Acoustics & Noise

Worried about your child listening to his walkman too loud with earphones and causing hearing loss? I just ran across info about a product called Kid'sEarSaver®  that "permanently attaches to headphones and reduces the volume of any connected sound device, including CD/DVD players, games, computers and stereos."

• Acoustical Society of America
• Acoustical Surfaces Inc. - News and Articles section contains some down to earth and understandable articles on evaluating Classroom Acoustics.  They've been kind enough to provide 5 abstracts for download.   1  2  3  4  5 
• Acoustics First Corp - Materials to control sound and eliminate noise
• Acoustics in Educational Settings - from ASHA. (Adobe Acrobat Reader required - get it here).
• Acoustic Resources - Features noise reduction product for chairs called "Quiet Feet".
• ANSI Standard S12.60-200, Acoustical Performance Criteria, Design Requirements and Guidelines for Schools
• Auditory Readiness Information Center - targeting prevention and occupational hearing loss as one of the greatest health threats to military forces. A USAF Audiology effort.
• American National Standards on Acoustics - Reference List
• Animations for Acoustics Education
• Bad Acoustics Impairing Learning
• Carpeting can be a good way to cut down on background noise. One of the issues that usually comes up when discussing carpeting is indoor air quality and problems for those with allergies. Here are some interesting article from the Carpet-Rug Institute about Carpet and Indoor Air Quality.
• Classroom Acoustics - From the Educational Audiology Association
• Classroom Acoustics Booklet - From NPC Quietnet. An excellent resource for "creating learning environments with desirable listening conditions."
• Classroom Acoustics Listserv - This listserv is for anyone who is interested in public/private school listening environment. Whether your a professional or parent this group will be sharing anything in this area. Classroom acoustics is being addressed on a national level, so what ever you can share about this issue will be of some value. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/classroomacoustics/
• Classroom Speech Intelligibility - They modeled a 40'x40'x10' (12m x 12m x 3m) classroom with three different acoustical conditions to show the effect of reverb time on speech intelligibility for an unaided talker.
• Comparison of SRT in Noise using Lab and Clinical Procedures
• Deafening Sounds
• Design Guidelines for General-Purpose Classrooms
• Design of Child Care Centers and Effects of Noise on Young Children
 
• Educational Facilities Research Bibliography - a bibliography of resources documenting various aspects of the effect of facilities on learning.
• Effects of Noise on Children's Learning
• FAQs about ... Classroom Acoustics
• Good Acoustics For A Better Learning Environment
• Home Page of Classroom Acoustics
• Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
• Let's Hear it for Learning
• Many Classrooms Have Bad Acoustics That Inhibit Learning 
• Modifying Classroom Acoustics
• National Center for Physical Acoustics
• New Standards Should Help Children in Noisy Classrooms
• Noise Articles Published in Hearing Rehabilitation Quarterly
• Noise Center of the League for Hard of Hearing
• Only 18 Percent Of Teachers Give Their Classroom An "A"
• Parents and Teachers Do-it Yourself Guide to Diagnosing Classroom Acoustics
• Progress Toward A New Standard on Classroom Acoustics for Children with Disabilities
• Speech Intelligibility Calculator
• Vibration and Waves Animations
• The Virtual Acoustics Project In The ISVR
• Understanding Noise
• World Forum for Acoustic-Ecology

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