Lay Language Papers
171st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America
Salt Lake City, Utah
23-27 May, 2016
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3pAB4 – Automatic classification of fish sounds for environmental purposes – Marielle Malfante
The evolution of animal populations is of a special concern in order to prevent changes of behaviour under environmental stress and to preserve biodiversity.
4pMU4 – How Well Can a Human Mimic the Sound of a Trumpet? -Ingo R. Titze
How Well Can a Human Mimic the Sound of a Trumpet? Ingo R. Titze - ingo.titze@utah.edu University of Utah 201 Presidents Cir Salt Lake City, UT Popular version of paper 4pMU4 “How well can a human mimic the sound of a trumpet?” Presented Thursday May 26, 2:00 pm,...
1pSC26 – Acoustics and Perception of Charisma in Bilingual English-Spanish – Rosario Signorello
Acoustics and Perception of Charisma in Bilingual English-Spanish 2016 United States Presidential Election Candidates Rosario Signorello - rsignorello@ucla.edu Department of Head and Neck Surgery 31-20 Rehab Center, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1794 Phone: +1 (323)...
3aBA1 – Ultrasound-Mediated Drug Targeting to Tumors: Revision of Paradigms Through Intravital Imaging – Natalya Rapoport
Ultrasound-Mediated Drug Targeting to Tumors: Revision of Paradigms Through Intravital Imaging Natalya Rapoport – natasha.rapoport@utah.edu Department of Bioengineering University of Utah 36 S. Wasatch Dr., Room 3100 Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 USA Popular version of...
3aBA – Using Ultrasound to Deliver Nanomedicine for the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease – Richard J. Price
Using Ultrasound to Deliver Nanomedicine for the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease Richard J. Price – rprice@virginia.edu University of Virginia Box 800759, Health System Charlottesville, VA 22908 Popular version of paper 3aBA Presented Wednesday morning, May 25,...
2aMU4 – Yelling vs. Screaming in Operatic and Rock Singing – Lisa Popeil
Yelling vs. Screaming in Operatic and Rock Singing Lisa Popeil - lisa@popeil.com Voiceworks® 14431 Ventura Blvd #200 Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 Popular version of paper 2aMU4 Presented Tuesday morning, May 24, 2016 There exist a number of ways the human vocal folds...
2aMU5 – Do people find vocal fry in popular music expressive? – Mackenzie Parrott
Do people find vocal fry in popular music expressive? Mackenzie Parrott – mackenzie.lanae@gmail.com John Nix – john.nix@utsa.edu Popular version of paper 2aMU5, “Listener Ratings of Singer Expressivity in Musical Performance.” Presented Tuesday, May 24, 2016,...
2aPA8 – Taming Tornadoes: Controlled Trapping and Rotation with Acoustic Vortices – Asier Marzo
Taming Tornadoes: Controlled Trapping and Rotation with Acoustic Vortices Asier Marzo - amarzo@hotmail.com Mihai Caleap Bruce Drinkwater Bristol University Senate House, Tyndall Ave, Bristol, United Kingdom Popular version of paper 2aPA8, “Taming tornadoes:...
1aPP44 – What’s That Noise? The Effect of Hearing Loss and Tinnitus on Soldiers Using Military Headsets – Candice Manning, AuD, PhD
What’s That Noise? The Effect of Hearing Loss and Tinnitus on Soldiers Using Military Headsets Candice Manning, AuD, PhD – Candice.Manning@va.gov Timothy Mermagen, BS – timothy.j.mermagen.civ@mail.mil Angelique Scharine, PhD – angelique.s.scharine.civ@mail.mil Human...
2aAAa7 – Gunshot recordings from a criminal incident: who shot first? – Robert C. Maher
Gunshot recordings from a criminal incident: who shot first? Robert C. Maher – rob.maher@montana.edu Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Montana State University P.O. Box 173780 Bozeman, MT 59717-3780 Popular version of paper 2aAAa7, “Gunshot recordings...
2aBAa7 – Ultrasonic “Soft Touch” for Breast Cancer Diagnosis – Mahdi Bayat
Ultrasonic “Soft Touch” for Breast Cancer Diagnosis Mahdi Bayat - bayat.mahdi@mayo.edu Alireza Nabavizadeh- nabavizadehrafsanjani.alireza@mayo.edu Viksit Kumar- kumar.viksit@mayo.edu Adriana Gregory- gregory.adriana@mayo.edu Azra Aliza- alizad.azra@mayo.edu Mostafa...
5aMU5 – Guitar String Sound Retrieved from Moving Pixels – Bożena Kostek
Guitar String Sound Retrieved from Moving Pixels Bożena Kostek - bokostek@audioakustyka.org Audio Acoustics Laboratory Faculty of Electronics Telecommunications and Informatics Gdansk University of Technology, Narutowicza 11/12 80-233 Gdansk, Poland Piotr Szczuko -...
3pSC10 – Does increasing the playback speed of men’s and women’s voices reduce their intelligibility by the same amount? – Eric M. Johnson, Sarah Hargus Ferguson
Does increasing the playback speed of men’s and women’s voices reduce their intelligibility by the same amount? Eric M. Johnson – eric.martin.johnson@utah.edu Sarah Hargus Ferguson – sarah.ferguson@hsc.utah.edu Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders...
2aSC7 – Effects of aging on speech breathing -Simone Graetzer, PhD., Eric J. Hunter, PhD.
Simone Graetzer, PhD. – sgraetz@msu.edu Eric J. Hunter, PhD. – ejhunter@msu.edu Voice Biomechanics and Acoustics Laboratory Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders College of Communication Arts & Sciences Michigan State University 1026 Red Cedar Road East...
1pAA6 – Listening for solutions to a speech intelligibility problem – Anthony Hoover, FASA
Listening for solutions to a speech intelligibility problem Anthony Hoover, FASA - thoover@mchinc.com McKay Conant Hoover, Inc. Acoustics & Media Systems Consultants 5655 Lindero Canyon Road, Suite 325 Westlake Village, CA 91362 Popular version of paper 1pAA6,...
5aSCb17 – Pronunciation differences: Gender and ethnicity in Southern English – Wendy Herd, Devan Torrence, and Joy Cariño
5aSCb17 – Pronunciation differences: Gender and ethnicity in Southern English – Wendy Herd, Devan Torrence, and Joy Cariño Wendy Herd – wherd@english.msstate.edu Devan Torrence – dct74@msstate.edu Joy Carino – carinoj16@themsms.org Linguistics Research Laboratory...
2aBAa5 – Sound Waves Helps Assess Bone Condition – Max Denis
Sound Waves Helps Assess Bone Condition Max Denis – denis.max@mayo.edu 507-266-7449 Leighton Wan – wan.leighton@mayo.edu Matthew Cheong – cheong.matthew@mayo.edu Mostafa Fatemi – fatemi.mostafa@mayo.edu Azra Alizad – alizad.azra@mayo.edu 507-254-5970 Mayo...
1aAA4 – Optimizing the signal to noise ratio in classrooms using passive acoustics – Peter D’Antonio
Optimizing the signal to noise ratio in classrooms using passive acoustics Peter D’Antonio - pdantonio@rpginc.com RPG Diffusor Systems, Inc. 651 Commerce Dr Upper Marlboro, MD 20774 Popular version of paper 1aAA4 “Optimizing the signal to noise ratio in classrooms...
3pID2 – The Sound of the Sacred: The State of the Art in Worship Space Acoustics – David T. Bradley
The Sound of the Sacred: The State of the Art in Worship Space Acoustics David T. Bradley – dabradley@vassar.edu Vassar College 124 Raymond Ave Poughkeepsie, NY 12604-0745 Erica E. Ryherd – eryherd@unl.edu Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction...
3aAB7 – Construction Noise Impact on Wild Birds – Pasquale Bottalico, PhD.
Construction Noise Impact on Wild Birds Pasquale Bottalico, PhD. – pb@msu.edu Voice Biomechanics and Acoustics Laboratory Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders College of Communication Arts & Sciences Michigan State University 1026 Red Cedar Road East...
2pSAa8 – A Study on a Sound Extinguisher Using Sound Lens – Ik-Soo Ahn
Ik-Soo Ahn, aisbestman@naver.com Hyung-Woo Park pphw@ssu.ac.kr Myung-Jin Bae, mjbae@ssu.ac.kr Soongil University 369 Sangdo-ro, Dongjak-gu Seoul, Korea 06978 2Seong-Geon Bae sgbae@kangnam.ac.kr 2Kangnam University 111, Gugal-dong, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do...