Ventac Ireland

Sound quality in offices, classrooms, meeting rooms, or any enclosed space can be compromised by high levels of reflected sound known as Reverberation. This phenomenon leads to a build-up of sound level within the space, which often has negative affects on speech communication and comfort levels.

In some environments, high levels of reverberation are welcome such as churches and concert halls for example. In schools, however high levels of reverberation are not desirable and can have many negative effects.

The sound of speech passes directly to the ears of the student via the direct sound path (as per illustration). Another part of the sound travels to various surfaces in the room and reaches students via reflected sound paths. This reflected sound reaches students from many directions at close intervals: thereby causing the reverberant effect.

To achieve the required acoustic environment for teaching Ventac supply and install stretch fabric systems and that can be applied to the walls and ceilings to achieve the required reverberation time of 0.5 – 0.8 seconds.

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