Industry Solutions & Systems » Sound Masking

Sound masking is a specially tuned ambient background sound that targets the same frequency as human speech, reducing its intelligibility. Sound masking does not cancel sound, but it makes conversations heard at a distance more difficult to understand, and thus less likely to distract. Simply put, conversations that would normally distract someone at a distance of over 15 feet in the workplace will be notably less intelligible or noticeable. Face to face collaboration with fellow employees is not impacted, as conversations at a distance fade into the background and speech privacy is protected.

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