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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4aAB1 – The best available science? Are NOAA Fisheries marine mammal exposure noise guidelines up to date?
Michael Stocker - mstocker@OCR.orgOcean Conservation ResearchP.O. Box 559Lagunitas, California 94938 Popular version of paper 4aAB1Presented Thursday morning, May 16, 2019177th ASA Meeting, Louisville, KYClick here tor read the abstractClick here to read the...
4aBAa7 – Unprecedented high-spatial resolution was achieved in ultrasound imaging by breaking the fundamental limitation with the operating ultrasound wavelength
Kang Kim – kangkim@upmc.eduQiyang Chen – qic41@pitt.eduJaesok Yu - jaesok.yu@ece.gatech.eduRoderick J Tan - tanrj@upmc.eduUniversity of Pittsburgh3550 Terrace St, room 623, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 Popular version of paper 2aBA8; 4aBAa7Presented Tuesday & Thursday...
1aPP – The Role of Talker/Vowel Change in Consonant Recognition with Hearing Loss
Ali Abavisani - aliabavi@illinois.eduJont B. Allen - jontalle@illinois.eduDept. of Electrical and Computer EngineeringUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign405 N Mathews AveUrbana, IL, 61801 Popular version of paper 1aPPPresented Monday, May 13, 2019177th ASA...
2pAB16 – Biomimetic sonar and the problem of finding objects in foliage
Joseph Sutlive – josephs7@vt.eduRolf Müller – rolf.mueller@vt.eduVirginia TechICTAS II, 1075 Life Science Cir (Mail Code 0917)Blacksburg, VA 24061-1016 USA Popular version of paper 2pAB16Presented Monday afternoon, May 14, 2019177th ASA Meeting, Louisville, KY The...
1pNS1 – Acoustic vehicle alerts and sleep disruption: A content analysis of online discussion forums
Jeanine Botta – jeanine.botta@downstate.eduThe Right to Quiet Society for Soundscape Awareness and Protection720 East 31st StreetApartment 7GBrooklyn, NY 11210 Popular version of paper 1pNS1Presented Monday afternoon, May 13, 2019177th ASA Meeting, Louisville, KY...
1pBA11 – An ultrasound surface wave elastography technique for noninvasive measurement of scar tissue
Boran Zhou – zhou.boran@mayo.eduXiaoming Zhang – zhang.xiaoming@mayo.eduDepartment of Radiology, Mayo Clinic,Rochester, MN 55905 Saranya P. Wyles – Wyles.Saranya@mayo.eduAlexander Meves – Meves.Alexander@mayo.eduDepartment of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic,Rochester, MN...
5aAB4 – How far away can an insect as tiny as a female mosquito hear the males in a mating swarm?
Lionel Feugère1,2 – l.feugere@gre.ac.ukGabriella Gibson2 – g.gibson@gre.ac.ukOlivier Roux1 – olivier.roux@ird.fr1MIVEGEC, IRD, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.2Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TB, UK....
2aSPa8 and 4aSP6 – Safe and Sound – Using acoustics to improve the safety of autonomous vehicles
Eoin A King – eoking@hartford.eduAkin TatogluDigno IglesiasAnthony MatrissEthan Wagner Department of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of Hartford200 Bloomfield AvenueWest Hartford, CT 06117 Popular version of papers 2aSPa8 and 4aSP6Presented Tuesday and Thursday...
4pSC15 – Reading aloud in a clear speaking style may interfere with sentence recognition memory
Sandie Keerstock – keerstock@utexas.eduRajka Smiljanic – rajka@austin.utexas.eduDepartment of Linguistics, The University of Texas at Austin305 E 23rd Street, B5100, Austin, TX 78712 Popular version of paper 4pSC15Presented Thursday afternoon, May 16, 2019177th ASA...
4aSP4 – Streaming Video through Biological Tissues using Ultrasonic Communication
Gizem Tabak – tabak2@illinois.eduMichael Oelze – oelze@illinois.eduAndrew Singer – acsinger@illinois.eduUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign306 N Wright StUrbana, IL 61801 Popular version of paper 4aSP4Presented Thursday morning, May 16, 2019177th ASA Meeting,...
4aPA – Using Sound Waves to Quantify Erupted Volumes and Directionality of Volcanic Explosions
Alexandra Iezzi – amiezzi@alaska.eduGeophysical Institute, Alaska Volcano ObservatoryUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks2156 Koyukuk DriveFairbanks, AK 99775 David Fee – dfee1@alaska.eduGeophysical Institute, Alaska Volcano ObservatoryUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks2156...
4APP28 – Listening to music with bionic ears: Identification of musical instruments and genres by cochlear implant listeners
Ying Hsiao – ying_y_hsiao@rush.eduChad WalkerMegan HebbKelly BrownJasper OhStanley SheftValeriy Shafiro – Valeriy_Shafiro@rush.eduDepartment of Communication Disorders and SciencesRush University600 S Paulina StChicago, IL 60612, USA Kara VasilAaron MoberlyDepartment...
1aSP1 – From Paper Cranes to New Tech Gains: Frequency Tuning through Origami Folding
Kazuko Fuchi – kfuchi1@udayton.eduUniversity of Dayton Research Institute300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469 Andrew Gillman – andrew.gillman.1.ctr@us.af.milAlexander Pankonien - alexander.pankonien.1@us.af.milPhilip Buskohl - philip.buskohl.1@us.af.milAir Force...
1aSAb4 – Seismic isolation in Advanced Virgo gravitational wave detector
Valerio Boschi – valerio.boschi@ego-gw.itEuropean Gravitational ObservatoryIstituto Nazionale di Fisica NucleareSezione di PisaLargo B. Pontecorvo, 356127 Pisa, Italy Popular version of paper 1aSAb4Presented Monday morning, May 13th, 2019177th ASA Meeting, Louisville,...
1pNS2 – Soundscape, traffic safety, and requirements for public health
Brigitte Schulte-Fortkamp – b.schulte-fortkamp@tu-berlin.de Technical University BerlinPsychoacoustics and Noise EffectsEinsteinufer 2510587 Berlin -Germany Popular version of paper 1pNS2Monday, May 13, 2019177th ASA Meeting in Louisville, KY When you think about your...
2aAB1 – Most animals hear acoustic flow instead of pressure; we should too
N. Miles – miles@binghamton.edu Department of Mechanical EngineeringBinghamton UniversityState University of New YorkBinghamton, NY 13902 USA Popular version of paper 2aAB1Presented Tuesday morning May 14, 2019. 8:35-8:55 am177th ASA Meeting, Louisville, KY The sound...
1aBAb2 – In saline flooded Lung exists superior acoustic conditions for treatment of lung cancer using therapeutic ultrasound
Dr. rer. nat. Frank WolframChirurgie II / Lung Cancer CentreSRH Wald-Klinikum GeraStraße des Friedens 12207548 GeraTel: 0365 82-83151E-Mail: Frank.Wolfram@WKG.SRH.de Presented Monday morning 10:40, May 13, 2019177th ASA Meeting, Louisville, KY Lung is known as a total...
1pBA4 – Dedicated signal processing for lung ultrasound imaging: Can we see what we hear?
Libertario Demi - libertario.demi@unitn.it Department of Information Engineering and Computer ScienceUniversity of Trento, Italy Popular version of paper 1pBA4Presented Monday morning, May 13, 2019177th ASA Meeting, Louisville, KY Lung diseases have a large impact...
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