The Acoustic Environment of Care Homes: Case Studies from China

This book examines the indoor acoustic environment of China's care homes.Chapter 1 provides a brief introduction to the current situation in China's care homes.This includes the distribution, size, demand, and future development direction of these facilities.The chapter then presents an in-depth introduction and analysis of the indoor environment of these facilities, especially the acoustic environment.In Chapter 2, a case study and site investigation are described, and these are used to analyse the current state of the acoustic environment in these facilities, including the sound pressure level (SPL) and reverberation time (RT).Chapter 3 details the perceptions of the elderly regarding the acoustic environment of care homes and the correlation between the sound environment and other physical environments at the facilities.Chapter 4 presents the impact of the acoustic environment on the well-being of elderly residents and an analysis of the effects of different sound sources on the act