ABSTRACT



ts linking specific design features or inter- ventions directly to impacts on healthcare outcomes. This is not very surprising, because most changes of the physical
Improving the acoustic environment. Certain environmental interventions have been found effective for reducing noise in hospital settings, including installing high-performance sound-absorbing ceiling tiles, eliminating or reducing noise sources (e.g., adopting a noiseless paging system), and providing single-bed rather than multibed rooms.