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. 2025 Aug 21;10:58. doi: 10.1038/s41539-025-00350-1

Table 4.

Classroom details and acoustic measures

School Classroom Grade level/s Condition sequence No of participants Mean age (years) Mean unoccupied teacher voice (dBA) Mean occupied classroom noise level (dBC)
Without SFA With SFA Gain from SFA Without SFA With SFA
1 1A 3 On/Off/On 7 8.81 61.5 66.05 4.55 74.2 74.0
1 1B 4 Off/On/Off 3 9.92 65.27 70.57 5.30 70.3 70.4
1 1C 3 Off/On/Off 9 8.77 62.07 64.92 2.85 66.7 67.1
1 1D 4 On/Off/On 5 9.88 61.30 65.9 4.60 71.3 71.1
2 2A 3/4 On/Off/On 11 10.26 52.78 55.95 3.17 70.6 65.2
2 2B 3/4 Off/On/Off 9 10.68 51.58 55.42 3.84 67.0 69.4
2 2C 3/4 On/Off/On 5 9.74 53.47 57.88 4.41 65.0 63.0
2 2D 3/4 Off/On/Off 1 10.66 52.87 56.97 4.10 67.8 69.4
3 3A 3/4 On/Off/On 12 10.30 58.3 61.6 3.30 68.6 58.0
3 3B 3/4 Off/On/Off 12 10.43 53.55 56.72 3.17 64.3 68.2
4 4A 3 On/Off/On 10 9.29 55.2 65.52 10.32 76.0 60.7
4 4B 4 Off/On/Off 4 10.13 57.63 63.43 5.80 60.1 72.8
5 5A 3 Off/On/Off 8 9.62 57.05 62.33 5.28 60.0 62.4
5 5B 4 On/Off/On 8 10.33 57.37 65.47 8.10 66.6 59.0
6 6A 3 Off/On/Off 4 9.39 62.12 67.67 5.55 62.8 75.6
6 6B 3 On/Off/On 6 9.33 51.78 59.33 7.55 75.2 64.3
6 6C 3 On/Off/On 7 9.32 63.18 65.67 2.49 74.0 61.5
6 6D 3 On/Off/On 3 9.35 56.08 68.72 12.64 70.2 64.7
6 6E 4 On/Off/On 4 9.82 56.08 63.95 7.87 72.3 69.5
6 6F 4 Off/On/Off 9 9.89 54.87 64.5 9.63 69.3 71.6
6 6G 4 Off/On/Off 6 9.99 60.28 66.87 6.59 66.5 69.5
6 6H 4 Off/On/Off 7 9.77 62.65 68.32 5.67 70.1 *
6 6I 4 On/Off/On 2 9.50 58.92 68.32 9.40 * 66.5
All participants 152 9.36 57.65 63.57 5.92 68.59 67.00

*Data not captured due to the class being off-site at the time of recording.