ASA S12.70-2016
American National Standard for Criteria for Evaluating Speech Privacy in Healthcare Facilities
standard by American National Standards of the Acoustical Society of America, 07/19/2016
Full Description
This standard provides acoustical performance criteria, design requirements, and design guidelines to meet the speech privacy needs for both new design and retrofits of healthcare facilities. This document provides a) a method for selecting speech privacy goals based on occupant needs, by type of space and use, b) design requirements and guidelines for developing a strategy for the architectural design and acoustical materials selection, and c) a method for verifying and analyzing speech privacy design performance.