Today, the effects of the indoor environment on occupants' health and comfort represent a
very important topic and requires a holistic approach in which the four main environmental …

Acoustic comfort is an essential need in all indoor environments where people stay for a
long time. Both residential buildings and yachts must guarantee a high level of acoustics …

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 …

The present study has investigated the occupational voice use of 27 female primary school
teachers over a four-day-follow-up. Sixty-one working-day voice samples were acquired with …

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 …

To promote a fast and effective characterization of the sound environment in small and
medium-sized classrooms, a basic measurement protocol, based on a minimum number of …

This work focuses on the evaluation of acoustical quality in high-school classrooms through
in-field measurements and self-reports. Two school buildings that differ in location and …

Although teachers' well-being and vocal health are affected by noise, research on classroom
sound environment from the teachers' perspective is scarce. This study investigated the …

Recent literature reports that a large percentage of teachers complain that teaching has an
adverse effect on their voice status. Thus, more needs to be done to study their vocal …

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 …