise affects the workers' comfort, influencing their
productivity. Recent approaches identify three main source categories: mechanical sources …

Sound absorbing micro-perforated panels (MPPs) are being increasingly used because of
their high quality in terms of hygiene, sustainability and durability. The present work …

Noise exposure influences the comfort and well-being of people in several contexts, such as
work or learning environments. For instance, in offices, different kind of noises can increase …