2024
No
Teachers’ and Children’s Experiences after an Acoustic Intervention and a Noise-Controlling Workshop in Two Elementary Classrooms
https://doi.org/10.1159/000503231
Pirilä, Sirpa
Europe
Experimental
Students
Teachers
Elementary (K-5)
Noise
Hearing
Stress/Anxiety
Job satisfaction
Teacher
Voice
Voice symptoms
Activity noise
Acoustics
Noise control
classroom
Workshop
In two Finnish elementary classrooms, teachers with voice symptoms and their students participated in an acoustic and behavioral noise intervention. Post-intervention surveys showed reduced vocal symptoms and noise annoyance, highlighting the role of acoustics and noise awareness in improving classroom communication.
2020