International Congress on Acoustics 2019

The last years have shown an increasing interest in healthcare acoustics and at ICA a dedicated session on hospital acoustics was chaired by Cheol-Ho Jeong (Technical University of Denmark – DTU), Paul Barach (Wayne State University School of Medicine) and Mai-Britt Beldam (Ecophon). The session was called:

“20 N – Acoustics and noise in hospitals: experience and impact on patients, staff and community well-being”

 

The program of the session was as follows:

• 08:40 – 09:00: Ilene Busch-Vishniac, Next Steps in Hospital Noise Research

• 09:00 – 09:20: Thea Mathilde Larsen, Cheol-Ho Jeong, Mai-Britt Beldam, Jonas Brunskog, Christoffer Weitze, An investigation of room functions and acoustic demands in selected departments in three Danish hospitals

• 09:20 – 09:40: Khaleela Zaman, Peter Dodds, Ning Xiang, Paul Barach, Cognitive Effects of Noise on Hospital Emergency Department Staff

• 09:40 – 10:00: Jikke Reinten, Ella Braat-Eggen, Maarten Hornikx, Helianthe Kort, Armin Kohlrausch, Experimental Design to Measure the Effect of Room Acoustics on Prospective Memory of Hospital Nurses

• 10:00 – 10:20: Paul Barach, S Chawla, M Dwaihy, D Kamat, S Shankaran, B Panaitescu, B Wang, G Natarajan, A targeted noise reduction observational study for reducing noise in a neonatal intensive unit

• 10:20 – 10:40:Maria Quinn, Staff experience of the sound environment in operating rooms built with non-absorbing modules.
  • NB: Maria Quin, Concept Developer for Ecophon Sweden will be presenting her findings in a study about modular operation theatre solutions.

• 10:40 – 11:00: Sugeng Joko Sarwono, Anugrah Sabdono Sudarsono, Aisyah Shabrina, Laudita Natasha Tamrin, Time-based soundscape evaluation of third-class hospital ward

• 11:00 – 11:20: Chiung Yao Chen, Characterizing Community Noise in Hospital

• 11:20 – 11:40: Sreeram Kaithali Narayanan, Søren Laugesen, Valentina Zapata-Rodriguez, Jonas Brunskog, Cheol-Ho Jeong, Effect of Head-Movement on Sound-Field Auditory Steady- State Response Measurement

The speakers, the chairs, and other healthcare experts were gathered the night before – for a ‘speakers’ dinner’-event. Great time to dive deep into our beloved topic of hospital acoustics!

 

If you want to know more about the session, please contact Mai-Britt Beldam.