Exploring the effect of sound and music on health in hospital settings: A narrative review

TO Iyendo - International journal of nursing studies, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Background Sound in hospital space has traditionally been considered in negative terms as
both intrusive and unwanted, and based mainly on sound levels. However, sound level is …

Sound as a supportive design intervention for improving health care experience in the clinical ecosystem: A qualitative study

TO Iyendo - Complementary therapies in clinical practice, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Purpose Most prior hospital noise research usually deals with sound in its noise facet and is
based merely on sound level abatement, rather than as an informative or orientational …

Assessing the perceived indoor acoustic environment quality across building occupants in a tertiary-care public hospital in Singapore

B Lam, EMP Fan, K Ooi, ZT Ong, JY Hong… - Building and …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Although hospitals are notorious for poor acoustics, the acoustic environment is usually
evaluated in silos, or in conjunction with few indoor environmental quality (IEQ) factors. With …

On the effectiveness of facial expression recognition for evaluation of urban sound perception

Q Meng, X Hu, J Kang, Y Wu - Science of The Total Environment, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Sound perception studies mostly depend on questionnaires with fixed indicators. Therefore,
it is desirable to explore methods with dynamic outputs. The present study aims to explore …

Can the physical environment itself influence neurological patient activity?

MM Shannon, M Elf, L Churilov, J Olver… - Disability and …, 2019‏ - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: To evaluate if a changed physical environment following redesign of a hospital
ward influenced neurological patient physical and social activity. Methods: A “before and …

The acoustic environment in typical hospital wards in China

Z Deng, H **e, J Kang - Applied Acoustics, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Excessive noise has become a significant problem in hospitals around the world, as
revealed by a number of studies. This study aimed to investigate the acoustic conditions in …

Hospital soundscapes

I Busch-Vishniac, E Ryherd - Soundscapes: Humans and Their Acoustic …, 2023‏ - Springer
Hospital soundscapes are challenging because there are many noise sources that
contribute to the soundscape at all hours, which can potentially affect a vulnerable …

Tuning shared hospital spaces: Sound zones in healthcare

K Fangel Skov, P Axel Nielsen… - Proceedings of the 18th …, 2023‏ - dl.acm.org
The problem of noise in hospitals is commonly tackled through noise abatement practices,
which consider'quietness' as a quality indicator. However, the influence of positive or …

Medicine's melodies: On the costs & benefits of music, soundscapes, & noise in healthcare settings

C Spence, S Keller - Music and Medicine, 2019‏ - mmd.iammonline.com
A large and growing body of empirical research now demonstrates the positive impact that
music and other auditory stimuli (such as nature soundscapes) can have across the entire …

[HTML][HTML] Voice use of nurses working in the intensive care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic

Z Song, PJ Lee - Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Objective This study aimed to investigate the voice use of nurses working in intensive care
units (ICUs) and their perception of acoustic environments. Setting and sample The research …