What sound masking is, and why more Alberta offices are adding it

Ceiling of a modern open plan office

If you have ever sat in an open office and heard every word of the conversation two desks over, you have run into a speech privacy problem. Sound masking is one of the simplest ways to fix it.

Sound masking is a low level background sound, tuned to the frequency range of human speech, played through discreet emitters in the ceiling. It does not cancel noise and it is not loud. It raises the background sound in a room just enough that voices a short distance away become harder to make out. Conversations stay private, and the constant hum of a busy office fades into the background.

We see the most interest from open plan offices, medical and dental clinics, law and accounting firms, and any workplace where private conversations happen in shared space. It also helps with focus, since sudden voices and noises stand out less against a steady background.

A system is calibrated to the room, not installed off a spec sheet. If speech privacy or office noise is a problem in your building, we can walk the space and design a system that fits it.

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