Lay Language Papers
169th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
May 18-22, 2014
Please keep in mind that some of the research described in these lay papers may not have yet been peer reviewed.
4aPA4 – Acoustic multi-pole source inversions of volcano infrasound
Volcanoes are outstanding natural sources of infrasound (low-frequency acoustic waves below 20 Hz). In the last few decades local infrasound networks have become an essential part of geophysical monitoring systems for volcanic activity.
4aSC2 – Effects of language and music experience on speech perception
Listeners’ performance in speech perception tasks is influenced by their experience in either processing strategy. Here, we use lexical tone processing as a window to examine how extensive experience in both strategies influence speech perception.
4aPP2 – Localizing Sound Sources when the Listener Moves: Vision Required
These researchers are investigating sound source localization when the listener and/or the source move.
Experimental demonstration of under ice acoustic communication
The winter of Harbin is quite cold with an average temperature of -20o C to -30o C in January. An under ice acoustic communication experiment was done in Songhua River, Harbin, China in January 2015. The Songhua River is a river in Northeast China, and is the largest...
2aAB7 – Nocturnal peace at a Conservation Center for Species Survival?
This study analyzed the soundscape continuously recorded beside the southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) enclosure at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center,
3aBA12 – Sternal vibrations reflect hemodynamic changes during immersion: underwater ballistocardiography
researchers have improved a technique called ballistocardiography, or BCG, that uses one or more mechanical sensors, such as an accelerometer worn on the body, to measure very small vibrations originating from the beating heart.
1pABa2 – Could wind turbine noise interfere with greater prairie chicken (tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) courtship?
Researchers are interested in what Greater Prairie Chickens can hear because wind energy developments are encroaching onto their habitat
2pED – Sound education for the deaf and hard of hearing
The deaf and hard of hearing have less intuition with sound but are no strangers to the effects of pressure, vibrations, and other basic acoustical principles. Brigham Young University developed an acoustics demonstration program for visiting deaf students.
3aSA11 – Hollow vs. Foam-filled racket: Feel-good vibrations
A solid foam-filled graphite tennis racket design claims to reduce the risk of injury
2aNSa – Soundscapes and human restoration in green urban areas
Researchers explore the role of sound in the process which leads from access and use of green space to restoration and health.
3aSPb5 – Improving Headphone Spatialization: Fixing a problem you’ve learned to accept
When a legacy stereo mix is played on headphones, all instruments or voices in that piece get placed in between the listener’s ears, inside of their head. This not only is unnatural and fatiguing for the listener, but is detrimental toward the original placement of the instruments in that musical piece.
2aSC – Speech: An eye and ear affair!
Despite the fact that blind speakers learn to produce intelligible speech, they do not quite speak like sighted speakers do.
1pSC2 – Deciding to go (or not to go) to the party may depend as much on your memory as on your hearing
Understanding conversation in noisy everyday situations can be a challenge for listeners, especially individuals who are older and/or hard-of-hearing.
4pAB3 – Can a spider “sing”? If so, who might be listening?
While species like crickets & katydids have evolved structures for producing sound, the wolf spider is vibrating structures in the environment to create sound.
Monitoring deep ocean temperatures using low-frequency ambient noise
Researchers demonstrated the feasibility of a passive acoustic thermometry method use in the deep oceans, using only recordings of low-frequency (f~10 Hz) ambient noise propagating along the SOFAR channel.
5aMU3 – The Origins of Building Acoustics for Theatre and Music Performances
The ancient open amphitheatres and the roofed odeia of the Greek-Roman era present the earliest public buildings designed for effective communication of theatrical and music performances
2pNSb – A smartphone noise meter app in every pocket?
The ubiquity of smartphones and the sophistication of current sound measurement applications (app) present a great opportunity to revolutionize the way we look at noise and its effects on our hearing and overall health.
2aPP6 – Emergence of Spoken Language in Deaf Children Receiving a Cochlear Implant
Before the advent of Cochlear Implants (CI), children who were born profoundly deaf acquired spoken language and literacy skills with great difficulty and over many years of intensive education.
2aNSa1 – Soundscape will tune an acoustic environment through peoples’ mind
Soundscape offers the opportunity for multidisciplinary working, bringing together science, medicine, social studies and the arts – combined, crucially, with analysis, advice and feedback from the ‘users of the space’ as the primary ‘experts’ of any environment – to find creative and responsive solutions for protection of living places and to enhance the quality of life.
3aBA5 – Fabricating Blood Vessels with Ultrasound
research is underway to develop new ultrasound technologies to control and enhance the fabrication of artificial tissues
5aMU1 – Understanding timbral effects of multi-resonator/generator systems of wind instruments in the context of western and non-western music
Often neglected is the fact that there is a second resonator for all wind instruments coupled to the tone generator – the vocal cavity
Cardiovascular Effects of Noise on Man
Environmental noise from transportation noise sources, including road, rail and air traffic, is increasingly recognized as a significant public health issue.
2pSC14 – Improving the Accuracy of Automatic Detection of Emotions From Speech
In this study new combinations of acoustic feature sets were used to improve the performance of emotion recognition from speech.
On Bleats, in the Year of the Sheep
A bleat is usually defined as the cry of a sheep or goat but they are just two voices in a large worldwide animal chorus that we are just starting to understand.
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182nd Meeting: Denver, CO
181st Meeting: Seattle, WA
180th Meeting: Virtual – Acoustics in Focus
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178th Meeting: San Diego, CA
177th Meeting: Louisville, KY
176th Meeting: Victoria British, Columbia
175th Meeting: Minneapolis, MN
174th Meeting: New Orleans, LA
173rd Meeting (8th Forum Acusticum): Boston, MA
172nd Meeting (5th Joint Meeting of ASA and ASJ): Honolulu, HI
171st Meeting: Salt lake City, UT
170th Meeting: Jacksonville, FL
169th Meeting: Pittsburgh, PA
168th Meeting: Indianapolis, IN
167th Meeting: Providence, Rhode Island
166th Meeting: San Francisco, California
165th Meeting: Montreal, Canada
164rd Meeting: Kansas City, Missouri
163rd Meeting: Hong Kong, China
162nd Meeting: San Diego, California
161st Meeting: Seattle, Washington
160th Meeting: Cancun, Mexico
159th Meeting: Baltimore, Maryland
158th Meeting: San Antonio, Texas
157th Meeting: Portland, Oregon
156th Meeting: Miami, Florida
155th Meeting: Paris, France
154th Meeting: New Orleans, Louisiana
153rd Meeting: Salt Lake City, Utah
152nd Meeting: Honolulu, Hawaii
151st Meeting: Providence, Rhode Island
150th Meeting: Minneapolis, Minnesota
149th Meeting: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
148th Meeting: San Diego, California
147th Meeting: New York, New York
146th Meeting: Austin, Texas
145th Meeting: Nashville, Tennessee
144th Meeting: Cancun, Mexico
143rd Meeting: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
142nd Meeting: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
141st Meeting: Chicago, Illinois
140th Meeting: Newport Beach, California
139th Meeting: Atlanta, Georgia
138th Meeting: Columbus, Ohio
137th Meeting: Berlin, Germany
136th Meeting: Norfolk, Virginia
135th Meeting: Seattle, Washington (ICA/ASA ’98)
134th Meeting: San Diego, California
133rd Meeting: State College, Pennsylvania
132nd Meeting: Honolulu, Hawaii
131st Meeting: Indianapolis, Indiana
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