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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3aBA9 – Ultrasound mediated thermal stress augments mass and drug transport in brain tumors
Costas ArvanitisGeorgia Institute of Technologycostas.arvanitis@gatech.edu Popular version of paper 3aBA9 The role of U.S. thermal stress in modulating the vascular transport dynamics in the brain tumorsPresented Thursday morning, June 10, 2021180th ASA Meeting,...
2pMU3 – Why do harpists still prefer gut strings?
Jim Woodhouse — jw12@cam.ac.ukCambridge University Engineering DepartmentTrumpington StCambridge CB2 1PZ, U.K. Nicolas Lynch-Aird — lynchaird@yahoo.co.ukThe Old ForgeBurnt House LaneBattisfordSuffolk IP14 2ND, U.K. Popular version of paper ‘2pMU3’ String choice: Why...
4aPPa4 – Perception of Vowels and Consonants in Cochlear Implant Users
Melissa Malinasky - Melissa_Malinasky@rush.edu Popular version of paper 4aPPa4Presented Thursday morning, December 10 , 2020179th ASA Meeting, Acoustics Virtually Everywhere Understanding individual phoneme sounds is vital to speech perception. While cochlear implants...
1aBAd2 – Pilot studies on zebrafish echocardiography and zebrafish ultrasound vibro-elastography
Xiaoming Zhang, PhD –Zhang.Xiaoming@mayo.eduDepartment of RadiologyMayo ClinicRochester, MN 55905 Alex X. Zhang, Xiaolei Xu, PhDDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyMayo ClinicRochester, MN 55905 Popular version of paper 1aBAd2Presented Monday morning,...
5pAAa4 – The clapping circle “squeak,” finally explained
“The clapping circle “squeak,” finally explained” Elspeth Wing – winge@purdue.eduSteven Herr – sherr@purdue.eduAlexander Petty – petty14@purdue.eduAlexander Dufour – adufour@purdue.eduFrederick Hoham – fhoham@purdue.eduMorgan Merrill – mmerril@purdue.eduDonovan...
1aSC3 – Acoustic changes of speech during the later years of life
Benjamin Tucker - benjamin.tucker@ualberta.caStephanie Hedges - shedges@ualberta.caDepartment of LinguisticsUniversity of AlbertaEdmonton, Alberta T6G 2E7Canada Mark Berardi - mberardi@msu.eduEric Hunter - ejhunter@msu.eduDepartment of Communicative Sciences and...
2pUWb2 – Study of low frequency flight recorder detection
I Yun Su - r07525010@ntu.edu.twWen-Yang Liu - r06525035@ntu.edu.twChi-Fang Chen - chifang@ntu.edu.twEngineering Science and Ocean Engineering,National Taiwan University,No. 1 Roosevelt Road Sec.#4Taipei City, Taiwan Li-Chang Chuang - eric@ttsb.gov.twKai-Hong Fang -...
2pBAc – Targeting Sound with Ultrasound in the Brain
Scott Schoen Jr – scottschoenjr@gatech.eduCostas Arvanitis – costas.arvanitis@gatech.edu Georgia Tech901 Atlantic DrAtlanta, GA 30318 Popular version of 2pBAc - Spatial Characterization of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Fields in the BrainPresented Tuesday...
4aMUa3 – Musical Notes translate to Emotions? A neuro-acoustical endeavor with Indian Classical music
Shankha SanyalSamir KarmakarDipak GhoshJadavpur UniversityKolkata: 700032, INDIA Archi BanerjeeRekhi Centre of Excellence for the Science of HappinessIIT Kharagpur, 721301, INDIA Popular version of paper 4aMUa3 Emotions from musical notes? A psycho-acoustic...
4pAO1 – Oceanic Quieting During a Global Pandemic
John P. Ryan – ryjo@mbari.orgMonterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute7700 Sandholdt RoadMoss Landing, CA 95039 John E. Joseph – jejoseph@nps.eduTetyana Margolina – tmargoli@nps.eduDepartment of OceanographyNaval Postgraduate SchoolMonterey, CA 93943 Leila T. Hatch –...
1aBAd1 – Early Detection of Arterial Disease using Medical Ultrasound
Tuhin Roy – troy@ncsu.edu Murthy Guddati – mnguddat@ncsu.eduNC State University - Civil Engineering, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA Matthew W. Urban – Urban.Matthew@mayo.edu James Greenleaf – jfg@mayo.eduMayo Clinic – Department of Radiology, Rochester, MN 55905, USA Popular...
1aAAa2 – Flooring Impact Sound – A Potential Path to Quieter Hospitals
Mike Raley – mike.raley@ecoreintl.comEcore International715 Fountain AvenueLancaster, PA 17601 Popular version of paper 1aAAa2Presented Monday morning, December 7, 2020179th ASA Meeting, Acoustics Virtually Everywhere Hospitals are noisy places. The Hospital Consumer...
5aNSa4 – Preserving workers’ hearing health by improving earplug efficiency
Work carried out by researchers from ÉTS and the IRSST Bastien Poissenot-Arrigoni – bastien.poissenot.1@ens.etsmtl.caOlivier Doutres – olivier.doutres@etsmtl.caÉcole de Technologie Supérieure1100 Rue Notre-Dame Ouest,Montréal, QC H3C 1K3 Franck Sgard...
3pBAb1 – Sonobiopsy uses ultrasound to diagnose brain cancer
Christopher Pacia – cpacia@wustl.eduLifei ZhuJinyun YuanYimei YueHong Chen – hongchen@wustl.edu Washington University in St. Louis4511 Forest Park AveSt. Louis, MO 63108 Popular version of paper 3pBAb1Presented Wednesday afternoon, December 9, 2020179th ASA Meeting,...
3aAB2 – Assembling an acoustic catalogue for different dolphin species in the Colombian Pacific coast: an opportunity to parameterize whistles before rising noise pollution levels.
Daniel Noreña – d.norena@uniandes.edu.coKerri D. SegerSusana Caballero Laboratorio de Ecologia Molecular de Vertebrados MarinosUniversidad de los AndesBogotá, Colombia Popular version of paper 3aAB2Presented Wednesday morning, December 9 , 2020179th ASA Meeting,...
3pAO1 – Can We Map the Entire Global Ocean Seafloor by 2030?
Larry Mayer – larry@ccom.unh.eduCenter for Coastal and Ocean MappingUniversity of New HampshireDurham, N.H. 03824 Popular version of paper 3pAO1Presented Wednesday afternoon, December 09, 2020179th ASA Meeting, Acoustics Virtually Everywhere Today it is trivial, with...
2pSPc4 – Determining the Distance of Sperm Whales in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from an Underwater Acoustic Recoding Device
Kendal Leftwich – kmleftwi@uno.eduGeorge Druant - George.Drouant@oit.eduJulia Robe – jerobe@uno.eduJuliette Ioup – jioup@uno.edu University of New Orleans2000 Lakeshore DriveNew Orleans, LA 70148 Determining the range to marine mammals in the Northern gulf of Mexico...
1aBAb – Shear wave elastography for skeletal muscle diagnostics
Timofey Krit – timofey@acs366.phys.msu.ruArina Ivanova – ivanova.ad16@physics.msu.ruM.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of PhysicsVorobyovy Gory, 1/2, Moscow 119991, Russia Yuly Kamalov – kamalov53@yandex.ruRussian Scientific Center of Surgery named after...
Lay Language Papers organized by meeting
187th Meeting: Virtual, 18-22 Nov 2024
186th Meeting: Ottawa, CAN 13-17 May 2024
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
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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