%0 Journal Article %T Classroom Listening Conditions in Indian Primary Schools: A Survey of Four Schools %A Bradley McPherson %A Gayathri Sundaravadhanan %A Heramba G. Selvarajan %J Archive of "Noise & Health". %D 2017 %R 10.4103/1463-1741.199240 %X Background noise affects the listening environment inside classrooms, especially for younger children. High background noise level adversely affects not only student speech perception but also teacher vocal hygiene. The current study aimed to give an overview of the classroom listening conditions in selected government primary schools in India %K Classroom noise %K India %K noise levels %K primary school %K reverberation %K speech levels %K teacher vocal health %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5398000/