Speech Privacy
An Added Value for the Total Environment
Building owners and property managers have a big responsibility. It's for the total environment - everything in a space that can affect occupant satisfaction.
Giving your occupants speech privacy is one more way you can ensure that satisfaction.
After all, you've worked hard to provide and maintain the best possible space. But beyond the details of construction and design, you also have to be concerned with how comfortable your space is to work in.
Comfort has much to do with noise (the number-one workplace complaint)*. When noise levels are not fully controlled, people get distracted and are less productive. Unfortunately, acoustical panels and ceiling tiles can only do so much. They can't provide much-needed speech privacy (making surrounding conversations unintelligible, even for those in workstations).
Differentiate Your Space
Sound masking creates speech privacy (and should provide a consistent, comfortable 'sound') by covering the noise that hasn't been completely blocked or absorbed. The fact that your space offers speech privacy, versus others that don't, gives you one more selling point.
Long-term, sound masking is a low-cost investment that gives you more than satisfied tenants:
- It increases their productivity (by as much as 20 percent1)
- It provides you and your tenants the flexibility to reconfigure the space, to areas as small as 225 sq. ft.
- It's one system in your space that's virtually maintenance-free
For more benefits, go to Speech Privacy: The Payoff
If you're not already familiar with your options for building in better acoustics, they're worth learning. Lencore's local representatives can help you assess and install exactly what you need (we're the only masking manufacturer that also makes acoustical panels, and offers ceiling tiles through our partnership with USG).
The links below will guide you to several informative sections of this site. Visit them before you invest:
What You Should Know About Sound Masking & Good Acoustics
- Learn more about the ABCs of sound masking here.
- Have a local Lencore representative give you a personal education! Contact Us.
- Don't know if you need sound masking or acoustical panels? Read more here.
- Figure the financial return on sound masking with Lencore's Cost/Benefit Matrix and ROI Calculator
If you're evaluating systems
- Be sure to use the right criteria. Read How to Evaluate a SM System: Buy Sound, Not Looks!
- Compare Lencore versus Other Systems
About Lencore's Technology
Put the finishing touch - speech privacy - in your space with Lencore!
*If you own or manage a healthcare or financial facility, it may be incumbent upon you to provide speech privacy, as mandated by HIPAA or the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA). (Your Lencore professional can provide you with details about meeting these requirements.)
1According to numerous independent test results.
