Office noise: Can headphones and masking sound attenuate distraction by background speech?
Jahncke, Bjorkeholm, Marsh, Odelius and Sorqvist, Work, 2016. 30 students, repeated measures: one background voice impaired serial short-term memory; impairment reduced when masked, most with nature sounds; headphones without masking did not affect performance or workload; workload lowest in quiet and higher in all other conditions.
Jahncke, Bjorkeholm, Marsh, Odelius and Sorqvist, Work, 2016. 30 students, repeated measures: one background voice impaired serial short-term memory; impairment reduced when masked, most with nature sounds; headphones without masking did not affect performance or workload; workload lowest in quiet and higher in all other conditions.
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