ASA Press Releases
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Press Releases
Newsworthy stories from past and present press conferences and publications.
High school students win special awards for acoustics science projects
The Acoustical Society of America presented four special awards at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair 2023
Solar-Powered Balloons Detect Mysterious Sounds in the Stratosphere #ASA184
Inexpensive and easy to build, data collecting balloons capture low-frequency sound in the Earth’s atmosphere.
Fire Hydrant Hydrophones Find Water Leaks #ASA184
Locating leaks in water distribution networks is made easier with hydrant-mounted hydrophones and advanced algorithms.
These Sounds Are Out of This World! #ASA184
Software program predicts environmental noise and modulates voices to simulate sound on other planets.
Songs of the Oceans Raise Environmental Awareness #ASA184
Oceanic data is transformed into hypnotic and impactful music that encourages reflection.
Achieving Linguistic Justice for African American English #ASA184
African American English varies systematically and is internally consistent; a proper understanding of this variation prevents the misdiagnosis of speech and language disorder.
Listening to the Largest Tree on Earth #ASA184
Hydrophones record the sounds of the massive Pando aspen grove, from its leaves to its roots.
Small but Mighty: Insect-Inspired Microphones #ASA184
3D printing technology facilitates bio-inspired microphones that operate autonomously and efficiently.
Fighting Racial Bias in Next-Gen Breast Cancer Screening #ASA184
A new virtual framework has enabled investigations into the effectiveness of optoacoustic tomography for cancer screening in darker-skinned individuals.
Hey Siri, Can You Hear Me? #ASA184
Experiments show how speech and comprehension change when people communicate with artificial intelligence.
Warmer Climate Could Cause Puerto Rico’s Frogs to Croak #ASA184
Rising temperatures leave their mark in the distinctive calls of the coqui frog.
Microbubble Macrophages Track Tumors #ASA184
Ultrasound can image immune cells enhanced with microbubbles, and the resulting traffic patterns could diagnose cancer at earlier stages.
A Cocktail Party of 3D-Printed Robot Heads #ASA184
Human simulators that talk and listen to each other facilitate research on the head’s acoustic properties for better designed audio devices.
Beyond Necessity, Hearing Aids Bring Enjoyment Through Music #ASA184
Hearing aids aren’t particularly good at preserving the sound quality of music – but some manufacturers do better than others.
ASA Press Conferences Livestreamed from Chicago, May 9 #ASA184
Media invited to in-person and virtual presentations about communicating with artificial intelligence, listening to the world’s largest tree, achieving linguistic justice for African American English, making music from ocean data, and other topics.