Acoustics Lay Language Papers
Here you will find Acoustics Lay Language Papers (ALLP) from the most recent ASA Meeting. These are 300 to 500 word summaries of meeting presentations written by scientists for a general audience. Papers are accompanied by photos, audio and video. ASA is happy to provide this platform for media representatives and anyone interested in learning about the newest acoustics research. Please keep in mind that some of the research described here may not have yet been peer reviewed.
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Can aliens found in museums teach us about learning sound categories?
Christopher Heffner - ccheffne@buffalo.edu Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14214, United States Popular version of 4aSCb6 - Age and category structure in phonetic category learning Presented at the 186th ASA...
What could happen to Earth if we blew up an incoming asteroid?
Brin Bailey - brittanybailey@ucsb.edu University of California, Santa Barbara, Physics Department, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, United States Popular version of 4aPA12 - Acoustic ground effects simulations from asteroid disruption via the 'Pulverize It' methodPresented...
Listening for bubbles to make scuba diving safer
Joshua Currens - jcurrens@unc.edu Department of Radiology; Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States Popular version of 5aBAb8 - Towards real-time decompression sickness...
Unlocking the Secrets of Ocean Dynamics: Insights from ALMA
Florent Le Courtois - florent.lecourtois@gmail.com DGA Tn, Toulon, Var, 83000, France Samuel Pinson, École Navale, Rue du Poulmic, 29160 Lanvéoc, France Victor Quilfen, Shom, 13 Rue de Châtellier, 29200 Brest, France Gaultier Real, CMRE, Viale S. Bartolomeo, 400,...
Taking Pictures of the Sound of a Rocket
Grant W. Hart – grant_hart@byu.edu Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602 United States Kent Gee (@KentLGee on X) Eric Hintz Giovanna Nuccitelli Trevor Mahlmann (@TrevorMahlmann on X) Popular version of 1pNSa8 – A photographic analysis of Mach wave radiation from a...
The science of baby speech sounds: men and women may experience them differently
M. Fernanda Alonso Arteche - maria.alonsoarteche@mail.mcgill.ca Instagram: @laneurotransmisora School of Communication Science and Disorders, McGill University, Center for Research on Brain, Language, and Music (CRBLM), Montreal, QC, H3A 0G4, Canada Instagram:...
What makes drones sound annoying? The answer may lie in noise fluctuations
Ze Feng (Ted) Gan - tedgan@psu.edu Department of Aerospace Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, United States Popular version of 2aNSa3 - Multirotor broadband noise modulation Presented at the 186th ASA Meeting Read the abstract...
Teaching about the Dangers of Loud Music with InteracSon’s Hearing Loss Simulation Platform
Jérémie Voix - Jeremie.Voix@etsmtl.ca École de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec, Montréal, Québec, H3C 1K3, Canada Rachel Bouserhal, Valentin Pintat & Alexis Pinsonnault-Skvarenina École de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec Popular version...
Babies lead the way – a discovery with infants brings new insights to vowel perception
Linda Polka - linda.polka@mcgill.ca School of Communication Sciences & Disorders, McGill University SCSD, 2001 McGill College Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1G1, Canada Matthew Masapollo, PhD Motor Neuroscience Laboratory Department of Psychology McGill University...
Reducing Ship Noise Pollution with Structured Quarter-Wavelength Resonators
Mathis Vulliez - mathis.vulliez@usherbrooke.ca Université de Sherbrooke, Département de génie mécanique, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada Marc-André Guy, Département de génie mécanique, Université de Sherbrooke Kamal Kesour, Innovation Maritime, Rimouski, QC,...
Popping Droplets for Drug Delivery
Aaqib Khan - aaqib.khan@iitgn.ac.in Chemical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 382355, India Sameer V. Dalvi - sameervd@iitgn.ac.in Chemical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar...
Novel audio analysis helps identify multiple sounds in forensic gunshot recordings
Steven Beck - stevendbeck@alumni.rice.edu Beck Audio Forensics, 7618 Rockpoint Dr, Austin, Texas, 78731, United States Popular version of 2pEA8 - Dissecting Recorded Gunshot Sounds Presented at the 186th ASA Meeting Read the abstract at...
Tools for shaping the sound of the future city in virtual reality
Christian Dreier - cdr@akustik.rwth-aachen.de Institute for Hearing Technology and Acoustics RWTH Aachen University Aachen, Northrhine-Westfalia 52064 Germany - Christian Dreier (lead author, LinkedIn: Christian Dreier) - Rouben Rehman - Josep Llorca-Bofí (LinkedIn:...
Reducing the Sound Transmission Between Suites, One Conduit at a Time
Michael Kundakcioglu - mkundakcioglu@hgcengineering.com HGC Engineering, 2000 Argentia Road, Plaza One, Suite 203, Mississauga, Ontario, L5N 1P7, Canada Jessica Tinianov Adam Doiron Popular version of 1aAA9 - Sound flanking through common low-voltage electrical...
Listen In: Infrasonic Whispers Reveal the Hidden Structure of Planetary Interiors and Atmospheres
Quentin Brissaud - quentin@norsar.no X (twitter): @QuentinBrissaud Research Scientist, NORSAR, Kjeller, N/A, 2007, Norway Sven Peter Näsholm, University of Oslo and NORSAR Marouchka Froment, NORSAR Antoine Turquet, NORSAR Tina Kaschwich, NORSAR Popular version of...
Soundscape to Improve the Experience of People with Dementia; Considering How They Process Sounds
Arezoo Talebzadeh - arezoo.talebzadeh@ugent.be X (twitter): @arezoonia Instagram: @arezoonia Ghent University, Technology Campus, iGent, Technologiepark 126, Gent, Gent, 9052, Belgium Dick Botteldooren and Paul Devos Ghent University Technology Campus, iGent,...
Vowel Adjustments: The Key to High-Pitched Singing
May Pik Yu Chan - pikyu@sas.upenn.edu University of Pennsylvania, 3401-C Walnut Street, Suite 300, C Wing, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States Jianjing Kuang Popular version of 4aMU6 - Ultrasound tongue imaging of vowel spaces across pitches in singing Presented at...
Bats could help the development of AI robots
Rolf Müller - rolf.mueller@vt.edu X (twitter): @UBDVTLab Instagram: @ubdvtcenter Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, 24061, United States Popular version of 4aAB7 - Of bats and robots Presented at the 186th ASA Meeting Read the...
Tailoring Hearing Aid Adjustments: The Impact of Cognitive Abilities on Speech Understanding in Noise
Varsha Rallapalli - varsha.rallapalli@northwestern.edu Northwestern University, Communication Sciences & Disorders, Evanston, IL, 60208, United States Jeff Crukley – University of Toronto; McMaster University Emily Lundberg – University of Colorado, Boulder James...
Sounds of the Hindu Temples of South India
Shashank Aswathanarayana - shashank@american.edu Instagram: @shashankaswath American University, Department of Performing Arts, American University, Washington, DC, 20016, United States Braxton Boren, Department of Performing Arts, American University X (twitter):...
The Cost of Transparency: Acoustics and Sustainability Issues with Glass Office Partitions
Caroline Harvey - caroline.harvey@arup.com Arup, Suite 900, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3M5, Canada Vincent Jurdic Chris Pollock Willem Boning Popular version of 1aAA13 - The cost of transparency: balancing acoustic, financial and sustainability considerations for glazed...
Using rays to describe spinning sound
Chirag Gokani - chiragokani@gmail.com University of Texas at Austin, Applied Research Laboratories and Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, Austin, Texas, 78766-9767, United States Michael R. Haberman; Mark F. Hamilton (both at Applied Research Laboratories...
New scientific tools help national parks learn more about wildlife and natural sounds
Cathleen Balantic - cathleen_balantic@nps.gov Biologist, National Park Service, Natural Sounds and Night Skies Division 1201 Oakridge Drive Suite 100 Fort Collins, CO, 80524, United States Popular version of 2aAB5 - From sounds to science on public lands: using...
Towards studying Venus seismicity, subsurface, and atmosphere using atmospheric acoustics
Gil Averbuch - gil.averbuch@whoi.edu Applied Ocean Phusics and Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic Instuitution., Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States Andi Petculescu University of Louisiana Department of Physics Lafayette, Louisiana, USA Popular version of 3aPAa6 -...
Super-resolution ultrasound to prevent breast cancer patients from undergoing ineffective therapy
Céline Porte - cporte@ukaachen.de Institute for Experimental Molecular Imaging, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, 52074, Germany Fabian Kiessling – fkiessling@ukaachen.de Institute for Experimental Molecular Imaging, RWTH Aachen University...
The Infrasonic Choir: Decoding Songs to Inform Decisions
Sarah McComas - sarah.mccomas@usace.army.mil U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS, 39180, United States Popular version of 1pPAb4 - The Infrasonic Choir: Decoding Songs to Inform Decisions Presented at the 186th ASA Meeting Read the...
High-resolution microvessel imaging using novel beamforming techniques and no microbubbles!
Michael Oelze - oelze@illinois.edu X (Twitter): @Oelze_Url University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL 61801 United States Zhengchang Kou University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL 61801 United States Popular version of 1pBAb7 - Contrast-Free...
Moving Cargo, Keeping Whales: Investigating Solutions for Ship Noise Pollution
Vanessa ZoBell - vmzobell@ucsd.edu Instagram: @vanessa__zobell Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, 92037, United States John A. Hildebrand, Kaitlin E. Frasier UCSD - Scripps Institution of Oceanography Twitter & Instagram: @scripps_mbarc...
A general method to obtain clearer images at a higher resolution than theoretical limit
Jian-yu Lu - jian-yu.lu@ieee.org X (Twitter): @Jianyu_lu Instagram: @jianyu.lu01 Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, 43606, United States Popular version of 1pBAb4 - Reconstruction methods for super-resolution...
Why is it easier to understand people we know?
Emma Holmes - emma.holmes@ucl.ac.uk X (Twitter): @Emma_Holmes_90 University College London (UCL), Department of Speech Hearing and Phonetic Sciences, London, Greater London, WC1N 1PF, United Kingdom Popular version of 4aPP4 - How does voice familiarity affect speech...
Lay Language Papers organized by meeting
185th Meeting: Sydney, AUS 4-8 Dec 2023
184th Meeting: Chicago, IL 8-12 May 2023
183rd Meeting: Nashville, TN 5-9 Dec 2022
182nd Meeting: Denver, CO 23-27 May 2022
181st Meeting: Seattle, WA 29 Nov – 3 Dec 2021
180th Meeting: Virtual – Acoustics in Focus 8-10 Jun 2021
179th Meeting: Virtual – Acoustics Virtually Everywhere 7-11 Dec 2020
178th Meeting: San Diego, CA 2-6 Dec 2019
177th Meeting: Louisville, KY May 2019
176th Meeting: Victoria, CAN Nov 2018
175th Meeting: Minneapolis, MN May 2018
174th Meeting: New Orleans, LA Dec 2017
173rd Meeting (8th Forum Acusticum): Boston, MA Jun 2017
172nd Meeting (5th Joint Meeting of ASA and ASJ): Honolulu, HI Dec 2016
171st Meeting: Salt lake City, UT May 2016
170th Meeting: Jacksonville, FL Oct 2015
169th Meeting: Pittsburgh, PA May 2014
168th Meeting: Indianapolis, IN Oct 2014
Archive
167th Meeting: Providence, RI May 2014
166th Meeting: San Francisco, CA Dec 2013
165th Meeting: Montreal, CAN (21st ICA) Jun 2013
164rd Meeting: Kansas City, MO Oct 2012
163rd Meeting: Hong Kong, CHN (8th Meeting of ASC and 11th WESPAC) May 2012
162nd Meeting: San Diego, CA Nov 2011
161st Meeting: Seattle, WA May 2011
160th Meeting: Cancun, MEX (2nd Pan-American/Iberian Meeting on Acoustics) Nov 2010
159th Meeting: Baltimore, MD Apr 2010
158th Meeting: San Antonio, TX Oct 2009
157th Meeting: Portland, OR May 2009
156th Meeting: Miami, FL Nov 2008
155th Meeting: Paris, FRA (5th Forum Acusticum, 9th CFA, 7th Euronoise, 9th ECUA) July 2008
154th Meeting: New Orleans, LA Dec 2007
153rd Meeting: Salt Lake City, UT Jun 2007
152nd Meeting: Honolulu, HI (4th Joint Meeting ASA and ASJ) Dec 2006
151st Meeting: Providence, RI Jun 2006
150th Meeting: Minneapolis, MN Oct 2005
149th Meeting: Vancouver, CAN (Joint meeting of ASA and CAA) May 2005
148th Meeting: San Diego, CA Nov 2004
147th Meeting: New York, NY May 2004
146th Meeting: Austin, TX Nov 2003
145th Meeting: Nashville, TN May 2003
144th Meeting: Cancun, MEX (1st Pan-American/Iberian Meeting on Acoustics) Dec 2002
143rd Meeting: Pittsburgh, PA Jun 2002
142nd Meeting: Ft. Lauderdale, FL Dec 2001
141st Meeting: Chicago, IL Jun 2001
140th Meeting: Newport Beach, CA Dec 2000
139th Meeting: Atlanta, GA May 2000
138th Meeting: Columbus, OH Nov 1999
137th Meeting: Berlin, GER (2nd EAA Convention & 25th DAGA Conference) Mar 1999
136th Meeting: Norfolk, VA Oct 1998
135th Meeting: Seattle, WA (16th ICA) Jun 1998
134th Meeting: San Diego, CA Dec 1997
133rd Meeting: State College, PA Jun 1997
132nd Meeting: Honolulu, HI (3rd Joint Meeting of ASA and ASJ)) Dec 1996
131st Meeting: Indianapolis, IN May 1996
130th Meeting: St. Louis, MO Dec 1995