Quiet, Comfortable Medical Spaces with Acoustic Panels

Busy medical centres, clinics and hospital areas can be loud: phones ringing, hard floors, conversations at reception, monitors and trolleys. These sounds reflect off hard surfaces, creating reverberation that makes speech less clear and raises stress levels for staff and patients. Sontext Serenity™ Acoustic Panels and SerenityLite™ Acoustic Ceiling Panels absorb these reflections to lower noise and improve speech clarity.

Acoustic Panels in Hospitals & Medical Centres

From waiting rooms and nurse stations to treatment rooms and telehealth spaces, the goal is the same: reduce echo and improve privacy. Wall and ceiling treatments can be installed in new builds or retrofitted with minimal disruption, helping staff communicate clearly and patients feel at ease.

Where They Work Best

  • Reception & Waiting Areas: Lower background noise so names and instructions are heard the first time. See our Reception Acoustic Panels.
  • Consult & Treatment Rooms: Reduce echo for clearer conversations.
  • Nurse Stations & Corridors: Cut harsh reflections from hard floors and walls.
  • Telehealth/Meeting Rooms: Improve microphone pickup and video-call clarity. See Zoom clarity tips.

Recommended Solutions

Benefits for Healthcare Environments

  • Improved speech clarity at reception and in consults
  • Lower perceived noise for calmer, more comfortable spaces
  • Cleanable finishes and durable construction
  • Retrofit or new build options with fast installation

Product Specifications

Feature Details
Wall Panels Serenity™ Fabric Acoustic Panels — standard 25 mm, custom sizes available
Ceiling Panels SerenityLite™ Acoustic Ceiling Panels — direct fix or suspended
Finishes Wide choice of fabrics; timber veneers via Murano™
Applications Waiting areas, consult rooms, corridors, nurse stations, telehealth rooms

FAQs – Acoustic Panels for Medical Centres

1. Will panels make conversations clearer at reception?
Yes. By reducing reverberation, speech sounds more direct and easier to understand at typical conversation levels.

2. Can panels be cleaned?
Yes. Panels are supplied with durable finishes; routine dusting and gentle cleaning are usually sufficient. Ask us about suitable fabric options.

3. Do we need wall or ceiling panels?
Both work. Ceilings offer broad coverage without using wall space; walls target specific echo sources. Many projects combine the two.

4. Will installation disrupt operations?
Retrofit installs are typically straightforward and staged to minimise downtime.

5. Where can I learn more?
See Reception & Lobby solutions and our guide to Acoustic Ceiling Panels.

Talk to Sontext

Send photos and dimensions of your space to sales@sontext.com.au. We’ll recommend a mix of Serenity wall and ceiling panels to meet your acoustic and design requirements.

Sontext Acoustic Wall Panels – a good place to start.

Acoustic Wall Panels Install In hospitals
Serenity Fabric Acoustic Panel in hospitals

Many people who have a noise problem can get confused and not sure where to start. This is not helped by the number of different types of acoustic panels in the market place. These include Acoustic wall panels, Acoustic ceiling panels, Baffles , Clouds or moveable Acoustic screens.

The other decision people with a noise problem face is where is the best location to place the acoustic panel to maximise the impact on the noise that is annoying them.

The first thing that must be addressed is what type of noise is it that is causing concern and where is it coming from,

 

Case Study

We have a consulting room and we can hear everything that is being said in the reception area.  An example on how to approach this situation could be.

Analysis

  1. What type of noise is it? voices, music etc
  2. Where is it coming from?
  3. How good a barrier to the noise are the walls and ceilings of the consulting room?
  4. Can people in reception hear what is being said in the consulting rooms.

Results

  1. The noise is voices
  2. Its coming from people in the reception area
  3. We cannot hear noise from one consulting room to the next
  4. No! the people I the reception or waiting room cannot hear what is being said in the consulting room.

Conclusion and Solution

Due to the fact that only the noise from the reception can be heard, then we know it is a problem with noise levels and reverberation. This generally means that the sound of voices is bouncing of hard surfaces and usually walls is making the sound louder and becoming annoying noise.  To solve this we need to install sound absorbing acoustic panels into the reception area.

Serenity Art PanelOne of the key options to remove the noise is to install Acoustic Wall Panels. This will reduce the noise significantly and can be a decorative feature  also as in the image of an Serenity Art Panel in a reception area.

By Installing Serenity Acoustic Wall Panels the sound transmission through the adjoining consulting room wall can also be reduced.

 

To see how Sontext can make your Reception area more pleasant for clients please Contact Us

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