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Healthcare Study Links Noise to Patient Satisfaction

by ABD Engineering and Design | Acoustics

For years, the healthcare industry has used patient satisfaction surveys to gauge hospital performance and to identify ways for improving the healing environment. And the industry's standard surveyor, Press Ganey Satisfaction Surveys, has always shown the number one...

Acoustics By Design Receives Best of Award for Acoustical Engineering

by Kenric Van Wyk | Acoustics

Acoustics By Design has been selected for a 2009 "Best of" Award in the Acoustical Engineering category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA). The "Best of Local Business" Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the...

Hotel Room Noise Isolation = A Good Night’s Rest

by ABD Engineering and Design | Acoustics

Due to the nature of our work and the locations of our clients, we are always traveling. One thing that I've noticed in my many years at ABD is that there is a vast difference in the quality of the rooms at any given hotel. When I check in, I have a few requests that...

Your Conversation with your Doctor may not be as Private as you Think

by ABD Engineering and Design | Acoustics

While I was at the doctor's office the other day, I was allowed to listen to a conversation between a doctor and another patient. Was I in the room with them? I didn't have to be. The sound isolation between exam rooms was so poor that I could hear virtually...

Collaboration – The New Buzzword in University Acoustics

by ABD Engineering and Design | Acoustics

The education methods used in today's universities are rapidly changing, and as the methods change, so does the architecture. The big buzz right now is creating "collaborative spaces for learning". Traditional push down models of teacher-to-student lectures are being...

Gymnasium Acoustics | The Multi-Use Problem

by ABD Engineering and Design | Acoustics

Gymnasiums often end up being multi-use spaces. Of course, they are used for competitive sporting events, for team practice, recreation, and for Phys Ed classes. But they are also used for school addresses, commencement ceremonies, band and choir concerts, and more....

Healthcare Study Links Noise to Patient Satisfaction

Acoustics By Design Receives Best of Award for Acoustical Engineering

Hotel Room Noise Isolation = A Good Night’s Rest

Your Conversation with your Doctor may not be as Private as you Think

Collaboration – The New Buzzword in University Acoustics

Gymnasium Acoustics | The Multi-Use Problem

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