Improving the quality of the acoustic environment in neonatal intensive care units: a review of scientific literature and technological solutions

IF 2.4 Q3 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS
Sara Lenzi, Simone Spagnol, Elif Özcan
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Abstract

There is an increased awareness of how the quality of the acoustic environment impacts the lives of human beings. Several studies have shown that sound pollution has adverse effects on many populations, from infants to adults, in different environments and workplaces. Hospitals are susceptible environments that require special attention since sound can aggravate patients' health issues and negatively impact the performance of healthcare professionals. This paper focuses on Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) as an especially sensitive case representing a hostile acoustic environment in which healthcare professionals have little awareness of how unwanted sounds impact the perceived quality of the soundscape. We performed a semi-systematic review of scientific literature on sound assessment studies in NICU from 2001. A thematic analysis was performed to identify emerging themes that informed the analysis of 27 technological solutions for the assessment of sound quality in indoor and outdoor environments. Solutions were categorized by functions and evaluation methods and grouped according to the characteristics of the design components, i.e., acquisition, computation, and communication strategies. Results highlight a lack of solutions to assess the qualitative characteristics of indoor environments such as NICU and forecast the footprint that different sound sources have on the indoor soundscape. Such solutions are urgently needed to empower healthcare professionals, and especially nurses, to actively modify and prevent the negative impact of unwanted sounds on NICU and critical care soundscape.
改善新生儿重症监护病房的声环境质量:科学文献和技术解决方案综述
人们越来越意识到声环境的质量如何影响人类的生活。几项研究表明,在不同的环境和工作场所,从婴儿到成年人,声音污染对许多人群都有不利影响。医院是易受影响的环境,需要特别注意,因为声音会加剧患者的健康问题,并对医疗保健专业人员的工作产生负面影响。这篇论文的重点是新生儿重症监护病房(NICU)作为一个特别敏感的情况下,代表一个敌对的声环境,其中医疗保健专业人员很少意识到不需要的声音如何影响声景的感知质量。我们对2001年以来新生儿重症监护病房的健康评估研究的科学文献进行了半系统回顾。进行了主题分析,以确定新出现的主题,这些主题为评估室内和室外环境中声音质量的27种技术解决办法的分析提供了信息。根据功能和评估方法对解决方案进行分类,并根据设计组件的特征(即获取策略、计算策略和通信策略)对解决方案进行分组。结果表明,缺乏评估室内环境(如新生儿重症监护室)的定性特征和预测不同声源对室内声景观的影响的解决方案。迫切需要这样的解决方案来授权医疗保健专业人员,特别是护士,积极修改和防止不必要的声音对新生儿重症监护室和重症监护音景的负面影响。
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Frontiers in Computer Science
Frontiers in Computer Science COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS-
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