Educational buildings

It is well known that hearing in noisy situations is more challenging than in quiet environments. This holds true for adults and …

This contribution is part of the research topic ‘Acoustics in the Built Environment: a Challenge for Improving the Quality of Life’. It presents results from an extensive room acoustics and long-term in-isut measurements in primary schools and preschools in Germany, i.e., classrooms and playrooms, respectively. Measurement setup included adult and child HATSs in comparison to an omnidirectional microphone. Results highlight some of the nuances in the choice of transducers in measurements and potential benefits of psychoacoustic parameters when more comprehensively characterizing the noise environments in educational institution from children’s perspectives.