Acoustic Solutions for Healthcare Facilities

The reception area is the first touchpoint and the earliest opportunity to welcome patients, ease their stress levels, and set the tone for the rest of their healthcare visit. Personal information ranging from health conditions to financial information is often shared here, making speech privacy essential.

These spaces are the "arteries" of healthcare institutions and witness sudden surges of hurried staff, medical equipment, and trolley beds – emergencies with high noise levels that can leak into patient rooms to cause anxiety and disturb rest.

Waiting rooms typically have large capacities and can reach considerable foot traffic. Adjacent conversations, constant movement, and loud mobile phone use can make high noise levels inevitable. A boisterous experience can quickly become bothersome for patients with long waiting times. Hygiene in these shared busy areas is also a critical concern.

Continuous high noise exposure can impact the focus and concentration of staff, cause them fatigue, and detrimentally influence their well-being over the long-term. High noise levels can also lead to miscommunication about key patient care information, which can result in critical medical errors.

Indoor environmental quality is the cornerstone of a comfortable healthcare space that allows for rest, and acoustics is a key parameter. And when it comes to discussing confidential healthcare conditions, conversational privacy is paramount in making patients feel at ease.

Communication and focus are critical parts of saving lives. Noise, such as that emanating from equipment, disturbs medical professionals' ability to collaborate and concentrate.