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.