Objectives The study investigated the noise exposure in a group of Danish school teachers.
The aims were to investigate if noise posed a risk of impairment of hearing and to study the …

Objectives This case-control designed field study examines the vocal behavior in teachers
with self-estimated voice problems (VP) and their age-and school-matched voice healthy …

Purpose. A small number of studies have explored children's perception of speakers' voice
quality and its possible influence on language comprehension. The aim of this explorative …

Teachers adjust their voice levels under different classroom acoustics conditions, even in
the absence of background noise. Laboratory experiments have been conducted in order to …

This work investigated the relationships between room acoustics, background noise level,
and vocal effort of a speaker in simulated classrooms of various volumes. Under simulated …

Objectives This study aimed to determine the changes in self-reported voice and noise
condition over a follow-up of 4 days (equivalent to one working week), to define the …

Most European countries have regulatory requirements or guidelines for reverberation time
in classrooms which have the goal of enhancing speech intelligibility and reducing noise …

Objective: Our interest was in how teachers' voices behave during the delivery of lessons in
core subjects (eg, mathematics, science, etc.). We sought to evaluate the relationship …

Background noise and room acoustics may impede social interactions by interfering with
oral communication and other cognitive processes. Accordingly, recent research in school …

Objectives To investigate whether acoustical refurbishment of classrooms for elementary
and lower secondary grade pupils affected teachers' perceived noise exposure during …