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School kids show the way to mediating noise disputes
The suprising and innovative uses for birdsong
"Building in Sound" Whitepaper pushes for integrated approach to sound
Interview with Wolfgang Babisch
How far do you speak in the office?
Better acoustics required for non-native language speakers
Quarterly newsletter available online
Office workers react to acoustics in new survey
Noise and disease symposium - what we know and what we need to know
Lecture room acoustic transformation in Poland
Being ill in the sound intensive ICU
Classroom acoustics focus at the Education Show, UK
Urban sounds and noise not new but an increasing problem
The Big Noise Survey
Room acoustics a topic for German FMs
Stolen Futures Campaign for Deaf Children
Emotional stress may affect sound perception
Room acoustics live on air in France
Quarterly newsletter available online
Workplace distractions in open plan - an epidemic?
Fun Balloon Pops can make robust acoustic data easy to understand!
Birds are mimicking sirens and other sounds!
Groundbreaking series of four Sound Education international seminars now completed in 2012
Study App with soothing soundscape to assist students' concentration
Coping strategies when living with tinnitus
Why listening is so much more than hearing.....
New approach to Annual UK Acoustic conference
Now over 1000 members of Acoustic Bulletin Group on LinkedIn
Quarterly newsletter available online
Common hospital sounds affect patients' sleep and heart rates
"Sound Education" events creating debate and awareness
World's first Acoustic lesson to be streamed live to classrooms
Stem cells to cure deafness
CleanMed conference on sustainable healthcare -
Study on well-being, productivity and leadership in open offices
Heart Health Important to Hearing
World Green Building Week
Working in open spaces can make you sick
The mystery of the "cocktail party" effect solved!
The sound of silence and its value and benefits in the classroom
"Why architects need to use their ears" - TED talk
Highest sound levels at this summers Olympics
Quarterly newsletter available online
Anechoic chamber in the U.S is 99.99% sound absorbent!
Sleep in the ICU – review of current knowledge
Essex Study co author presents at "Sound Education" seminar
Mapping of the sound environment of an ICU room – and patient perceptions
Acoustics are top of the class after triple awards win
Acoustic awareness raised at EFMC2012
Listening Matters in Building and Room Acoustics by Monika Rychtáriková
INTER-NOISE 2012 in New York coming up August 19-22!
The joint Baltic-Nordic Acoustics Meeting 2012 in Odense, Denmark
Limitations of reverberation time in non-diffuse conditions
Open plan offices at Euronoise 2012
Acoustics and sustainable building session at Euronoise
Conference facilities and their acoustic qualities
Classroom Acoustics sessions at Euronoise 2012
Sport Hall Acoustics session at Euronoise 2012
First impressions from Euronoise 2012 in Prague
Launch of Essex Study Final Report
"Sound Education" seminar in London
Quarterly newsletter available online
How does it actually sound in classrooms with different acoustic treatments?
Prepare yourself for EURONOISE 2012!
Award winning ICU design 2011
DAGA 2012 - 38th German Annual Conference on Acoustics
The 18th Annual International Noise Awareness Day – April 25!
Acoustics 2012 in Nantes April 23-27
The 4 ways sound affects us - TED-video
Stonehenge design inspired by sounds?
Acoustics in german semi-open school
Acoustic Bulletin LinkedIN group more than 700 members
Copenhagen Municipality leads the way for the wellbeing of day care teachers
40% of students experience problems with their sound environment during their education
Protect your hearing with antioxidants
New open plan office ISO-standard published
Quarterly newsletter available online
Communication most common activity in emergency department
What is up with Noises?
New open plan office standard reaches publication stage
Noisy toys can damage childrens' hearing
What we see affects how we perceive sound at work
Great white sharks are less aggressive when listening to ACDC!
Epidemic Sound - the world's biggest non-affiliated music library
Quarterly Newsletter Available Online
EIAS 2011 - a brief summary
Acoustics, sustainability and green buildings workshop at EIAS 2011
Watch the interviews from EIAS 2011
Auralisation workshop at EIAS 2011
Educational premises workshop at EIAS 2011
Hospital Acoustics at the EIAS 2011 healthcare workshop
EIAS Workshop - Open plan office acoustics
Interview with Lily M. Wang - EIAS 2011
Interview with Erica E. Ryherd - EIAS 2011
Interview with Andrew Parkin - EIAS 2011
SHAPE THE PUBLIC ROOM WITH SOUND
Interview with Claus Møller Petersen - EIAS 2011
Interview with Kerstin Persson Waye - EIAS 2011
Interview with James Whitlock - EIAS 2011
Interview with Valtteri Hongisto - EIAS 2011
Jordanstown SEN School for children who are deaf or visually impaired.
Interviews from EIAS2011 on youtube
Follow EIAS 2011 on Twitter
Hearing screening across Europe
Quarterly Newsletter Available Online
Ecophon International Acousticians' Seminar 2011 (EIAS 2011)
Acoustic Design of open-plan offices
Acoustic Bulletin over 300 members on LinkedIN
Open-plan session - Forum Acusticum 2011
Forum Acusticum 2011 - Aalborg - Denmark
Sharing EU classroom acoustic research in the US
Sickness absence associated with shared and open-plan offices
conference on future hopsitals and healthcare buildings
New Line Learning Academy– an acoustic case study visit
Noise Action Week 2011 - focus on noise and schools
Acoustic Bulletin Youtube Channel
ICU Staff become more relaxed
See the new video about Room Acoustic Comfort
Quarterly Newsletter Available Online
Design – for the eye and the ear
Six ways to get more peace in the office
Behavioural change for birds when exposed to more noise......
Acoustic focus at UK schools conference
Too noisy to sleep? Let the hospital know.
Expert Meeting on Acoustics in Sports Halls in Holland
Teachers unaware of effect of poor classroom acoustics on learning
IOA fights to save schools' acoustic standards
Master Class Room Acoustic Measurements and 3D Auralisation
Traffic noise increases risk of stroke
Breakthrough in tinnitus research
Acoustic design of open-plan offices
Groundbreaking School Acoustic Design Symposium
Design as a medicine in an ICU
Engine noise on planes diminishes our sense of taste
Some chemicals are noiser than others?
Acoustic Bulletin Mobile Introduced
In search of the sound of silence.......
Instant translation available on Acoustic Bulletin
AudioTools for iPhone
Noise at work bad for your heart
A Busy – but quiet – kitchen
Ecophon Acoustic Bulletin News
Better acoustic comfort in new operating theatres
Nation gripped by sports hall acoustics
New thesis! Room acoustics and cognitive load when listening to speech
Hearing protection devices - now just an unpleasant memory
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health research and guidance in Offices
Improved working environment in school sports hall
Judge the sound environment in cafés or restaurants!
Acoustics in Construction 2010 and 2011 conference
Listening to Music While Working Hurts Performance
Integrated acoustic design in remodelled schools
It's ok for kids to fully enjoy themselves - outdoors, at least!
ISSA 2010 symposium on sustainability - Early bird closure date!
Inter-noise 2011 Osaka, Japan - interview with organisers
Noise in warehouses and open plan solutions
Dr. Maria Klatte - focusing on specific needs for young listeners
Interview with Valtteri Hongisto from the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
"The 24th April Bridge" creates a unique acoustic experience at conference
Interview with Claus Lynge of Odeon
Caught up with Kerstin Persson-Waye
Interview with Lau Nijs from the Netherlands
Lotta Johansson about ICU delirium
INTERVIEW WITH ANNA PREIS
Healing environments in intensive care units
The sound of Vuvuzela's - The most annoying sound in the world
Interview with Jesper Kristiansen
Interview with Richard Ballinger from Denmark
Interview with Patrick Boussard from Genesis
Interview with Ondrej Jiricek, President of Czech Acoustic Society
Continue exploring more interviews and reports on AB
Bem-vindo à Lisboa! Welcome to Lisbon!
1200 participants have signed in for Internoise
Interview with David Pelegrin-Garcia. Technical University of Denmark
5 short questions - with Ann Charlotte Thysell
Reporting live from INTER-NOISE 2010 conference (13th-16th June)
Sustainability also includes acoustics!
Listen to the world's first audio recording!
Exchange and download free of charge sounds
Rock star collaborates to showcase the theraputic sounds of special places
Sound Planning - web portal to be explored
Acoustic city planners wanted!
Sound Tourism
Interested in how sound is processed by the brain?
International Noise Awareness Day April 28, 2010
Joint Belgium and UK Acoustics symposium at Ghent University
Nine sound-smart steps to a conversation-friendly Sweden
The ICU patient room - a healing environment (new study)
ISO/DIS 3382-3 Draft for Open plan offices
Updated standard for Kindergartens in Germany
Have you registered for INTERNOISE 2010 in Lisbon?
ASA conference Baltimore USA
Research shows teachers would prioritise acoustics way above other criteria regarding comfort in the indoor environment
TV commercials up to 20dB louder
CEHAPE
Huge media attention in Sweden for report on sound environment
Mosque gives a remarkable acoustic response
Study shows that musicians are better in distinguishing sounds in background noise
Acoustic Bulletin on Linkedin
A better sound environment made the hospital staff more satisfied
World Learning Environments Conference - Acoustics, furniture and flexible spaces
Work noise increases risk of hearing loss
One in three school-children with hearing problems
Interesting facts and good advice about hearing impairements
Full report Euronoise
Thank you Edinburgh and goodbye Euronoise 2009.....
Sound in open plan offices - according to Andrew Parkin
A new type of absorber for use by classical musicians in rehearsal rooms
A Local Authority who prioritise acoustics in classrooms
Test codes for sound absortpion measurements
IMPRESSIONS EURONOISE
Reverberation Time is not enough....
Is it possible to create a good working environment in open plan offices
The results of the NICe study
Comparison of two primary school classrooms before and after acoustical treatment
Acoustic Comfort in Architecture
Acoustic and noise control in hospitals – an important subject in Iceland
A preview on Lectures
More participants than ever before...
Some impressions from the exhibition area
Edinburgh this morning - Euronoise has begun
ecophon live @euronoise
7 tips for a better sound in your office
New ways for relaxation in the open-plan office!
Acoustics at Healthcare conference
JOINTLY ORGANISED SYMPOSIUM: SPEECH COMFORT, ACOUSTICS AND LEARNING
The Sound guide - a support to design well-functioning hospitals
BBC See Hear Programme - Users views regarding acoustic improvements at Sweyne Park School in the UK
ECOPHON UK HEALTHCARE CONFERENCE, 9th SEPT
New book on modern sounds!
Interesting article on auralization of spaces
Zebrafish might save human hearing!
“Noise movie” – a way to visualise noise in the community
Meet the editors of Acoustic Bulletin
Schools can't just look good...
ICSV '2009
Can the sound of a voice move a skyscraper?
Test Code for sound absorption measurements.
Acoustics in Healthcare Environments - Notes from IOA Conference
A Unique Acoustical Experience At The Palais de la Découverte, IN PARIS
Euronoise 2009 (Edinburgh) 26-28 October
2009 TINNITUS DISCOVERY in New Zealand
Evidence Based Design – quieter hospitals improve patient outcomes
Grand Designs on School Acoustics
Shopping music – influencing you either you like it or not!
I.O.A. TO HOLD "ACOUSTICS IN HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENTS" MEETING, in JUNE 2009
Noise Action Week (UK) 18-22 May 2009
11 COMMANDMENTS TO PROTECT YOUR HEARING
PETER ZUMTHOR GETS PRITZKER PRIZE
NOISE and TEMPORARY DEAFNESS
Open-plan offices - An intervention study
BCSE Acoustics Advisory Group - BB93 Review
Only 1 of 10 Swedish local authorities has an action plan towards noise in schools
Acoustics in Rotterdam
EAA Auralization Symposium coming up in Finland
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SLEEP IN AN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT?
Guidelines for Community Noise - WHO
Can open-plan offices really be that bad?
Let the beat of the music maximise your training
Noise-related stress is a significant public health hazard
Acoustic rating system for cafés and restaurants in New Zealand
Swedish study on hearing impairment and tinnitus among school staff
NOISE IN THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (NICU)
PATIENTS RISK SLEEP PROBLEMS FROM NOISE IN HOSPITAL CRITICAL CARE UNITS
Campaign to reduce noise in Neonatal Units
Question: Can Botox cure tinnitus?
WHAT YOU CAN HEAR, SEVEN YEARS OLD ?
Reverberation time alone is not enough!
The Essex School Study - optimum classroom acoustics
Poor room acoustics impairs sport teachers´ hearing
Acoustics in call centres - still a hot topic in France
Develop the sound of Room Acoustic Comfort™
VOICE DISORDERS AMONG TEACHERS AS AN OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE
Less noise - less need for pain medication
Noise inside incubators - quietest hour 49 dB(A)!
HTM 08-01 NEW UK ACOUSTIC GUIDANCE FOR HEALTHCARE
PUT SOUND WHERE YOU WANT IT!
AU REVOIR PARIS AND MERCI ACOUSTICS '08
THOUGHTS ABOUT OPEN PLAN SPACES STANDARD 3382-3
Alarms in hospitals – a chaotic sound environment
Action on Noise in Europe
Discussions in the corridor
Influence of noise on patient’s sleep
Can architecture be heard?
Conclusions from the Healthcare Acoustic Session
UK's new acoustic guidance document and the future of UK hospital design
Eliminating environmental stressors
Hot news about Open Office Acoustics
Every decibel counts!
Colin Campbell, Concept Developer - Education, Ecophon UK and Ireland
Simplified room acoustic measurement
The end of the second day and it's time to head back to the hotel.
Two personal experiences of the conference
Latest news from research on noise, sleep and intensive care
Why is Odeon at Acoustics' 08?
Why do we need standards?
Third floor activities
This morning's summary - speech privacy in healthcare premises
Our morning walk to the conference
The conference has begun. Some impressions so far...
Acoustics' 08, the first day
Acoustics' 08 - the weather in Paris
Acoustics '08 in Paris... the countdown has begun
Ecophon presentations at Acoustics '08
Major funding for noise research in the Swedish workplace
New Swedish standard
IIt's going to be crowded in Paris this summer
Acoustics' 08 programme online now!
Swedish study on noise in schools
Noise in Danish daycare institutions
OSA 2008
ABSORBING TRANSPARENCY - A WINNING THEME
Swedish Television publish checklist for quieter school canteens
NEW DUTCH STANDARD SOON IN ENGLISH
Meeting with the Acoustical Society of America.
HAVE YOU REGISTERED FOR ACOUSTICS'08 IN PARIS?
Speech and hearing in learning environments
Goodbye Madrid and thank you ICA
Perceived loudness hardly decrease with distance! From ICA 2007 in Madrid.
Sustainable design and acoustics at ICA 2007 in Madrid
A new Dutch standard has seen daylight! Presented at ICA 2007 in Madrid!
Modern conditions for modern teaching and good classroom acoustics reduce working stress! Presentations at ICA 2007 in Madrid.
International Symposium on Room Acoustics (ISRA 2007 Sevilla)
Acoustic ergonomics in schools
"New descriptors for open offices are needed – NOW!"
INTERVIEWS - LISTEN TO OR SEE THE EXPERTS
More open-plan office acoustics
"What is sustainable acoustics"
"Some impressions sofar"
"How you improve speech privacy in open-plan offices"
Take acoustic design more seriously.
"highly intelligible background speech of 55 dB(A) impairs cognitive performance"
HIGHLIGHTS OF DAY 1
ICA MADRID 2007
ECOPHON LIVE AT ICA MADRID 2007
Speech and Hearing in Learning Environments
How sensitive are you to noise?
Successful open plan office acoustics sessions at Noise at Work Forum in Lille, France
CD music is getting louder
Daytime noise makes birds sing at night instead
Sound in open plan offices – update
Ecophon presents at Acoustic conferences
Noise in hospitals - the inconvenient truth
International Noise Awareness Day
"Acoustics in offices" gathered more than a hundred in Paris
Aural Architecture - Spaces and Humans
True insulation performance between offices - Canadian guidelines
Great interest for NF S31-080 in France
Symposium on Room Acoustics
ICA 2007
inter-noise 2007
Test your hearing at home
Sound in Open-Plan Offices - a Nordic Project
Noise at work - Symposium in Lille France
sound control for improved outomes in healthcare
Vomiting is the most horrible sound ever!
Sound amplification in classrooms
Spaces speak, are you listening? - New book on acoustics
Inter-Noise 2006
More resources for future acoustic research in Denmark
Acoustic Ergonomics of Schools
Office design’s influence on job satisfaction
BNAM 2006: Workshop on Classroom Acoustics
Baltic-Nordic Acoustic Conference in Gothenburg
Good acoustics with Wall Panels
Background to the European Standard EN 12354, part 6
conference on health care buildings
Short overview of acoustic building performance standards
Two days of Room Acoustics
"How to specify Acoustic Design"
"Exchange of Knowledge"
Snapshots: Acousticians' Seminar
Struggling to Communicate in a Noisy Cafeteria
The Future of STI
Media Coverage of the Seminar
Take a look at the Acousticians' Seminar
Knowledge and Network
"Create Sound Policies"
"When I really want to think I go to the bathroom"
“Change focus – noise is not a killer”
International Acoustician's Seminar about to begin
Ecophon International Acoustician's Seminar online
Room acoustic measures for non-sabine spaces
Can cellular offices be more fit for communication?
Room acoustics tool added to Finnish Standard SFS 5907
European Directive bans excessive reverberant noise
When children start to hear, room acoustics becomes critical
XL size office screens
Noise kills!
Extensive research on Open Plan acoustics
From 11 to 3 s - extreme reverberation control
ECOTECT - Acoustic analysis and visualisation software
Designing for Pupils with Special Educational Needs
Classroom acoustics publications from ASA
Noise reduction by reducing reverberation time in day-care centres
Baltic-Nordic Acoustics Meeting, 8-10 November
Intelligible Measurements!
Acoustics, cognitive load and learning in speech communication
Nordic acoustic consultancy firms investigate open plan acoustics
Few seats available to "Innovations in room acoustics"
Classroom Acoustics - a unique forum for experts and end-users
Solutions for impact and noise
Special website for Ecophon 5th International Acousticians' Seminar
DIN 18041 now available in English
Comprehensive piece of literature on acoustics for educational premises now available in German
Room acoustics developments pointed out at Euronoise last week
Increasing awareness of noise levels in educational premises at Euronoise in Tampere
Improved acoustics reduce risks in Healthcare premises
CNN and AP quotes Ecophon study on acoustics in healthcare premises
Going beyond the requirements of BB 93?
5 key lectures on speech privacy at next ASA conference
1 dB makes a difference!
Breakthroughs in standardisation in Nordic countries
Ear and hearing explained and illustrated
Teaching styles put new requirements on classrooms
Challenging acoustics in music clubs
New French standard on office acoustics
Ecophon 5th International Acousticians' Seminar
Looking for criteria?
Assessment of noise with respect to its effect on the intelligibility of speech
"Speech privacy: minimise sound propagation"
Room acoustics' influence on sleep
50 years of speech privacy
Reverberation time vs. amount of absorption in DIN 18041
Call centre room acoustics
Listening architects
Norwegian standard NS 8175 now in English
Man and noise network - firsts meeting in Stockholm
TS 26:6 - noise from IT equipment
Discrete acoustic solution for old and genuine premises
Noise Levels in hospitals increase
Effects of reverberation on conversation in rooms
ISO 18233: Use of new measurement methods
Initiatives for sports people
STI Standard References
Meeting architectural and acoustics needs
“Stop that noise”: What was done?
Daily press looks at open plan Acoustics
Sound and architecture
Web resource on music acoustics rewarded
"Sound absorption: Reduce unwanted speech"
Review on the effect of reverberation time
Sound and man in office environments
Stop that noise!
See it with your eyes; hear it with your ears! - RT demonstration
Find the right acoustic conferences!
Quiet, please! - Acoustic and ergonomic working conditions for effective teaching
The physics of reverberation
The burden of noise - all in a day's work for teachers and pupils
Pioneer Norwegian standard on acoustic classification revised
American Standard on classroom acoustics now available online free of charge
CE marking of Ecophon products
Ecophon Edge - a newcomer for free hanging suspended ceiling islands
Hygiene and Lavanda T5 - a washable solution from Ecophon
New Finnish standard specifies sound conditions in buildings
Speech can be a source of disturbance at work
Noise in schools – a new study on the effect of room acoustics on teaching and learning
New Finnish standard specifies sound conditions in buildings
Combined effect of acoustical screens and acoustic ceiling
“What is important for planning a quiet office work place?”
(European) Acoustic Dictionary
Leading Swedish acoustic consultancy grows
Sonoises - an acoustic retreat
New research into the Effects of Noise
Room acoustics in health care
New Regulations Could help Thousands of Children
Are you designing a school and need room acoustic details?
To what extent does a ceiling contribute to privacy between work stations?
Ecophon Master E in science labs – Scientific test for Ecophon panels
Ecophon presents two papers at Inter-Noise 2005
Future offices – people and environment
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