FIGURES FROM FRANCE TO MAKE YOU DIZZY A study published last June by the French Agency Against Noise (Conseil National du Bruit) and the French Environment Agency (ADEME) tried, for the first time, to estimate the total cost of noise pollution in France. The result? 57.2 billion euros in social costs. And this figure […]
Internoise 2016 – Acoustic Bulletin’s got your back!
What you missed if you only attended the room acoustics sessions We understand that like us, you guys loved the room acoustics sessions at INTER-noise in Hamburg. You were frantically running in between sessions so you wouldn’t miss a thing about sound scattering, psychoacoustics, standards, phone booths and so on. We TOTALLY get it. But don’t […]
Happy holidays! Here are our top five Christmas sounds!
Christmas is around the corner and if you ask what sense people associate this holiday with, most adults would probably answer taste. Actually, just thinking about it makes us hungry! But what are your favourite Christmas sounds? In the middle of all the stress, have you tried closing your eyes and just listen? We asked […]
ECO Magazine – publishing prize finalist!
ECO magazine, dedicated to sound environments in healthcare, has been recognized in Sweden’s longest-running comprehensive communication competition. Competing in the category of Digital Magazine, ECO magazine is up against five other nominees. The jury will judge the entire product, not just the design and the winners are announced at a gala event in Stockholm on […]
5 questions about tinnitus & what you can do
We interviewed Eimear O’Carroll, from Restored Hearing about what it’s like to live with tinnitus and how indoor environments can support people with tinnitus. She has been working together with business partner Rhona Togher on hearing problems for almost 10 years now. The young entrepreneurs both studied physics and use their training to create products to help people with impaired […]
What it sounds like to be an acute patient
Acute patients The healthcare world is filled with noise; alarms, people chatting, cleaners pushing carts and much more. It becomes so familiar that staff doesn’t even think about it, repressing it becomes second nature. So it may be easy to forget that the patient is probably having a completely different experience. Especially an acute patient […]
How the latest healthcare design trends impact the acoustics
The latest trends in healthcare design aim to construct environments that are fit for healing and consider the patients’ experience. Hospitals seem to be undergoing the same transition as offices did a while back; they are becoming more open, using more glass and light surfaces, and making the most of natural daylight and splashes of […]
Five ways noise impact the patient experience
Effects of noise 1) SLEEP DISRUPTION: For a good night’s sleep, continuous background noise should not exceed 30 dB, and individual noise events exceeding 45 dB should be avoided (1). Average nighttime noise levels in hospitals are over 60 dB (2). 2) FEELINGS OF HELPLESSNESS: Sounds from neighboring patients and from advanced medical treatments and […]
