{"id":438,"date":"2025-02-19T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T07:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soundmask.com.au\/blog\/?p=438"},"modified":"2025-02-13T00:34:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T00:34:29","slug":"key-purposes-for-sound-masking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundmask.com.au\/blog\/key-purposes-for-sound-masking\/","title":{"rendered":"Key purposes for sound masking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are many specific purposes for sound masking, but they all come down to three primary purposes: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. reducing the intrusiveness of noise<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. improving speech privacy<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. achieving a green rating<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    This blog article will explain each of these three purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Reducing intrusive noise<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    Intrusive noise is any noise that distracts or intrudes in a space. In an office space, that might include people typing or talking, like the example in the picture above. The quieter the space, the worse the noise intrusion. If you can ‘hear a pin drop’ in your office, you probably need sound masking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Intrusive noise may also include external noises like road noise or construction. Night clubs, music venues, and other noisy neighbours are other examples where noise intrudes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Adding a background sound that can be shaped to the intruding noise reduces the perception of the noise. This improves acoustic comfort and reduces stress levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Improving speech privacy<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    Another of the purposes for sound masking\u2014speech privacy\u2014can be a legal requirement. Health providers are subject to privacy legislation, as well as professionals like lawyers, financial advisors, and even government workers including police. Breaches of privacy<\/a> can be very serious, resulting in penalties and litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Clients can achieve speech privacy by adding a masking sound specially tuned to human speech frequencies. This raises the background sound levels and ensures that confidential conversations remain private.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Green rating compliance<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    LEED<\/a>, WELL<\/a>, and Green Globes<\/a> all have a specific sound masking component. In fact, most green standards<\/a> have mandated background sound levels. Generally, these can only be achieved with sound masking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Indeed, sound masking can achieve the required ratings in these indoor environment quality or other acoustic categories. For example, our Council House 2<\/a> installation assisted the client achieve a 6 Star rating for the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Soundmask<\/a> can help you with reducing intrusive noise, ensuring speech privacy, and compliance with Green standards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    There are many specific purposes for sound masking, but they all come down to three primary purposes: This blog article will explain each of these three purposes. Reducing intrusive noise Intrusive noise is any noise that distracts or intrudes in a space. In an office space, that might include people typing or talking, like the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nKey purposes for sound masking - The Soundmask Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There are many specific purposes for sound masking. 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