Benefits of a healthy sound environment
In education it is essential to reduce the disturbance from general background noise, especially low-frequency noise to have a good sound environment overall. If you achieve this, there will be substantial benefits for both students and teachers.
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A healthy sound environment:
- Supports teachers and reduces the health risks involved, physically and mentally
- Reduces noise and the heart rate which is a medically recognised stressor
- Reduces teachers' vocal problems and repetition
- Improves students behaviour, concentration and engagement in collaborative speech communication activities
- Improves listening quality, learning capacity and productivity both in test scores and engagement in learning increase.
- Perception of sound regarding concentration and annoyance levels in teachers and students
- Is essential for inclusion of students with additional learning needs, speech hearing and communication needs, ADHD and autism etc.