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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2aSP2 – Self-Driving Cars: Have You Considered Using Sound?
Keegan Yi Hang Sim - yhsim@connect.ust.hkYijia ChenYuxuan WanKevin Chau Department of Electronic and Computer EngineeringHong Kong University of Science and TechnologyClear Water BayHong Kong Popular version of paper 2aSP2 Advanced automobile crash detection by...
3pAO7 – The use of passive acoustic to follow killer whale behavior and to understand how they perceive their environment within a context of interaction with fishing activities
Gaëtan Richard – gaetan.richard@ensta-bretagne.frFlore Samaran – flore.samaran@ensta-bretagne.frENSTA Bretagne, Lab-STICC UMR 62852 rue François Verny29806 Brest Cedex 9, France Julien Bonnel – jbonnel@whoi.eduWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution266 Woods Hole...
2pAB – Sound production of the critically endangered totoaba: applying underwater sound detection to fish species conservation
Goldie Phillips – gphillips@sci-brid.comSci-Brid International Consulting, LLC16192 Coastal HwyLewes, DE 19958 Gerald D’Spain – gdspain@ucsd.eduCatalina López-Sagástegui – catalina@ucr.eduOctavio Aburto-Oropeza – maburto@ucsd.eduDennis Rimington –...
4aAB4 – A Machine Learning Model of the Global Ambient Sound Level
Shane V. Lympany – shane.lympany@blueridgeresearch.comMichael M. James – michael.james@blueridgeresearch.comAlexandria R. SaltonMatthew F. CaltonBlue Ridge Research and Consulting, LLC29 N Market St, Suite 700Asheville, NC 28801 Kent L. GeeMark K. TranstrumKatrina...
4aSC19 – Consonant Variation in Southern Speech
Lisa Lipani - llipani@uga.eduMichael Olsen - michael.olsen25@uga.eduRachel Olsen - rmm75992@uga.eduDepartment of LinguisticsUniversity of Georgia142 Gilbert HallAthens, Georgia 30602 Popular version of paper 4aSC19Presented Thursday morning, December 5, 2019178th ASA...
5aSC8 – How head and eyebrow movements help make conversation a success
Samantha Danner – sfgordon@usc.eduDani Byrd – dbyrd@usc.eduDepartment of Linguistics, University of Southern CaliforniaGrace Ford Salvatori Hall, Rm. 3013601 Watt WayLos Angeles, CA 90089-1693 Jelena Krivokapić– jelenak@umich.eduDepartment of Linguistics, University...
2aNSb7 – Automatically finding focused crowd involvement at basketball games and Mardi Gras parades
Mylan Cook – mylan.cook@gmail.comEric Todd – eric.w.todd@gmail.comKent L. Gee – kentgee@byu.eduMark K. Transtrum – mkt24@byu.eduBrigham Young UniversityN283 ESCProvo, UT 84602 David S. Woolworth – dwoolworth@rwaconsultants.netRoland, Woolworth & Associates, LLC356...
4pBAb3 – Bubbles on kidney stones in humans
Julianna C. Simon – jcsimon@psu.eduGraduate Program in AcousticsThe Pennsylvania State University201E Applied Science BuildingUniversity Park, PA 16802ANDCenter for Industrial and Medical UltrasoundApplied Physics LaboratoryUniversity of Washington1013 NE 40th...
2pAB2 – Sound pollution decreases the chances of love for oyster toadfish
Rosalyn Putland rputland@d.umn.eduUniversity of Minnesota Duluth, 1035 Kirby DriveDuluth, Minnesota 55812 Alayna Mackiewicz alaynam@live.unc.eduUniversity of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 120 South RoadChapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 Jacey Van Wert...
3pNS3 – Design of an Electric Vehicle Warning Sound System to Minimize Noise Pollution
Nikolaos Kournoutos – nk1y17@soton.ac.ukJordan Cheer – J.Cheer@soton.ac.ukInstitute of Sound and Vibration Research,University of SouthamptonUniversity RdSouthampton, UK SO17 1BJ Popular version of paper 3pNS3 "Design and realisation of a directional electric vehicle...
4pPPb2 – Phantom words are heard more frequently as coming from the right side of space
Diana Deutsch – ddeutsch@ucsd.eduDept. of Psychology,University of California, San Diego,La Jolla, CA , 92093, USA Kevin DooleyDept. of Psychology,California State University, Dominguez Hills,Carson, CA, 90747, USA Trevor HenthornDept. of Music,University of...
3pID2 – Communication Between Native and Non-Native Speakers
Melissa Baese-Berk mbaesebe@uoregon.edu 1290 University of OregonEugene, OR 97403 Popular version of 3pID2Presented Wednesday afternoon, December 4, 2019178th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Diego, CA Communication is critically important in society....
4pSC34 – Social contexts do not affect how listeners perceive personality traits of gay and heterosexual male talkers
Erik C. Tracy – erik.tracy@uncp.eduUniversity of North Carolina PembrokePembroke, NC 28372 Popular version of Poster 4pSC34Presented in the afternoon on Thursday, December 5, 2019178th ASA Meeting, San Diego, CA Researchers found that different social contexts change...
3pBA4 – Artificial Intelligence for Automatic Tracking of the Tongue in Real-time Ultrasound Data
M. Hamed Mozaffari – mmoza102@uottawa.caWon-Sook Lee – wslee@uottawa.caSchool of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)University of Ottawa800 King Edward AvenueOttawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5 David Sankoff – sankoff@uottwa.caDepartment of Mathematics and...
2pAA13 – Reverberation Time Slope Ratio Thesis
Michael Fay – mfay.gracenote@gmail.comGraceNote Design Studio7046 Temple Terrace St.San Diego, CA 92119 Presented Tuesday afternoon, December 3, 2019178th ASA Meeting, San Diego, CA The T60 Slope Ratio thesis defines specific reverberation time vs. frequency goals for...
3pSA – Diagnosing wind turbine condition employing a neural network to the analysis of vibroacoustic signals
Andrzej CzyzewskiGdansk University of Technology, Multimedia Systems Department80-233 Gdansk, Polandwww.multimed.orge-mail: multimed.org@gmail.com Popular version of paper 3pSA Presented Wednesday afternoon, December 4, 2019 178th ASA Meeting, San Diego, California...
1pMU4: Reproducing tonguing strategies in single-reed woodwinds using an artificial blowing machine
Montserrat Pàmies-Vilà – pamies-vila@mdw.ac.atAlex Hofmann – hofmann-alex@ mdw.ac.atVasileios Chatziioannou – chatziioannou@mdw.ac.atUniversity of Music and Performing Arts ViennaAnton-von-Webern-Platz 11030 Vienna, Austria Popular version of paper 1pMU4: Reproducing...
2pBA2 – Double, Double, Toil and Trouble: Nitric Oxide or Xenon Bubble
Christy K. Holland – Christy.Holland@uc.eduDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease andDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringUniversity of CincinnatiCardiovascular Center 3935231 Albert Sabin WayCincinnati, Ohio...
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
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