Get advanced and rigorous skills for the measurement of sound impact through this 100% online postgraduate diploma"

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that millions of people suffer from hearing loss due to exposure to excessive noise. This condition is latent especially in workers in productive areas such as construction, industry and transportation. The alarms generated by these annoyances have caused more and more companies to pay attention to the hearing health of their employees, developing exhaustive studies of noise impact. At the same time, implementing these measurements requires meticulous planning and execution where the most advanced technological instruments in the sector are integrally inserted.  

TECH Technological University has brought together the main innovations in this field in this postgraduate diploma. Therefore, acoustic engineers will be able to update their theoretical knowledge and practical skills about spectral analysis, frequency bands, among other aspects. At the same time, the syllabus will describe the latest tools for noise measurement, among which digital sound level meters of the highest precision and dosimeters stand out. Intensimetry and acoustic excitation sources will also be addressed in this academic itinerary.  

On the other hand, the program will dedicate one of its modules to mastering the mechanisms for evaluating sound insulation in buildings and other constructions. At the same time, it will go into the necessary tests to determine reverberation, measure the transmission of the spoken word (STI) and the transmission of interior noise to the exterior. All this, through numerous teaching materials that will bring dynamism to this learning process of 450 teaching hours.  

Likewise, the contents of the program have been chosen by a faculty of excellence, composed of acoustic engineers with extensive experience and prestigious results throughout their professional work. These materials are integrated in a disruptive way in a 100% online study platform that is not subject to rigid timetables or evaluation schedules. On the contrary, each graduate will be able to complete their training at any time or place, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

A complete academic itinerary that you can only access through TECH, the largest online university in the world" 

This postgraduate diploma in Acoustic Measurement contains the most complete and up-to-date program on the market. The most important features include: 

• Development of case studies presented by experts in Acoustics engineering 
• The graphic, schematic and practical contents of the program provide technical and practical information on those disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• The practical exercises where the self-evaluation process can be carried out to improve learning 
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies  
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments 
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection 

You will have at your disposal 450 hours of exclusive teaching materials on the most innovative platform in the online academic panorama"

The program includes in its teaching staff professionals of the field who pour into this training the experience of their work, in addition to recognized specialists from reference societies and prestigious universities.  

Its multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will allow the professional a situated and contextual learning, that is, a simulated environment that will provide an immersive training programmed to train in real situations.  

The design of this program focuses on Problem-Based Learning, in which the professional will have to try to solve the different professional practice situations that will arise throughout the academic course. For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned experts.

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This TECH Technological University program will provide the most complex theoretical and practical criteria when developing an Acoustic Measurement. Specifically, the syllabus will delve into the most advanced instruments for the evaluation of environmental noise and the prospection of its consequences. Through these study materials, students will acquire specific skills for the planning, deployment and execution of sound tests. Additionally, access to the contents will be autonomous, allowing a more personalized management of knowledge, in correspondence with individualized schedules and interests.  

After completing this postgraduate diploma you will be able to fully manage sound and environmental noise limiters"

General Objectives

• Develop the laws of physical acoustics that explain the behavior of sound waves such as the acoustic wave equation
• Develop the necessary knowledge on the handling of the essential concepts of sound generation and propagation in fluid media and the models that describe the behavior of sound waves in these media, both in their free propagation and in their interaction with matter from the formal and mathematical point of view
• Determine the nature and peculiarities of the acoustic elements of a system
• Familiarize the student with the terminology and analytical methods to solve acoustic problems  
• Analyze the nature of sound sources and human perception
• Conceptualize noise and sound within sound reception
• Distinguish the particularities that affect the psychoacoustic perception of sounds
• Identify and specify the indexes and units of measurement necessary to quantify sound and its effects on sound propagation
• Compile the different acoustic measurement systems and their operating characteristics
• Provide a rationale for the correct use of the appropriate instruments for a specific measurement
• Delve into the methods and tools of digital processing to obtain acoustic parameters
• Evaluate the different acoustic parameters through digital signal processing systems
• Establish the correct criteria for acoustic data acquisition through quantification and sampling
• Provide a solid understanding of the fundamentals and key concepts related to audio recording and the instrumentation used in recording studios 
• Promote up-to-date knowledge of the constantly evolving technology in the field of audio recording and associated instrumentation
• Determine the protocols for handling advanced recording equipment and their application in practical acoustical engineering situations
• Analyze and classify the main sources of environmental noise and their consequences
• Measure environmental noise using appropriate acoustic indicators

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Psychoacoustics and Acoustic Signal Detection

• Develop the concept of noise and the characteristics of sound propagation 
• Specify how to add and subtract complex sounds and how to assess background noise
• Measure objective and subjective sounds with appropriate units and correlate them with each other using isophonic curves
• Evaluate the effects of frequency and temporal masking and its effect on perception

Module 2. Advanced Acoustic Instrumentation

• Analyze the different noise descriptors and their measurement
• Evaluate the behavior of time and frequency weightings in measurement
• Apply with fluency the general regulations that define instrumentation and its measurements
• Establish the correct use of a spectrum analyzer to identify noise sources, determine the degree of transmission through a structure or evaluate an acoustic treatment

Module 3. Acoustic Installations and Testing

• Evaluate the spectral adaptation term C and Ctr in acoustic reports and tests
• Distinguish the planning of various noise tests depending on whether they are airborne or structural transmission tests on various building elements or environments (facades, impact, etc.) for the choice of measurement equipment and test set-up
• Develop the procedures for measuring TRs in various environments
• Analyze the various noise limiting equipment and their application and peripherals
• Define the contents and minimum requirements of acoustic studies and reports and evaluate the results obtained in the tests

You will learn in depth about the most commonly used devices for noise measurement, such as sound level meters and dosimeters"