Analysis of the Demand for the Acoustic Environment of the Elderly in the Nursing Home and the Related Factors

Through the questionnaire survey of 132 elderly people in 3 nursing home of Harbin City, we researched the degree of the elderly people's demand for the acoustic environment and the related 10 factors, such as age, hearing, check-in time etc. It is found that the demand for acoustic environment is second only to the light environment; the demands of the acoustic environment to male is more than the female; the psychological status, vision, hearing and the visiting time of their children had a significant effect on the sound demand, while age, self-care ability, thinking ability, education level, economic income and stay time had a slighter effect. The results suggest that there is a great relationship between the elderly people's demands for the acoustic environment and the loneliness of the elderly.