INTRODUCTION

● Noise is defined as a sound that is loud or unpleasant that causes disturbance (Oxford Dictionary).

● Sound can be a form of environmental pollution.

● It has been the interest of many studies as it is found to have been linked to numerous health risks,

including hearing loss and increased stress levels, and cognitive impairments in children such as reduced

reading comprehension and memory recall. (Chepesiuk, 2005; Bodin, Albin, Ardö, et. al., 2009; Spreng,

2000; Thomas, 2002)

● Noise pollution in schools is also becoming a serious problem as it negatively affects the educational system's

employees, which includes students, instructors, and school administration staff, both in their professional and

personal lives.

● Background noise that can be observed in schools can be divided into two main categories: both internal and external

sources (Smaldino, Crandell, Kreisman, John & Kreisman, 2008). The neighborhood's traffic and nearby noisy

activities are typically associated with the external sources. The voices produced by students, instructors, and all

other staff members within the school are connected to the internal sources.
● The present study tries to use acoustics, the science concerned with the production, control, transmission, reception,

and effects of sound as an intervention to solve internal noise problems in the school.

● This is in light of some limitations about traditional room acoustics commonly employed in buildings such as wall

soundproofing solutions and commercial sound absorptive panels

● The study set its focus on creating and testing alternatives to acoustic panels using cheap materials that can be found

at home.

● As a primary need for institutions such as schools to effectively control noise pollution for the well-being of students

and teachers, the study found it necessary to create cheaper but effective acoustic panels as a way to improve

classroom acoustics in Second Philippine International School.

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THE CREATION OF CHEAPER ACOUSTIC PANEL

ALTERNATIVES USING HOMEMADE
SOUNDPROOFING MATERIALS

CAPSTONE INVESTIGATORY PROJECT

OBJECTIVES
This investigatory project aims to utilize

homemade soundproofing materials to

create and test cheaper alternatives to

commercial acoustic panels.

 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Using the objective above, this project aims to create an effective acoustic panel from materials available

at home. The study answered the particular questions:

■ Is it possible to create an effective acoustic panel from home gathered soundproofing materials?

■ Is it possible to manufacture homemade effective acoustic panels at a lower cost than commercial

acoustic panels?

■ Is the device created able to improve the acoustics and soundproofing of classrooms in SPIS?
 HYPOTHESIS
The project intended to create an effective homemade acoustic panel at a lower cost
than its commercial counterpart. Upon conducting the study, the following was
hypothesized:

H1 H0 H2
The homemade The homemade
The homemade
acoustic panels will acoustic panels will
acoustic panels will
manage to suppress not be able to
not be able to
more noise at a lower suppress more noise
suppress more noise
cost compared to its than its commercial
than its commercial
commercial counterpart.
counterpart.
counterparts.
 SCOPE & LIMITATIONS

■ The study is primarily focused on creating cost-effective alternatives to commercial

acoustic panels by using homemade materials with sound absorption qualities.

■ The experiments are going to be performed in the library of Second Philippine

International School on February X, 2023.

■ The study will only make use of the materials listed in the experimental group and a
random sample brand of a commercial acoustic panel to test and compare the
effectiveness of its sound cancellation compared to a home-made acoustic panel.
 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY

This study may help solve the environment, This experiment will help with the isolation
particularly SPIS, with noise pollution of noise and keep the peace of everyone's
problems. living spaces.

LEARNERS FUTURE RESEARCHERS

This research will serve as a basis for future

This study can serve as a guide for learners researchers who will conduct a similar study
who are interested in this field of study. It as they may be able to find useful
may also serve to prevent the negative information from the data gathered in the
effects of noise pollution on learners. experiments conducted.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS
ACOUSTICS
the science concerned with the
production, control, transmission,
reception, and effects of sound.
ACOUSTIC PANELS
a panel created from materials that is
able to absorb or suppress sound and
noise.
EXTERNAL NOISE
noise coming from outside a building
(e.g. the noise from a traffic)
HOMEMADE
any object or device made in the
home, on the premises, or by one's
own efforts; of domestic manufacture
INTERNAL NOISE
noise coming from within a building
(e.g. the voices of people in a room or
an adjacent room)
NOISE
a sound, especially one that is loud,
unpleasant, or frightening
 DEFINITION OF TERMS
Noise pollution
unwanted or excessive sound that can
have deleterious effects on human
health, wildlife, and environmental
quality.
SOUNDPROOFING
keeping sound in a closed space;
making sound unable to leave or
enter a room
SOUND ABSORBING
the absorption of extra sound waves
that bounce around a space and cause
poor acoustics, background noise, and
bad echo.
SPIS
Second Philippine International School
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