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AN INVESTIGATION OF CLASSROOM ACOUSTICS IN BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED IN DIFFERENT ERAS OF THE 20TH CENTURY

BELAND, MICHELLE LYNNE
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1054296040

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2003, MA, University of Cincinnati, Allied Health Sciences : Communication Sciences and Disorders.
Objective: To investigate the listening environment of classrooms and determine if they have changed over the past century. This hypothesis will be investigated through measurement of sound level readings, calculation of reverberation time, and documentation of the listening environment when each classroom is unoccupied. Methods: Ambient noise levels and reverberation time were measured for eighteen unoccupied classrooms. The classrooms studied included three buildings constructed in 1999-2001; four buildings constructed between 1906-1931, and two buildings constructed in 1960-1962. Two classrooms were measured from each building in the categories listed above. Results: The results indicated a significant correlation between construction age of the classrooms and reverberation time (RT) in the direction of better reverberation time after the 1960's. Surprisingly, there were no significant relationships found between RT and volume of the classrooms or ambient noise levels and age of the buildings sampled.
Dr. Doug Martin (Advisor)
40 p.
Health Sciences, Audiology
classroom; acoustics; reverberation; ambient noise level

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  • BELAND, M. L. (2003). AN INVESTIGATION OF CLASSROOM ACOUSTICS IN BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED IN DIFFERENT ERAS OF THE 20TH CENTURY [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1054296040

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • BELAND, MICHELLE. AN INVESTIGATION OF CLASSROOM ACOUSTICS IN BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED IN DIFFERENT ERAS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. 2003. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1054296040.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • BELAND, MICHELLE. "AN INVESTIGATION OF CLASSROOM ACOUSTICS IN BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED IN DIFFERENT ERAS OF THE 20TH CENTURY." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1054296040

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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