A Sound Effect on People
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A Sound Effect on People
A Sound Effect on People explores how we're all affected by sound, or to use a technical term, by acoustics. We'll investigate how poor acoustics can be disruptive, even harmful, while good acoustics can help us learn, work productively, even heal. We'll discover that our responses to sound are both...
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17 episodes
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Episode 15: The view from India - A Sound Effect in the Modern office
Welcome to Ecophon India’s first podcast. The agenda for the Podcast is - "Sound effect on people especially in Modern Indian offices”.
We are j...
Episode 14: More from ILETC
Welcome back to our podcast series, this episode is the second of our two-part series recorded at the Transitions Europe conference in September 2017...
Episode 13: Thoughts from ILETC: Improving learning environments
Welcome to the 13th podcast of our ‘A Sound Effect on People’ series. This episode is part one of a two-part series recorded at the Transitions Europe...
Episode 12: The Healing Office and workplace productivity
Stress and sick leave cause problems within the workplace not only for the employers, but for the employees as well. But can a ‘healing office’ increa...
Episode 11 - Acoustics and Offsite Construction
Welcome back to our 11th podcast. In this episode our concept developer Shane Cryer discusses the importance of meeting acoustic standards in Offsite...
Episode 10: WELLness and Biophilia
In the conclusion of our office mini-series we are joined by Sarah Welton from the WELL Building Institute to discuss how to create an working environ...
Episode 9 - Creativity and Technology
In our ninth podcast, part of our mini-series from Workplace Trends, we are joined by Nigel Oseland (@oseland) and Mike Adams (@supervideomike) as the...
Episode 8 - Office design: Putting the People First
Welcome back to the podcast. In this episode we explore how current work trends reward companies who focus on “Putting the People First”.
In thi...
Bonus episode: Office Design Trends for 2017 - recorded live at Workplace Trends.
On March 22nd at Kings Place, Ecophon sponsored the 15th year of Workplace Trends. As far back as 2012 the conference highlighted the connections bet...
Episode 7 - The future of acoustics in Healthcare and Education
Even before we are born, we are able to hear, and when we are at school, noise is an impediment to learning. In this new podcast we discuss health and...
Episode 6 - Sense and Space
Our concept developer from Ecophon South Africa, Lauren Kruger discusses with Dr Annemarie Lombard the research she discovered when analysing the effe...
Ecophon Podcast 5 - Silence
Sound can be described as having an “invisible presence” but is this negative or positive? If your neighbour is having a party and you want peace and...
Episode 4 - Sound Health - Part One
In this fourth episode of A Sound Effect on People, itself part one of two; we investigate the impact of good acoustic design in healthcare. Hospitals...
Episode 1 - Sound matters
Good acoustics changes lives. It facilitates the successful delivery of education in schools and universities. It enhances productivity and wellbeing...
Episode 3 - Sound Workplace
Good acoustics matters at work. It helps us concentrate, it reduces stress and it improves wellbeing, which in turn has a positive impact on the botto...
Episode 2 - Sound Education
Good acoustics in schools and higher education institutions is vital. It helps children and young people concentrate and learn, and it protects the he...