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Effects of acoustical ceiling panel type: Vertical sound isolation

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Testing conducted for this article used a consistent, baseline, concrete floor slab and three suspended acoustic panel ceilings of different material types, weights, and acoustic performances to investigate the potential effect an acoustic ceiling has on the noise isolation performance of the overall floor-ceiling assembly.

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In pursuit of acoustical equity

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Organizations need to implement strategies to not only keep staff safe and healthy, but also happy and productive enough within their working environment that they actually want to come in. Figure 1: The person (green) in Room 1 speaks at a ‘Casual’ level, while the person (red) in Room 2 uses a ‘Normal’ level ( i.e. per Pearsons).

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