Sound Masking for Confidentiality
Last time I talked about how much churches could benefit from sound masking for confidentiality purposes since sensitive conversations, including counseling sessions, can travel farther than we’d like through ventilation ducts, under doors, out windows, and through thin walls. Thus, a church or worship facility could use sound masking technology to provide speech privacy by introducing low-level background noise to cover conversations for the purposes of speech privacy. with the result that no one has to look over his (or her) shoulder during a conversation- and that feeling of trust should always accompany a church.
A few applications:
- Counseling
- Private telephone conversations
- Divorce Care classes
- AA meetings
- Staff discussions
Now I’d like to look at the benefits the same sound masking system would provide for church classes.
Sound Masking to Cover Distractions
Even happy kids are loud kids.
It’s not that churches need to boost their productivity like the average place of business, but they do have noise problems. Anybody who has ever served in a nursery or Sunday school class knows how loud multiple children can be when together and without their parents. Babies and toddlers often cry a lot, while older children have more sophisticated means of being heard, such as yelling or screaming. Whatever class it is and whatever reason the kids are being loud, the volume level can be quite distracting for fellow classes and for those in the worship center. Plus, nearby parents, especially those of smaller children, tend to hear crying and start worrying.