Educational buildings at their most basic function are to aid effective communication and provide environments where learning and collaboration thrive. Effective communication between teacher and student, where the teacher doesn’t have to strain and where every student in the classroom can hear and understand clearly is achieved by good acoustic design, including good isolation from external noise sources, control of reverberation times by absorbent finishes and sufficient sound insulation between rooms.
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