Influence of sound levels, secondary school student characteristics, sound types, and audiovisual interactions on the restorative potential of school environment soundscapes
Leyi Zheng, Huanzhen Ren, Shan Shu, Haoyue Gao, Junxi Fan · 2025
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Leyi Zheng and co-authors wrote a study, dated 2024 in its text, on what makes school soundscapes feel restorative to teenagers. The sounds around a school shape focus and mood, yet what drives a soundscape's healing feel for this age group was unclear. The team measured sound at thirty-six spots across six secondary schools and surveyed five hundred students. They then modeled how levels, sound types, student traits, and sight-sound pairings moved the restorative score.
A level near fifty-nine decibels marked the turning point: below it helped, above it hurt. Gender, stress, attention, and how much noise bothered a student all mattered. Natural sounds and the sounds of students moving about both linked to higher scores. Pairing sound with pleasing views lifted scores further. The strongest driver was how fitting the sound felt for the place. The team urges greener, quieter-by-design school yards.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Leyi Zheng, Huanzhen Ren, Shan Shu, Haoyue Gao, Junxi Fan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |