Lay Language Papers
Acoustics '08 Paris
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New papers are being added up to the time of the meeting, so please check back regularly.
The following are lay language versions of meeting papers being presented at Acoustics '08, to be held June 30 - July 4, 2008 in Paris, France. Please keep in mind that some of the research described in the laypapers may not have yet been peer reviewed.
MONDAY, JUNE 30
How sound from human activities affects marine mammals (1aID1) by Peter Tyack
Noise and Perceived Privacy - Flexible Office Space Matters (1pAAa3) by C. Bodin Danielsson
Philharmonic Acoustics (1pAAb4) by Harold Marshall, Joanne O. Valentine and Thomas Scelo
Listening to Antarctic Ice Breaking from Australia (1pAOa3) by Alexander Gavrilov and Binghui Li
Sound reconstructed: the greatest Silbermann Organ having given back its original sound profile (1pMUc2) by Christian Ahrens, Sebastian Schmidt, and Jonas Braasch
Do vacationers in Spain have the right to silence? (1pNSb2) by
Mariló Jiménez Mateos
Challenges and Opportunities for Noise Mapping in the United States (1pNSd2) by Kenneth Kaliski
Combined Sensors for Landmine Detection (1pPAc1) by Waymond R. Scott, Jr., Gregg D. Larson, Ali C. Gurbuz, James H. McClellan and Kangwook Kim
Ultrasound in the Dairy (1pPAd8) by Shobha Muthukumaran, Sandra Kentish, Muthupandian Ashokkumar, and Geoff Stevens
What is happening in your brain when your listening mode is switched? (1pPPa16) by Makio Kashino, Hirohito M. Kondo and Minae Okada
Understanding dialects in the American Midwest (1pSCb5) by Cynthia G. Clopper
An Intelligent Noise Meter (1pSPa3) by Jon Stammers and David Chesmore
Accurate measurement of distance and velocity using ultrasonic waves (1pSPb6) by Shinnosuke Hirata, Minoru Kuribayashi Kurosawa and Takashi Katagiri
TUESDAY, JULY 1
Good Sounding Rock Venues "Eat" the Bass! (2aAAb3) by Niels Werner Larsen and Eric Thompson
Movements and grip influence the contact force and sound in drumming (2aMUb1) by Sofia Dahl and Eckart Alternmüller
How to play the first bar of Rhapsody in Blue (2aMUb6) by Jer-Ming Chen and John Smith
The Next Generation of Artificial Heads (2aPPa4) by Janina Fels and Michael Vorländer
Can colors influence loudness? (2aPPa15) by Daniel Menzel, Elias Faccinelli, and Hugo Fastl
Automatic Detection and Correction of Detuned Singing (2aSCa4) by Michal Lech and Bozena Kostek
We Can't Help Imitating the Talkers We Hear - and See (2aSCb2) by Lawrence D. Rosenblum, Rachel M. Miller, and Kauyumari Sanchez
Speak to your TV, it can understand you (2aSCc4) by Maurizio Omologo
Relating the hospital sound environment to occupant psychological and physiological response (2pAAc2) by Kerstin Persson Waye, Erica Ryherd, Berit Lindahl, and Ingegerd Bergbom
Acoustic Emissions for the Prediction of Avalanches (2pPAa6) by Pierre de Guibert and Vincent Gibiat
How Tires Make Noise (2aSAb1) by Dan Borza and Ioana Nistea
Acoustics of a selection of famous 18th century opera houses: Versailles, Markgräfliches, Drottningholm, Schwetzingen (2pAAb3) by Alban Bassuet
Can you tell a 'pea' from a 'bee' if you are a dyslexic child? (2pSCa3) by Souhila Messaoud-Galusi, Valerie Hazan, and Stuart Rosen
WEDNESDAY, JULY 2
High fidelity on the line: please say "aah" (3aMUa7) by Sten Ternström
"Smart Foams" for Enhancing Acoustic Absorption (3aSAb3 & 5aSAb10) by Pierre Leroy, Alain Berry, Noureddine Atalla and Philippe Herzog
What MP3 Players Do to Teenagers (3pPPb3) by Adriano Farina
THURSDAY, JULY 3
Green Roofs for Quietness (4aNSc7) by Timothy Van Renterghem and Dick Botteldooren
Brain regions involved in speaking contribute to conscious awareness of speech (4aSCb2, 4pSCb34) by Matt Davis
Babies' brain waves and cognitive control skills are linked to learning of second-language speech sound information (4aSCb9) by Barbara T. Conboy, Jessica A. Sommerville and Patricia K. Kuhl
Acoustic Characterization of the Ancient Theatre at Syracuse (4pAAa3) by Marco Gullo, A. La Pica, G. Rodono’ and V. Vinci
Pleistocene Hearing (4pAAa12) by Ignacio Martínez Mendizábal, R. Quam, M. Rosa, P. Jarabo, C. Lorenzo, and J.L. Arsuaga
The spotted hyena whoops, giggles and groans. What do the groans mean? (4pABd1) by Frédéric Theunissen, Steve Glickman, and Suzanne Page
Bones in the light of ultrasound (4pEAb2) by Pascal Laugier
Protecting Underwater Archeological Sites (4pEAb2) by Tuncay Akal
FRIDAY, JULY 4
Sound Insulation for Homes (5aAAb2) by Sean Smith
Grand vs Upright Pianos (5aMUe17) by Grigorios Plitsis
The Sound of the African Thumb Piano (kalimba) (5aMUf1) by David M.F. Chapman
Sound of the Hang (5aMUf3) by David Wessel, Andrew Morrison, and Thomas Rossing
Whispering, singing or shouting of erupting volcanoes: the music of gigantic volcanic bubbles (5aPAa3) by Sylvie Vergniolle
"Smart Foams" for Enhancing Acoustic Absorption (5aSAb10 & 3aSAb3) by Pierre Leroy, Alain Berry, Noureddine Atalla and Philippe Herzog
The question of disguised voices (5aSCa5) by Patrick Perrot and Gérard Chollet
Brain regions involved in speaking contribute to conscious awareness of speech (5aSCc30, 5aSCc39, 5aSCc44) by Matt Davis
Sleepy People Don't Speak Clearly (5aSCc31) by Suzanne Boyce, Joel MacAuslan, Ann Bradlow and Rajka Smiljanic
Deaf children can hear well, but not always in classrooms due to acoustics (5pNSa3) by Frank Iglehart
Bio-inspired method to distinguish man-made objects in the ocean (5pUWb8) by Karim G. Sabra, Manell E. Zakharia, Mario Zampolli, Henrik Schmidt and William A. Kuperman
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