Nowadays we are exposed to a lot of noise because we are constantly bombarded with different noises. In addition, the noise level in everyday life has increased significantly in recent decades.
Today, everyday office life is also characterized by constant noise. It gets very loud very quickly, especially in open-plan offices. This has a massive impact on our well-being and health. It is estimated that employees' performance decreases by 5 to 10 percent in loud office environments, with conversations being the biggest disruptive factor. Our brain manages to block out a lot of things through habituation effects, but conversations are not one of them. The brain's language processing runs continuously and therefore requires energy.
