"It's Complicated" - 10 Things That Make Acoustics Confusing
Acoustics is one of those subjects that people just find it hard to "get". Barely a week goes by without someone telling me that...
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Samantha Hathway
Aug 6, 20191 min read
Acoustics in the Future - 10 Interesting Facts....
On 15 April 2016, the great and the good of the acoustics world gathered at the Royal Society in London to discuss the future of research...
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Samantha Hathway
Aug 6, 20193 min read
Fine Tuning and Fine Dining - Restaurant Acoustics
The architecture of the typical restaurant of today does little to contribute to a pleasant acoustic environment. Wooden or tiled...
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Samantha Hathway
Aug 6, 20193 min read
Workplace Acoustics - How to Cope with Today's Multi-Functional Office
In today’s workplace, one of the top staff complaints is the inability to concentrate due to noise levels. As an acoustic consultancy...
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Samantha Hathway
Aug 5, 20196 min read
Sound Asleep - Hotel Acoustics
One of the most basic functions of a hotel is to ensure guests relax in relatively tranquil surroundings. Noise of the wrong kind can be...
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Samantha Hathway
Aug 5, 20193 min read
Room Acoustics
Reverberation is an important issue within room acoustics and is well known to affect both speech intelligibility and the music quality...
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Samantha Hathway
Aug 5, 20193 min read
Acoustics & The Convenience Store
The rapid spread of convenience stores across the UK passed under many people’s radars, as our shopping habits gradually reverted back to...
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Samantha Hathway
Aug 5, 20191 min read
Workplace Acoustics Seminar
The design of workplaces is constantly evolving and varies from occupier to occupier, with each design requiring a bespoke acoustic...
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Samantha Hathway
Aug 5, 20191 min read
Soundbites No 3 – A nice row of trees is an effective acoustic screen: true or false?
As usual, the answer is not straightforward. If we are looking at sound reduction in dB, then foliage is pretty poor at providing...
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Samantha Hathway
Aug 5, 20192 min read
Soundbites No 2 – Why does my voice ‘carry’ so far when the office is quiet?
Well, the short answer is – it doesn’t. In fact, your voice travels the same distance, whether the office is noisy or quiet. The element...
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Samantha Hathway
Aug 5, 20192 min read
Soundbites No 1 – Three Handy Acoustic Facts
Today heralds the first of many Soundbites, a fortnightly series of quick facts, useful snippets, dispelled myths, unrealised truths,...
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Samantha Hathway
Jul 24, 20195 min read
What’s a Decibel, and How Loud is Too Loud?
According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica a Decibel (dB), is "the unit for expressing the ratio between two physical quantities, usually...
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