In-Office “Phone Booths” Are Important (09-10-10)
When is a “halfalogue” worse than a monologue or a dialogue?
When is a “halfalogue” worse than a monologue or a dialogue?
Previous research has indicated the value of music and scent in retail environments.
Solet and her team have investigated the noise levels that can be experienced by hospital patients during the night.
Millions of people listen to background music every day in open or cubicle style work environments to avoid being distracted from professional tasks.
Affinity Health uses new materials to quiet an emergency room.
Room size influences acoustics, and different sounds produce varying emotional responses in human beings.
In this article, we will look at the impact of the “characterless walls,” as they define the patient space and how nature elements mitigate some of the generic, impersonal features common to institutional care. This article was published in 2010.
A team of Finnish researchers has investigated the influence of intelligible speech on cognitive performance.
The ways in which music and nature impact patients can be caught in the conflict between technological and natural therapeutic interventions. This article was originally published in 2009.
Gary Siebein and Martin Gould, both from The University of Florida at Gainesville, and Glenn Siebein and Michael Ermann (Siebein Associates) investigated typical classrooms to determine how architectural changes can improve a student’s acoustical situation.