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Demonstrating the Importance of Workplace Design
By Michael Brill
Hear Here! How your latest/greatest open-plan office is probably a failure
By Michael D. Tatum
Facilities
Design
&
Management		 A WHOOSH of Air Masks Unwanted Sounds
by Osie Gabriel, Contributing Editor
FACILITIES DESIGN & MANAGEMENT
Shut Up So We Can Do Our Jobs!
by Motoko Rich
Wall Street Journal - Marketplace August 29, 2001
Productive Silence
By Fred Folsom

"Noise distraction affects employee satisfaction and productivity."

The Not So-Private "Private" Office"
By Kenneth P. Roy

"'Systems' approach is key to confidentiality"

Public Musings on Acoustical Privacy
By Michael Chusid

"In offices, it's not only what you hear but what you don't hear that matters."
Sound Solutions: Increasing Office Productivity Through Integrated Acoustic Planning and Noise Reduction Strategies"
A professional Paper from: American Society of Interior Designers, Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Dynasound, Inc., Milliken & Co., and Steelcase Inc.

Haworth 

 Solving Acoustical Problems - Sound Difficult? It's Not.
Haworth Office Journal
Case Studies
Herman Miller, Inc.
Workplace Acoustics
and
"Hey, keep it down!"
Steelcase, Inc.
Sound Masking For Call Centers and Flexible Spaces

ACCOUSTICAL IMPROVEMENTS TO REDUCE NOISE
RESULT IN 19.8% INCREASE IN TELEPHONE SALES
Dynasound, Inc.
Disproving Widespread Myths About Workplace Design
Michael Brill, Sue Weidemann and the Bosti Associates
Norcross Firm Develops Way to Muffle Office Noise
by Jeff Silver
Demand for quelling office noise booms
by CHERYL HALL

Other

Articles

 Sound Masking Can Boost Information Security
Independent Studies
The Healing Power of Silence?
Bibliography