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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2pAB2 – Sound of wood-boring larvae and its automated detection
Alexander Sutin – asutin@stevens.eduAlexander Yakubovskiy - ayakubov@stevens.eduHady Salloum - hsalloum@stevens.eduTimothy Flynn - tflynn2@stevens.eduNikolay Sedunov – nsednov@stevens.eduStevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 07030 Hannah Nadel -...
2aEA6 – A MEMS condenser microphone based acoustic receiver for totally implantable cochlear implants
Lukas Prochazka1 – Lukas.Prochazka@usz.chFlurin Pfiffner1 – Flurin.Pfiffner@usz.chIvo Dobrev1 – Ivo.Dobrev@usz.chJae Hoon Sim1 – JaeHoon.Sim@usz.chChristof Röösli1 – Christof.Roeoesli@usz.chAlex Huber1 – Alex.Huber@usz.chFrancesca Harris2 – fharris@cochlear.comJoris...
2aPA6 – An acoustic approach to assess natural gas quality in real time
Andi Petculescu - andi@louisiana.eduUniversity of Louisiana at LafayetteLafayette, Louisiana, US Popular version of paper 2aPA6 “An acoustic approach to assess natural gas quality in real time.”Presented Tuesday morning, December 5, 2017, 11:00 AM-11:20, Balcony...
5aPA3 – Elastic Properties of a Self-Healing Thermal Plastic
Kenneth A. Pestka II – pestkaka@longwood.eduJacob W. Hull – jacob.hull@live.longwood.eduJonathan D. Buckley – jonathan.buckley@live.longwood.edu Department of Chemistry and PhysicsLongwood UniversityFarmville, Virginia, 23909, USA Stephen J. Kalista Jr....
5aSC – This is se{w,r}ious: using acoustics, phonetic transcription, and naïve judgments to better understand how children learn (or fail to learn) the /r/ sound
Mara Logerquist1Alisha Martell 1Hyuna Mia Kim2Benjamin Munson1 (contact author, munso005@umn.edu, +1 612 619 7724)Jan Edwards2,3,4 1Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2Department of Communication Sciences and...
1pAB4 – Size Matters To Engineers, But Not To Bats
Rolf Müller – rolf.mueller@vt.eduBryan D. Todd Popular version of paper 1pAB4, “Beamwidth in bat biosonar and man-made sonar”Presented Monday, May 7, 2018, 1:30-3:50 PM, LAKESHORE B,175th ASA Meeting, Minneapolis. Bats and Navy engineers both use sonar systems. But do...
4bPA2 – Perception of sonic booms from supersonic aircraft of different sizes
Alexandra Loubeau – a.loubeau@nasa.govStructural Acoustics BranchNASA Langley Research CenterMS 463Hampton, VA 23681USA Popular version of paper 4bPA2, “Evaluation of the effect of aircraft size on indoor annoyance caused by sonic booms and rattle noise”Presented...
1aPP1 – With two ears and a cochlear implant, each ear is tuned differently
David Landsberger – David.Landsberger@nyumc.org New York University School of MedicineDepartment of Otolaryngology – EAR-Lab462 First Ave STE NBV 5E5New York, NY 10016, USAwww.ear-lab.org Popular version of 1aPP1 Electrode length, placement, and frequency allocation...
4aMU6 – How Strings Sound Like Metal: The Illusion of the Duck-Herders Musical Cape
Indraswari Kusumaningtyas – i.kusumaningtyas@ugm.ac.idGea Parikesit – gofparikesit@ugm.ac.id Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah MadaJl. Grafika 2, Kampus UGMYogyakarta, 55281, INDONESIA Popular version of paper 4aMU6, “Computational analysis of the Bundengan,...
1aNS3 – Low-frequency sound control by means of bio-inspired and fractal designs
Anastasiia O. Krushynska – akrushynska@gmail.comFederico Bosia – fbosia@unito.itNicola M. Pugno – nicola.pugno@unitn.itLaboratory of Bio-inspired and Graphene NanomechanicsDepartment of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical EngineeringUiversity of TrentoVia Mesiano...
4pBA5 – Plane-wave vector-flow imaging of adult mouse heart
Jeffrey Ketterling– jketterling@riversideresearch.orgLizzi Center for Biomedical EngineeringRiverside ResearchNew York, NY 10038 Akshay Shekhar, Orlando AristizabalSkirball Institute of Biomolecular MedicineNYU School of MedicineNew York, NY Anthony PodkowaElectrical...
5aPA – A Robust Smartphone Based Multi-Channel Dynamic-Range Audio Compression for Hearing Aids
Yiya Hao– yxh133130@utdallas.eduZiyan Zou – ziyan.zou@utdallas.eduDr. Issa M S Panahi – imp015000@utdallas.edu Statistical Signal Processing Laboratory (SSPRL)The University of Texas at Dallas800W Campbell Road, Richardson, TX – 75080, USA Popular Version of Paper...
2pBA5 – Sensing Osteoporosis by Acoustic Waves of Ultrasound
Siavash Ghavami – roudsari.seyed@mayo.eduMax Denis – denis.max@mayo.eduAdriana Gregory – gregory.adriana@mayo.eduJeremy Webb – webb.jeremy@mayo.eduMahdi Bayat – bayat.mahdi@mayo.eduMostafa Fatemi – fatemi.mostafa@mayo.eduAzra Alizad – alizad.azra@mayo.edu Mayo Clinic,...
3aAA7 – Fast and perceptually convincing simulation of room acoustics: Shoebox rooms with bells and whistles
Oliver Buttler – oliver.buttler@uni-oldenburg.deTorben Wendt – torben.wendt@uni-oldenburg.deSteven van de Par – steven.van.de.par@uni-oldenburg.deStephan D. Ewert – stephan.ewert@uni-oldenburg.de Medical Physics and Acoustics and Cluster of Excellence...
1aAO5 – Underwater sound from recreational swimmers, divers, surfers, and kayakers
Christine Erbe – Curtin University, c.erbe@curtin.edu.auMiles Parsons – Curtin University and Australian Institute of Marine Science, m.parsons@aims.gov.auAlec Duncan – Curtin University, A.J.Duncan@curtin.edu.auKlaus Lucke – Curtin University and JASCO Applied...
2pSA – Seismic-infrasound-acoustic-meteorological sensors to dynamically monitor the natural frequencies of concrete dams
Henry Diaz - Alvarez - henry.diaz-alvarez@usace.army.milLuis De Jesus-Diaz - Luis.A.DeJesus-Diaz@erdc.dren.milVincent P. Chiarito - Vincent.P.Chiarito@usace.army.milChris P. Simpson - Christopher.P.Simpson@usace.army.milMihan H. McKenna -...
2aAAa – The face of the facility: acoustic design of lobbies
Brandon Cudequest -bcudequest@thresholdacoustics.comAnthony Hoover, FASA - thoover@mchinc.com McKay Conant Hoover, Inc.5655 Lindero Canyon Road, Suite 325Westlake Village, CA 91362 Popular version of paper 2aAAaPresented Tuesday morning, May 08, 2018175th ASA Meeting...
2pAA4 – Acoustical balance between the stage and the pit in the Teatro Colón of Buenos Aires
Gustavo Basso – gusjbasso@gmail.com IPEAL – FBA – Universidad Nacional de La PlataCalle 5 Nº 84La Plata, 1900, ARGENTINA. Popular version of 2pAA4, “Acoustical balance between the stage and the pit in the Teatro Colón of Buenos Aires”Presented Tuesday, May 08, 2018,...
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