Desktop and acoustic screens
Screens give people a sense of their own space and a visual break from whoever sits opposite. Buy them for that, and know what they will not do.
They block sight, not sound
A low desktop screen stops people looking at each other and does very little to stop them hearing each other. If noise is the complaint, absorption on the hard surfaces above the space does more, and privacy booths do more still for calls.
That is not an argument against screens. It is an argument against expecting quiet from them.
Height and fixing
Above seated eye level for privacy, below standing eye level so the floor still feels open. Check the fixing suits your desk: clamps need an accessible edge, and on bench desking a shared spine screen is usually tidier than individual clamps.
What we stock
Desk-mounted and floor-standing acoustic screens in clamp and spine fixings, including versions that mount to bench desking runs. For genuine noise reduction see acoustic solutions, and for calls, privacy booths and pods.