Acoustics can be confusing and often difficult to understand, our new jargon buster helps to explain all the technical terms you may come across when planning your next acoustics project!
Acoustics
The study of sound! (the science concerned with production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound)
Absorption Class
How well a product absorbs sound is rated on a scale from Class A to Class E, A being the best and E being the worst!
Airborne Sound
Sound which travels through the air, such as speech
Baffle
A type of acoustic panel suspended vertically from the ceiling
Ceiling Tile
Often seen in schools, ceiling tiles are a type of acoustic product installed to an existing suspended ceiling system
Decibel
The unit which we measure sound!
Echo
Cause by sound waves reflecting off a surface and back to the listener (A repetition of sound caused by sound waves reflecting off a surface)
HVAC
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning systems
Reverberation
Caused by sound waves reflecting off multiple surfaces after the original source of sound has stopped
Reverberation Time
The time in seconds if takes for a sound to decrease by 60dB
Raft
A type of acoustic panel suspended horizontally from the ceiling
Suspended Ceiling
A grid system installed below the buildings ceiling made up of interlocking sections which provide a gap for ceiling tiles; usually to hide HVAC systems
Speech Clarity
The quality of sound transfer from source to listener, it can depend on things such as reverberation time and background noise
Sound Privacy
Often used to describe how easy it is to hear other people’s conversations in open plan offices
Sound Absorption
The loss of sound energy when it meets an absorbent material such as an acoustic panel
Soundproofing (or sound insulating)
The process of stopping sound from entering or leaving a building or room
Impact Sound
Sound which travels through the buildings structure, such as footsteps
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