Sound Field Voice Re-enforcement Systems using NXT technology.

Education is the Government’s top Priority

The projected Capital investment figures for Education, issued by the Government are estimated to reach over £10 billion within two years. This is investment is scheduled to total at least £15 billion by 2007. One of the main areas of increased investment will be in ‘Building Schools for the Future’ and under this remit comes the regulations governing the acoustic design of schools.

Young people spend at least 45% of their school day engaged in listening activities, with today’s classroom acting as a primary auditory verbal environment.

However, a recent study in the journal of the American Medical Association showed that 14.9% of children aged 6 - 19 suffer from some degree of hearing impairment, either permanently or temporarily due to illness, infection or allergies. One of the simplest and most effective solutions to this is a ‘Sound Field Voice Re-enforcement System’. This functions like a mini public address system in harmony with the classroom acoustics. The system is comprised of a wireless microphone, receiver, amplifier and between one and four loudspeakers (dependant upon the size of the classroom).

Installing Sound Field System

Studying the effectiveness of Sound Field

In a study of 8 - 10 year old students in the U.S. to test the effectiveness of Sound Field Voice Re-enforcement in the classroom, students showed an average improvement in identified spoken words of 45% using the systems. Further more, when tested without a Sound Field System, the children missed an average of 42% of the questions.

Classroom up to 60 m3	Classroom up to 60 m3	Non-uniform classroom layout

Typical Sound Field Classroom System

• Ceiling Sound Panel (1 panel for classroom up to 60 m2/ 2 panels for classroom up to 120m2)
• APA-20 Panel Amplifier
• Volume/ Input Control Plate
• I.R. Wireless microphone receiver
• I.R. Wireless microphone transmitter (handheld, headset, collar or lapel options available
• I.R. Extension detector (optional)

In today’s society, much emphasis is placed upon the social (and legal) requirements faced by many disabled people in the UK. A greater emphasis is being placed upon the integration of disabled children into standard schools and classrooms.

This system combines the innovation of the world’s leading designers and suppliers of ceiling systems with the revolutionary sound qualities of NXT technology

For Prices Please Call: 01949 831300 or E-Mail: info@adb-audiovisual.co.uk