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Issue Brief

Going Quiet: Best Practices
March 2014 ∘ Issue Brief

As part of the noise toolbox, in this issue brief you will learn about how excessive noise can negatively impact patients and staff in the hospital environment, ways to improve patients’ perception of sound, and low-cost, medium-cost, and high-cost design strategies that can reduce noise.
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Project Brief

Acoustical Wall Treatment Helps Improve HCAHPS Scores for Patient Satisfaction in ED Pilot
August 2015 ∘ Project Brief

Learn about: how one hospital’s emergency room pilot project increased patient satisfaction, the standards developed post-pilot to decrease noise transfer to other areas of the hospital, and why having design changes on paper may not be enough.
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Interview

Treating Noise at the Source, an interview with Ken Roy, PhD
October 2014 ∘ Interview

Learn about: the key noise issues facing the industry today, design strategies that can be implemented to mitigate noise, the problems with spaces that are too quiet.
Blog

Don't Forget The Walls!
November 2014 ∘ Blog

In the ongoing battle to reduce noise in hospital patient units, much attention has been paid to the floor and the ceiling. Over the years, several case studies have shown that sound-absorbing ceiling tile and carpet can help significantly reduce excess noise on a unit. But what about the walls?