Acoustic Quality of University Classrooms: Analysis and Evaluation of Acoustic Parameters of Venues

Abstract

In our country, in general, classrooms have been built without considering acoustics criteria, resulting in inadequate environments for teaching and learning process. This situation interferes both in the academic performance of students and the health of teachers. In this paper the main acoustic factors involved in this process are analyzed, such as: geometry and material of the enclosure, background noise, reverberation time and signal to noise ratio. The results show that a significant number of classrooms used in the dictation of degree courses do not present adequate conditions for the development of the teaching-learning process. Submitted results were obtained under the UTN PID 1658: "Study of main characteristics of the sound field in classrooms and auditoriums".