Environments|audio and visual

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Group Conversations: Who is speaking?

Conversations in group settings can be a challenge for individuals with hearing loss. Someone starts talking about a subject and at some point another person may ask a question or add information about that topic. Another person may ask a different question or introduce an entirely different topic. The discussions can change from topic to topic and back again. Oftentimes, people with hearing loss…

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Why restaurants are so loud, and what science says we can do about it

What do an acoustics professor, a food critic and an audio producer discuss at dinner? Noise, of course. This Washington Post article discusses "restaurant hearing loss," how noise affects the ears and brain, and what can help.

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Worship Space Acoustics

This article in Acoustics Today addresses the challenges, tools and tradeoffs of designing and managing acoustics in various worship spaces. It includes a discussion of speech clarity vs music quality and other issues.

Articles/Blog posts

Worship Space Acoustics

This article in Acoustics Today addresses the challenges, tools and tradeoffs of designing and managing acoustics in various worship spaces. It includes a discussion of speech clarity vs music quality and other issues.