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Originally Posted by Schaap  Last Christmas we had the family here with some 80+  with hearing aid and they always had trouble to follow the conversation mostly by the 'reverbpickup' and the 'directions' in the room of the spoken words. We put some extra GIK panels and diffusers from the studio in the room and after dinner we asked if they noticed something during the conversations. The 80+ers all said no ; they just participated with conversations as they used to do. Then suddenly they realised that was not the case in the previous years.  |
Thanks for this story. I've gotten so caught up in thinking about music that
I forget about speech. It makes perfect sense that a nicely balanced room
for music would also be great for speech. Funny that no one suggests you
treat the rooms of your house so you can enjoy better quality conversation.
Now I think I have a good reason to treat the entire dining room, seeing as
it's mostly the rear half of my music room. Much easier to get approval if,
instead of saying it's for my music room, I say it for everyone's enjoyment
around the dinner table
. Just gotta make it look good.
Paul P