Poor church acoustics are typical for both modern and traditional churches, with the nature of their design causing issues such as echo and excessive reverberation. The hardwood floors, wooden seating, and parallel concrete walls all contribute to long reverberation times which can lead to poor speech intelligibility. Alongside poor church acoustics causing unclear speech, the long reverberation times exasperate all the smaller noises that are typically made in churches like shuffling, pages being flipped, and people whispering. Particularly for older patrons, these problems can make it difficult to hear and hinder the overall experience for visitors. Usually churches also offer more than just services, they’re often a place for communities to convene for activities and events too so treating your church’s acoustics is essential to preventing detrimental sound issues that could hinder people’s enjoyment.

Church acoustics can be challenging to get right but they are vital to ensuring visitors of all ages have a positive experience.