Sound Management
Sound masking is the addition of an unobtrusive airflow-like background sound to a workspace. A masking sound that scrambles both the male and female human voice, this sound will cover or “mask” conversations in adjacent spaces.
Imagine you are in a darkened room and a child is flicking a flashlight on and off. The light is noticeable. Now imagine that the lights are on. The same flashlight is now unnoticed; it has been masked. This is how sound masking works.
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The sound produced by our sound management product mirrors the frequencies of human speech for optimal masking of conversations.
Where is sound masking used?
Sound masking is used anywhere speech privacy or speech confidentiality is desired or required and in any workspace to reduce distractions and improve productivity. The most typical installations are open office plans, private offices, and public spaces.
- Open Office Plans
Open offices are often either too quiet—hearing the occasional pin drop breaks concentration—or too noisy, the conversations of co-workers are distracting and affect productivity.
Installing our sound masking system is the first and most cost-effective step to improving speech privacy in your open office and a highly productive open office work environment with fewer distractions. Appropriate ceiling tiles and higher cubicle walls can further contribute to improved open office acoustics, but are often more costly and ineffective by themselves.
- Private Offices
Private offices and other enclosed spaces, while appearing to provide privacy, often do not. Frequently the walls are of lightweight materials or extend only to the ceiling tiles and not all the way to the ceiling deck. Often these decisions are made for cost reasons and for flexibility of reconfiguring the office space.
Adding a sound management system to a private office greatly improves speech privacy by rendering private conversations completely unintelligible to listeners in the adjacent office, hallway or at the water cooler.
- Public Spaces
Reception areas, pharmacies, waiting rooms, banks and public hallways next to private offices are all great candidates for sound masking systems. Without sound masking, private conversations can be heard in the adjacent public spaces. Installing a sound masking system renders private conversations unintelligible by nearby listeners, ensuring speech privacy.
Installing a sound masking system is the most cost-effective way to ensure speech privacy and comply with the speech privacy requirements of HIPAA and GLBA regulations.
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Our product is the only GreenSpec approved sound masking products on the market.
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Why was our product approved by GreenSpec?
Because it fits into the following categories/subcategories:
- Noise Control
- Reduces Material Use
- Exceptional durability/low maintenance requirements
- Conserves Energy
- Improves light quality, thermal comfort, thermal efficiency and controllability
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"I worked with several different vendors on our furniture needs and The ICE Team was highly professional, experienced and helpful. These attributes won the bid. They do an outstanding job."
- Chris Tourscher,
Brain Matters, Inc. |
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