Sound Masking
The Basics
Who Needs Sound Masking?
Almost everyone. If you've ever been interrupted by your co-workers' conversations, been overly aware that other people can hear your conversation or been distracted by ringing telephones, printers and other machines, you're a prime candidate for the benefits of sound masking.
Privacy and noise are big issues in open offices. In addition, in healthcare and related service fields, protecting sensitive patient information is not just a top priority, it is the law. The potential for oral disclosure is seen by some to be the most serious of all the risks. For more information about speech privacy in healthcare environments, visit the HIPAA section of this site.
The good news: installing a sound masking system is a cost-effective solution.
Where Do I Add Sound Masking?
Sound masking should be added wherever unwanted sound isn't absorbed or blocked to the satisfaction and comfort of workers in a space... wherever people want to have private conversations, fewer distractions and the ability to concentrate. In short, 99 percent of all workspaces!
| Medical Facilities | Open Offices and Private Offices | |
| Pharmacies | Financial Institutions and Bank Branches | |
| Governmental Agencies | Legal Offices and Facilities | |
| Call Center Environments | Military Facilities | |
| Religious Facilities | SCIFS | |
| Doctor Offices | Conference Facilities |
Lencore's sound masking systems are custom designed to work (with or without acoustic ceiling tiles) in:
- Open or Closed Office Plans
- High-Traffic Public or Staff Areas
- Private Offices
- New Construction
- Retrofits
In open-office floor plans, Lencore's Spectra systems can be tuned to areas as small as 225 sq. ft., or as large as millions of square feet. Lencore's Spectra™ systems mask 100 percent of your space (compared with other sound masking systems that only provide limited tuning, and only mask 80 percent of the space). For more details about how Lencore's systems compare with others, click here.
