ASA/CAA '05
Lay Language Papers

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Melville, New York, May 9, 2005

The following are lay language versions of meeting papers being presented at the joint meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) and the Canadian Acoustical Association (CAA), to be held May 16-20, 2005 at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver Hotel. A recent browser, such as IE 6.0 or later or Netscape 7.0 or later, is recommended to view the papers. Since ASA meeting papers are not vetted by scientific referees, please keep in mind that some of the research described in the laypapers may not have yet been peer reviewed.

MONDAY, MAY 16
Using Sound Images to Count Salmon in the Fraser River by John Holmes, George Cronkite, and Hermann Enzenhofer


Environmental Noise and Children's Academic Attainments by Bridget Shield


The Healing of Bone-A New Field for Shock Waves? by Joerg Hausdorf, Volkmar Jansson, Markus Maier, and Michael Delius


Improving Shock Wave Lithotripsy Results by Kenneth Pace and R. John Honey


Size Information in Natural Communication Sounds by Ralph van Dinther and Roy Patterson


The "Forbidden Experiment" in Language Development by Mario Svirsky and Rachel Holt



TUESDAY, MAY 17
Tiny Acoustic Transmitters Help Map Salmon Tracks in the Ocean by David W. Welch


Complete Geometric Computer Simulation of a Classical Guitar by Rolf Bader


Music and Science Meet at the Micro Level: Time-Frequency Methods and Granular Synthesis by Barry Truax


Acoustics of the Intonarumori by Stefania Serafin


Sound Propagation in a Street by Judicaël Picaut


Infrasound Associated with the 2004 Sumatra Megathrust Earthquake and Tsunami by Milton Garces, Pierre Caron, and Claus Hetzer


Changing Places, Changing Voices: A Study of Accent Change in Young Adults by Bronwen Evans and Paul Iverson


Pacific Northwest Vowels: A Seattle Neighborhood Dialect Study by Jennifer Ingle, Richard Wright, and Alicia Beckford Wassink


Visualizing the Canadian English Vowels by Robert Hagiwara



WEDNESDAY, MAY 18
The Glissando Illusion by Diana Deutsch, Kamil Hamaoui, and Trevor Henthorn


Organizing and Recognizing Musical Tension/Release Patterns May Be Culture Dependent by Pantelis N. Vassilakis


Identifying Musical Instruments Through Their Microrhythms by Rolf Bader


*NEW*Noise and Carbon Monoxide Exposure Increases Hearing Loss in Workers by Adriana Lacerda, Tony Leroux, and Jean-Pierre Gagné


Sharpening Ultrasonic Vision for the Blind by Iftekhar Alam and Ashok Ghatol


THURSDAY, MAY 19
Stereo Tag Reveals Deep Echolocation in Sonar-Sensitive Beaked Whales by Mark Johnson, Peter Madsen, Peter Tyack, and Natacha Aguilar de Soto


Helping Doctors Interpret the Sound of Blood by Thomas Royston, T. Spohnholtz, Y. Yaziciolgu, B. A. Martin, F. Loth, and H. Bassiouny

A Robot That Mimics Human Speech by Kotaro Fukui, Kazufumi Nishikawa, Toshiharu Kuwae, Masaaki Honda, Atsuo Takanishi, Hideaki Takanobu, and Takemi Mochida


Not So Fast, Please: Temporal Features in TV Speech by Natalia Uglova and Tatiana Shevchenko


FRIDAY, MAY 20
Music Halls from the 18th to 20th Centuries:
Changes in Acoustical and Architectural Criteria by Youngmin Kwon and Gary Siebein


Harp Design and Construction by Chris Waltham


Motion of Harp Strings by Gary Chan and Chris Waltham


Airport Noise Complaints: Talking the Same Language by Nancy Timmerman


Hearing Silent Shapes by Lawrence Rosenblum and Ryan Robart

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