HOSPITAL SOUNDSCAPE: SOUNDSCAPE IN NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (NICU) ROOM OF A NATIONAL HOSPITAL IN JAKARTA
Acoustic comfort in a room become one of the most important things in building physics. It’s also prevail for public space like hospital. NICU is one of the intensive care unit in hospital that should be inspected in terms of acoustic comfort problem. There has been limited research on the acoust...
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| Format: | Final Project |
| Language: | Indonesia |
| Online Access: | https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/44835 |
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| Institution: | Institut Teknologi Bandung |
| Language: | Indonesia |
| Summary: | Acoustic comfort in a room become one of the most important things in building
physics. It’s also prevail for public space like hospital. NICU is one of the
intensive care unit in hospital that should be inspected in terms of acoustic
comfort problem. There has been limited research on the acoustic conditions of
NICU in Indonesia. This research was conducted at a hospital in Jakarta. Analysis
of acoustic conditions carried out in this final project using objective, subjective,
and simulation method based on soundscape concept. According Standar Nasional
Indonesia (SNI) and World Health Organization (WHO), the suitable acoustic
condition for patient’s room is 35 dBA. After conducting the data retrieval, it was
found that value of the equialent sound pressure level in NICU is ranged from
54,3-62,5 dBA. Performance scale shows 4,2 from 10 for loudness scale and 5,2
from 10 for comfort scale. Soundscape in NICU can be repaired with the addition
of curtain in incubator’s side, installation of glass partition, and ceiling absorber in
nurse station area, The result of simulation shows the sound pressure level
decrease for 8,9 dBA for ventilator and 8,2 dBA for conversation as a sound
source and the STI increase from ‘bad’ up to ‘good’ level to ‘fair’ up to
‘excellent’ level. |
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