Room acoustics

Room Acoustics is defined by;

• Reverberation time
• Reverberant noise control
• Speech intelligibility (Speech Transmission Index, STI)
• Late acoustic reflections

The extent to room acoustics parameters will have to be considered and the extent of acoustic treatment required will depend upon:

• The use of the room or space and therefore an appropriate reverberation time for the use
• Whether or not noisy activities are expected in the room
• Whether or not speech intelligibility is fundamental to the use of the room, e.g.: general learning areas
• Whether the room or space is a specialist performance or recording or teaching space, or with large
• Dimensions and where late acoustic reflections are considered a risk