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Background speech has a measured point where performance falls
Background noise crosses a measured threshold at STI 0.21 and peaks at STI 0.44, a citable performance loss you can defend line by line in a capex paper.
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The evidence behind this sheet
14 factorsheets carry the studies for and against, each with how firm that evidence is.
- Background noise lowers comfort.
- Background noise probably lowers sustained attention in open-plan offices.
- Background noise raises stress.
- Background noise probably lowers productivity in open-plan offices.
- Background noise lowers sleep quality.
- Background noise raises error rate.
- Background noise lowers working memory.
- Background noise probably lowers academic performance in school classrooms.
- The evidence is very uncertain whether background noise affects fatigue.
- Background noise lowers speech communication.
- Background noise probably raises anxiety.
- Background noise probably lowers satisfaction.
- Background noise probably lowers perceived privacy.
- Background noise lowers memory recall.