ASA Lay Language Papers
163rd Acoustical Society of America Meeting
The following are lay language versions of meeting papers being presented at the 163rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of American to be held May 13 - 18, 2012, in Hong Kong. Please keep in mind that some of the research described in the lay papers may not have yet been peer reviewed.
MONDAY, MAY 14
Trapping of Microorganisms Using Cylindrical Standing Waves and Its Application to Water Purification (1aPA6) by Hae-Rang Hwang, Yonggang Cao, Jungsoon Kim, Moojoon Kim, and Kang-Lyeol Ha
Auditory Depth Control: Investigation associated physical parameters that make a 3-D sound image project out of your TV (1aHT5) by Sungyoung Kim, Hiraku Okumura, and Makoto OtaniSpeech Perception Development in Monolingual Infants and Bilingual Infants (1aSC16) by Adrian Garcia-Sierra, Nairan Ramirez-Esparza, and Patricia K. Kuhl
Observe and Understand the Basaltic Eruptions with Infrasound (1pNSa11) by Aurelien Dupont
Making Sense of Sounds (1pPP1) by Susan L. Denham, Istvan Winkler, Robert W. Mill, Tamas M. Bohm, and Alexandra Bendixen
Improving Orchestra Pits for the Benefit of Musicians (1pAA5) by Stephen Dance, Alba Losada, Sarah Large, Sheldon Walters, Georgia Zepidou, and Luis Gomez
TUESDAY, MAY 15
Dolphin Speaker to Enhance Study of Dolphin Vocalizations and Acoustics (2aAO5) by Yuka Mishima
Seismic Wave Attenuator Made of Acoustic Metamaterials (2aEA8) by Sang-Hoon Kim
The Brain Distinguishes Between Gesture and Action in the Context of Processing Speech (2aSC15) by Spencer Kelly, Meghan Healey, Asli Ozyurek, and Judith Holler
Dynamics of the Himalayan Singing Bowl (2pMU4) by Brandon August, Aditya Mahara, and Thomas Moore
Evaluation of Vibration Seat Rattle Noise Using Coherence Function Technique (2pSA8) by Jin-Su Park, Chang-Yong Joeng, Un-Chang Jeong, Jae-Eun Joeng, In-Hyung Yang, and Jae-Eung Oh
Speech in Noise and Ease of Language Understanding: When and how working memory capacity plays a role (2pPP11) by Jerker Ronnberg, Patrik Sorqvist, Orjan Dahlstrom, Mary Rudner, Ingrid Johnsrude, and Stefan Stenfelt
Estimation of Speech Privacy Performance from Acoustic Parameters in Two Adjacent Rooms (2pAAa1) by Hayato Sato, Masayuki, Morimoto, Yasuhiko Odagawa, and Yasushi Hoshino
Temporal Structure in the Speech of Persons with Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type (2pSC19) by Linda Carozza, Pamela Cantor, Sindia Rodriquez, Kimberly Oliva, Fredericka Bell-Berti
WEDNESDAY, MAY 16
Scoping the Treble Sounds in Singing and Speech: What your phone is not telling you (2aMU12) by Brian B. Monson, Brad H. Story, and Andrew J. Lotto
THURSDAY, MAY 17
Ultrasonic Cleaning of Root Canals (4aPA8) by Bram Verhaagen, Christos Boutsioukis, Michel Versluis, Lei-Meng Jiang, Ricardo Macedo, Damien Walmsley, and Luc van der Sluis
Acoustic Cues Used by Blind Travelers (5aPP18) by Helen J. Simon, Deborah Gilden, John Brabyn, Al Lotze, and Harry Levitt
Gliders, Floats, and Robot Sailboats: autonomous platforms for marine mammal research (5aAB1) by David MellingerWhat Is So Hard About Selective Attending? (5aPP4) by Ross Maddox, Willy Cheung, and Adrian K.C. Lee
For Low-frequency Underwater Sounds, a Mirror Becomes a Window (5aPa4) by Oleg A. Godin and Iosif M. Fuks
Does Exposure to Aircraft Noise at Primary School Influence Later Learning Outcomes?: Findings from the UK RANCH follow-up study (5aNSc1) by Charlotte Clark, Jenny Head, and Stephen A. Stansfeld
Evidence that Blindness Might Rapidly Improve Music and Speech Perception (5aPP10) by Francois Champoux, Simon Landry, Marie-Soleil Houde, Marianne Belanger, and Douglas M. Shiller
Laser Tractor Beam for Small Particles (5pPA2) by Jack Ng, C.T. Chan, Jun Chen, and Zhifang Lin
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