Investigation on the Acoustic Environment of General Hospital of Tianjin Medical University

摘要

Studies on the sound environment of hospital mainly focus on the patient's feeling and ignore the staff's experience. In this study, medical care personnel in General Hospital of Tianjin Medical University were asked to evaluate the acoustical condition in their working environment. Furthermore, sound measurement including noise sources, noise level and noise frequency was done in several typical places in this hospital. It was found the staffs in this hospital were exposed to a high noise level of more than 65dB. And this severe sound environment brought adverse effects to staff's welfare and work efficiency. According to noise problems, improvement suggestion on soundscape design was put forward in this paper.