People tend to be more dissatisfied with sound privacy than noise level. That’s the biggest drawback of modern, open-floor spaces: there’s just no speech privacy without some form of sound masking.
In healthcare environments, sound masking reduces speech intelligibility, eases a patient’s fear of being overheard and satisfies the mandated HIPAA requirements. It can also improve sleep, a very important part of the healing process.
When deployed properly, sound masking systems mimic a gentle flow of air, but they don’t use white noise, which is a very specific type of sound.
Our questions: how many integrators are familiar with this technology, and how familiar are they if they are?
Sound masking is an excellent low-cost option for creating speech privacy in open office spaces and healthcare environments in particular. But in order for this tech to take off, it has to gain traction in a tech installation industry where so many other office and healthcare tech is vying for attention.
Will you help us out?
This survey is only two questions long and will help us determine the industry’s overall familiarity with sound masking technology.
