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Room Acoustics
Room acoustics are concerned with how the structural conditions of a room affect the noise phenomena occurring inside it.
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Sound Absorption/Reflection
We speak of sound absorption when a sound wave meets a soft, elastic or porous body and is wholly or partially absorbed. When this happens, sound energy is converted into heat. When a sound wave hits a hard object and is thrown back, the result is a sound reflection.
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Room Noise
Noise in a closed room which has already been reflected several times by the time it reaches the place where it is heard or measured.
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Acoustic Quality
Acoustic quality means the suitability of a room for particular types of sound. The acoustic quality of a room refers in particular to the communication of speech and musical performances to those parts of the room which are intended to be occupied by people.
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Speech Intelligibility
Basic criterion of acoustic quality in speech performance rooms. The subjective intelligibility of speech may be determined based on the percentage of correctly recognized syllables, words or sentences.
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