Acoustical parameters for learning in classroom: A review

G Minelli, GE Puglisi, A Astolfi - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
A review on the reference values of the acoustical parameters that have the greatest
influence on students' performance at different ages has been completed in this study …

[HTML][HTML] Indoor soundscape, speech perception, and cognition in classrooms: A systematic review on the effects of ventilation-related sounds on students

M Pellegatti, S Torresin, C Visentin, F Babich… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Good air quality in classrooms, achieved through natural or mechanical ventilation, is
necessary for students' health and cognition, but might simultaneously expose them to …

Effect of masks on speech intelligibility in auralized classrooms

P Bottalico, S Murgia, GE Puglisi, A Astolfi… - The Journal of the …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
This study explored the effects of wearing face masks on classroom communication. The
effects of three different types of face masks (fabric, surgical, and N95 masks) on speech …

Environmental quality of university classrooms: Subjective and objective evaluation of the thermal, acoustic, and lighting comfort conditions

P Ricciardi, C Buratti - Building and Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Questionnaires are an important tool for analyzing the thermo-hygrometric, acoustic, and
lighting conditions of indoor environments. In the present work thermal, acoustical, and …

A new index combining thermal, acoustic, and visual comfort of moderate environments in temperate climates

C Buratti, E Belloni, F Merli, P Ricciardi - Building and Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Students spend a lot of time at school, highlighting the great importance of providing
comfortable conditions in educational buildings. Indoor environmental conditions are also …

Influence of classroom acoustics on noise disturbance and well-being for first graders

A Astolfi, GE Puglisi, S Murgia, G Minelli… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Several studies have shown so far that poor acoustics inside classrooms negatively affects
the teaching and learning processes, especially at the lowest grades of education. However …

Effect of reverberation and noise type on speech intelligibility in real complex acoustic scenarios

GE Puglisi, A Warzybok, A Astolfi, B Kollmeier - Building and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Enhanced speech intelligibility in realistic acoustic scenarios guarantees effective
communication. Noise and reverberation degrade speech intelligibility, but the combined …

Noise, age, and gender effects on speech intelligibility and sentence comprehension for 11-to 13-year-old children in real classrooms

N Prodi, C Visentin, E Borella, IC Mammarella… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The present study aimed to investigate the effects of type of noise, age, and gender on
children's speech intelligibility (SI) and sentence comprehension (SC). The experiment was …

Cross-modal effects of noise and thermal conditions on indoor environmental perception and speech recognition

W Yang, HJ Moon - Applied Acoustics, 2018 - Elsevier
Cross-modal effects of noise and thermal conditions on subjective indoor environmental
perception and speech recognition were investigated with 24 native Korean speakers in an …

Effects of speech style, room acoustics, and vocal fatigue on vocal effort

P Bottalico, S Graetzer, EJ Hunter - … Journal of the Acoustical Society of …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Vocal effort is a physiological measure that accounts for changes in voice production as
vocal loading increases. It has been quantified in terms of sound pressure level (SPL). This …