Open AccessThe effect of room acoustics on the sleep quality of healthy sleepers
Author(s) -
Ingo Fietze,
Charlotte Barthe,
M. Hölzl,
Martin Glos,
Sandra Zimmermann,
Ralf Bauer-Diefenbach,
Thomas Penzel
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
noise and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.344
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1998-4030
pISSN - 1463-1741
DOI - 10.4103/1463-1741.192480
Subject(s) - audiology , sleep (system call) , polysomnography , context (archaeology) , bedroom , morning , reverberation , crossover study , noise (video) , nocturnal , psychology , slow wave sleep , sleep quality , medicine , acoustics , anesthesia , insomnia , computer science , engineering , placebo , electroencephalography , psychiatry , physics , alternative medicine , artificial intelligence , image (mathematics) , pathology , biology , operating system , paleontology , civil engineering , apnea
Noise is one of the factors that can seriously disturb sleep, and sound volume is an important factor in this context. One strategy involves avoiding exposure to sounds in the night, while entail the minimization of background noise in a bedroom. The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of systematic sound attenuation on nocturnal sleep by influencing sound volume and reverberation within the context of room acoustics.