From schools to universities and early learning centres, powerful education acoustics shape spaces where distractions fade, focus sharpens, and learning and well-being rise hand in hand.

Sounds Beautiful.

The value of optimised education acoustics

86,4%

of children said they could hear their teacher more clearly in an acoustically-treated room*

80%

the reduction in stress-related symptoms after an acoustic intervention in a pre-school**

0,63

the speech transmission index of teachers in a treated classroom, allowing for normal vocal efforts***

Case studies in education acoustics

  • Lincoln University Medical School Design | Case Studies
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COPaG High School, Prague, Czech Republic

Ing. Jiří Tencar, Ph.D., ECOTEN s.r.o., 2023

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    * Peng, Jianxin, Siu-Kit Lau, and Yiming Zhao. 2020. “Comparative Study of Acoustical Indices and Speech Perception of Students in Two Primary School Classrooms with an Acoustical Treatment.” Applied Acoustics 164 (July): 107297–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2020.107297.

    ** Persson Waye, Kerstin, and Jonas Karlberg. 2021. “Sound Quality Characteristics of Importance for Preschool Children’s Perception and Wellbeing after an Acoustic Intervention.” Frontiers in Built Environment 7 (June). https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2021.688836.

    *** Konca Saher, Mızrap Bulunuz, Jonida Kelmendi, and Sezin Nas. 2023. “Assessment of Speech Intelligibility during Different Teaching Activities in Classrooms with and without Acoustic Treatment.” Applied Acoustics 207 (May): 109346–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2023.109346.