The human body can adapt to a noise level of the order of 70-80 dB, however, this negatively affects its well-being and performance. Therefore, you should always strive to reduce the noise level in the room. There are several ways to help you deal with noise. They are divided into local and global, depending on the noise reduction policy at work: individual and corporate.
It is necessary
- earplugs,
- passive soundproof headphones,
- headphones for music
Instructions
Step 1
Local methods. Use of special polyurethane inserts - earplugs. For creative professionals who have to synthesize something new not in a cozy home environment, but in a noisy office environment, earplugs will become an indispensable and invisible assistant in isolation from both constant background noise and impulse noise. Earplugs reduce the noise level by 20-30 dB. This is quite enough to work in comfortable conditions (the perceived noise becomes about 40 dB).
Step 2
Another alternative to earplugs is passive soundproofing headphones. The level of their noise isolation is about 18-20 dB, in some models - 30 dB. Often such headphones are used by construction workers and shooters. You can use them in the office if you are doing analytical work and you do not need to constantly communicate with clients and work colleagues. In some cases, when complete silence is needed, you can use a simultaneous combination of earplugs and passive sound-isolating headphones.
Step 3
For music lovers who are engaged in intellectual work at work, so as not to be distracted by noise, headphones for music are suitable. It is an active way to isolate from noise. If aperiodic sounds of different frequencies and intensities, which create noise, distract and interfere with the concentration of consciousness, then musical harmonies serve as a pleasant background and help to focus on the subject of work, as well as increase mental activity.
Step 4
The most exotic method for isolating yourself from noise at work is self-persuasion. Try to set yourself up so that the noise does not interfere, but, on the contrary, helps to concentrate and strengthen the intellectual ability of the brain to do work. Of course, this belief will not work the first time, but with constant repetition of the method, it will definitely work, and day after day the noise at work will simply cease to exist for you and to get on your nerves. Man is an amazing creature, with due diligence, he can convince himself of anything.
Step 5
Global ways. Some companies have corporate policies to reduce indoor noise. These include: the use of low-noise office equipment, split systems, computer components (keyboards, mice, coolers), noise-canceling headsets for operators. Although office partitions for work areas have low sound absorption, they nevertheless collectively reduce noise levels and help the worker to concentrate in such a spatial enclosure.
