Sound - Room Attenuation in Direct Sound Fields

Room size, absorption characteristics - and attenuation in direct sound fields.

Typical Rooms and their Absorption Characteristics

Hard - bath rooms, large churches, gymnasiums, factories
Average - private homes, concert halls, restaurants, offices, conference rooms, hotel rooms, school rooms, hospitals, libraries, churches, reception rooms
Soft - radio and TV studios, theaters

Example - Sound Attenuation in an "Average" Room

The sound attenuation in an "average" room with surface 100 m² (1076 ft²) can be estimated from the diagram above to be approximately

5 dB

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Sound - Room Attenuation in Direct Sound Fields

Room size, absorption characteristics - and attenuation in direct sound fields.

Typical Rooms and their Absorption Characteristics

Example - Sound Attenuation in an "Average" Room

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