The average employee spends more than five hours a day in meetings. And with video meetings now the norm for remote workplaces, the result is an epidemic of screen fatigue.

Many of us think of screen fatigue primarily as eyestrain, but it’s equally an audio issue. The “micro-frustrations” of poor audio are everywhere at work: background chatter, overheard discussions, colleagues’ interruptions, even street noise. Combine these distractions with poor audio hardware and software, and harmful sound can lead to garbled information, dissatisfied partners and clients—and even loss of business.

Now more than ever, it’s critical to ensure a positive audio experience for your employees. By improving your audio, you can help your staff reduce their stress, improve their happiness, and boost their efficiency and productivity (not to mention your revenue and market leadership).

The Stress of Noise

Sound affects our mental state. Confusing aural stimuli slows our brain’s responses, heightens our emotions, and exacerbates stress-related conditions including depression, high blood pressure, migraine headaches, and coronary disease.

In the workplace, poor audio can frustrate, annoy, or even embarrass meeting participants who need to repeat themselves or ask others to do so.  In a recent study, 95% of respondents said deficient sound harms their concentration and productivity.

In another survey, one in five business development managers at organizations that have reduced their audio spend over the past two years say their employees’ personal audio has led to bad experiences that can hurt their bottom line.


The variety of devices, applications, connectivity, and bandwidth employees use to work today makes noise and clarity a challenge for business leaders to manage. But one variable you can optimize and standardize is your sound technology. Doing so could help your employees improve their efficiency and engagement.

Advanced AI in Noise Technology
Setting up an enterprise-grade audio system with plug-and-play devices that offer easy integration and compatibility, artificial intelligence (AI) enhancement, strong wireless and mobile connectivity, and customizable physical comfort can help your organization achieve greater client satisfaction, boost productivity, and win more pitches and work.

Today’s most advanced AI-embedded noise-cancellation headsets, headphones, and speakerphones can increasingly filter the signal from the noise, detecting and blocking ambient noise before it reaches users’ ears. Systems with an additional level of noise reduction can block lower-frequency sound waves.

This AI-powered advanced noise-cancellation technology is ideal for a noisy open-office environment, featuring headsets’ with microphone inputs that can enhance users’ voices and isolate the sound of the speaker from background noise.

Even better, employees can stay productive as they step away from their screens. Advanced wireless audio technology can enable continuity, letting users stand and move, hands-free and hassle-free, with no interruption to their work or concentration.

The Sense of Hearing

Business leaders increasingly see the potential of introducing professional-grade audio. Nearly four out of five surveyed decision-makers—particularly in the telecoms and utilities, hospitality, finance, and information technology and digital sectors—plan to invest in higher-quality audio to boost their employees’ productivity and concentration. The vast majority said good audio is important or essential, and most agree audio’s importance has risen in the past two years.

A workforce that collaborates better and more clearly also develops greater camaraderie and stronger bonds of trust, and enjoys better mental and physical health.


And that can help your organization lead the pack. Reducing noise disruptions can translate to an annual gain of three full workdays—and up to $725 in revenue—for each of your employees.

In a remote work environment, results like that can pay for themselves. At your workplace, they might even help you make screen fatigue a thing of the past.

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Source: Harvard Business Review

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