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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What does a glass bottle and an ancient Indian flute have in common? Explorations in acoustic color
Ananya Sen Gupta – ananya-sengupta@uiowa.eduDepartment of Electrical and Computer EngineeringUniversity of IowaIowa City, IA 52242United States Trevor Smith – trevor-smith@uiowa.edu Panchajanya Dey – panchajanyadey@gmail.com@panchajanya_official Popular version of...
Sound Highways of the Sea: Mapping Acoustic Corridors for Whales and Fish in Colombia’s Pacific
Maria Paula Rey Baquero – rey_m@javeriana.edu.coInstagram: @mariapaulareybPontificia Universidad JaverianaFundación Macuáticos ColombiaBogotáColombia Additional Authors:Kerri D. SegerCamilo Andrés Correa AyramNatalia Botero AcostaMaria Angela Echeverry-Galvis Project...
Locating the lives of blue whales with sound informs conservation
John Ryan - ryjo@mbari.org Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, 95039, United States Popular version of 4aUW7 - Wind-driven movement ecology of blue whales detected by acoustic vector sensing Presented at the 188th ASA Meeting Read the abstract...
Designing Museum Spaces That Sound as Good as They Look
Milena Jonas Bem – jonasm@rpi.eduSchool of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteGreene Bldg, 110 8th StTroy, NY 12180United States Popular version of 2pAAa7 – Acoustic Design in Contemporary Museums: Balancing Architectural Aesthetics and Auditory...
Measuring the sounds of microbubbles for ultrasound therapy
T. Douglas mast - doug.mast@uc.edu Instagram: @baglamist University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 45224, United States Popular version of 2aBAa7 - Measure for measure: Diffraction correction for consistent quantification of bubble-related acoustic emissions Presented...
Why do Cochlear Implant Users Struggle to Understand Speech in Echoey Spaces?
Prajna BK - prajnab2@illinois.edu University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Speech and Hearing Science, Champaign, IL, 61820, United States Justin Aronoff Popular version of 2pSPb4 - Impact of Cochlear Implant Processing on Acoustic Cues Critical for Room Adaptation...
Mapping Whale Presence in the Gulf of Mexico: Sound and Habitat Connections
Alba Solsona-Berga – asolsonaberga@ucsd.eduScripps Institution of OceanographyUniversity of California San DiegoLa Jolla, CA 92037United States Instagram: @sripps_mbarc Popular version of 2pAO5 – Shaping the acoustic field in the Gulf of Mexico: marine mammals linked...
Cost-Effective Virtual Reality for Smarter Architecture: Predicting How We Hear Spaces
Angela Guastamacchia – angela.guastamacchia@polito.itDepartment of Energy, Politecnico di TorinoTorino, Torino 10129Italy Popular version of 3aAAb4 – Subjective and objective validation of a virtual reality system as a tool for studying speech intelligibility in...
Designing “Virtual acoustics” rehearsal rooms for orchestra safety
Cameron Hough - chough@marshallday.com Marshall Day Acoustics, Melbourne, VIC, 3066, Australia Nick Boulter, Arup Simon Tait, AmberTech Popular version of 5aAA3 - The use of electrocoustic enhancement systems in the design of orchestral rehearsal rooms Presented at...
Underwater Plains and Valleys: Using Sound to Map Where Marine Life Gathers
Brandyn Lucca - blucca@uw.edu Bluesky: @brandynlucca.bsky.social Instagram: @brandynmark Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Henderson Hall (HND), 1013 NE 40th St, Seattle, Washington, 98105, United States Joseph Warren Instagram:...
Monitoring offshore construction with fiber optic sensing
William Jenkins - wfjenkins@ucsd.edu Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, United States Ying-Tsong Lin Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California San Diego La Jolla, CA 92093, USA Wenbo Wu...
Visualizing Muscle Stiffness: A New Approach to Diagnosing Back Pain
Maryam Satarpour – mas1338@pitt.eduLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryam-satarpour-91727296/Instagram: @maryy0saaDepartment of Bioengineering, University of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA 15221United States Additional Authors:John M Cormack , Zhiyu Sheng, Yu-hsuan...
Moved around? You might process words differently than homebodies!
Marie Bissell - marie.bissell@uta.edu University of Texas at Arlington, 701 S Nedderman Dr, Arlington, TX, 76019, United States Abby Walker Cynthia Clopper Popular version of 3pSC2 - Effects of dialect familiarity and dialect exposure on cross-dialect lexical...
Explaining the tone of two legendary jazz guitarists
Chirag Gokani – chiragokani@utexas.eduInstagram: @chiragokaniApplied Research Laboratories and Walker Department of Mechanical EngineeringAustin, Texas 78766-9767 Preston S. Wilson (also at Applied Research Laboratories and Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering)...
Coconut Wireless: Understanding endangered Hawaiian false killer whale communication
Brijonnay Madrigal – bcm2@hawaii.eduInstagram: @brijonnayMarine Mammal Research ProgramUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa46-007 Lilipuna RdKaneohe, HI 96744United States Marine Mammal Research Program @mmrp_uh Popular version of 5aAB – Acoustic behavior of endangered...
Sensing in a Jerky World
Ehsan Vatankhah - e.vatankhah@utexas.edu The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, United States Popular version of 1pSA8 - Magnetostrictive-based Jerk Sensor: experimental characterization and analytical estimation of sensitivity Presented at the 188th...
Tiny bubbles, big impact: Breaking up blood clots
Christy Holland - hollanck@ucmail.uc.edu Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease and Biomedical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45267, United States Kevin Haworth, Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Health...
Can You Hear Me Now? Fixing Speech Recognition Tech So It Works for Every Child
Vishal Shrivastava - shrivastava_vishal@outlook.com Northwestern University, School of Communication, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Frances Searle Building, 2240 Campus Drive, Evanston, Illinois, 60208-3550, United States Marisha Speights,...
What’s the Best Way to Pitch Shift and Time Stretch a Mashup?
Anh Dung Dinh – addinh@connect.ust.hkDepartment of Computer Science and EngineeringThe Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyHong Kong SAR Xinyang WU – xwuch@connect.ust.hkDepartment of Computer Science and EngineeringThe Hong Kong University of Science and...
Finding the Right Tools to Interpret Crowd Noise at Sporting Events with AI
Jason Bickmore - jbickmore17@gmail.com Instagram: @jason.bickmore Brigham Young University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Provo, Utah, 84602, United States Popular version of 1aCA4 - Feature selection for machine-learned crowd reactions at collegiate basketball...
Eyes as a window to listening effort with virtual reality
Kristina DeRoy Milvae - klmilvae@buffalo.edu Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14214, United States Additional authors: Ian Phillips, Mythili Thamilchelvam, Shifali Chambers, Uzaira Sethi, Jacob Lefler, Stefanie E....
Acoustic Metamaterials for Quality of Life: Engineering Challenges for Low-Height Noise Barriers
Domenico De Salvio – domenico.desalvio2@unibo.itInstagram: @midrashddsDepartment of Industrial Engineering (DIN)University of BolognaBologna, Bologna 40136Italy Massimo GaraiDepartment of Industrial Engineering (DIN)University of BolognaBologna, Bologna 40136Italy...
How Drones Use Sound to See and Map 3D Spaces
Hala Abualsaud – habualsa@ucsd.eduLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/hala-abualsaudECE, University of California San DiegoSan Diego, California 92130United States Peter Gerstoft – pgerstoft@ucsd.edu.ECE, University of California San DiegoSan Diego, California 92130United...
Underwater Internet of Things: Industrial boon, biological headache
Michael Stocker - mstocker@OCR.org Bluesky: @ocean-noise.bsky.social Instagram: @oceanconservationresearch PO Box 559, Lagunitas, CA, 94938-0559, United States Popular version of 4aAB9 - Underwater Internet of Things: Industrial boon, biological headache Presented at...
Pickleball noise raises health concerns for neighbors living near courts
Kathleen Romito - Kathleen@lfprograms.org Quiet Communities, Scientific Advisory Board, The Robert and Nalini Lasiewicz Foundation, BOISE, ID, 83703-1000, United States Daniel Fink – DJFink@thequietcoalition.org Program Chair, The Quiet Coalition A program of Quiet...
Super-resolution ultrasound to assess kidney failure and breast cancer
Prof. Dr. Fabian Kiessling - fkiessling@ukaachen.de Institute for Experimental Molecular Imaging, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, NRW, 52074, Germany Additional authors: Celine Porte, Zuzanna Magnuska, Thomas Lisson, Jannine Salewski, Susanne Fleig, Matthias...
Does Virtual Reality Match Reality? Vocal Performance Across Environments
Pasquale Bottalico – pb81@illinois.edu University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL 61820United States Carly Wingfield2, Charlie Nudelman1, Joshua Glasner3, Yvonne Gonzales Redman1,2 Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois,...
Lay Language Papers organized by meeting
189th Meeting (6th Joint Meeting of ASA and ASJ): Honolulu, HI Dec 2025
188th Meeting (25th ICA): New Orleans, LA May 2025
187th Meeting: Virtual Nov 2024
186th Meeting: Ottawa, CAN May 2024
185th Meeting: Sydney, AUS Dec 2023
184th Meeting: Chicago, IL May 2023
183rd Meeting: Nashville, TN Dec 2022
182nd Meeting: Denver, CO May 2022
181st Meeting: Seattle, WA Nov 2021
180th Meeting: Virtual – Acoustics in Focus Jun 2021
179th Meeting: Virtual – Acoustics Virtually Everywhere Dec 2020
178th Meeting: San Diego, CA 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 (21st ICA): Montreal, CAN Jun 2013
164rd Meeting: Kansas City, MO Oct 2012
163rd Meeting (8th Meeting of ASC and 11th WESPAC): Hong Kong, CHN May 2012
162nd Meeting: San Diego, CA Nov 2011
161st Meeting: Seattle, WA May 2011
160th Meeting (2nd Pan-American/Iberian Meeting on Acoustics): Cancun, MEX 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 (5th Forum Acusticum, 9th CFA, 7th Euronoise, 9th ECUA): Paris, FRA July 2008
154th Meeting: New Orleans, LA Dec 2007
153rd Meeting: Salt Lake City, UT Jun 2007
152nd Meeting (4th Joint Meeting ASA and ASJ): Honolulu, HI Dec 2006
151st Meeting: Providence, RI Jun 2006
150th Meeting: Minneapolis, MN Oct 2005
149th Meeting (Joint meeting of ASA and CAA): Vancouver, CAN 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 (1st Pan-American/Iberian Meeting on Acoustics): Cancun, MEX 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 (2nd EAA Convention & 25th DAGA Conference): Berlin, GER Mar 1999
136th Meeting: Norfolk, VA Oct 1998
135th Meeting (16th ICA): Seattle, WA Jun 1998
134th Meeting: San Diego, CA Dec 1997
133rd Meeting: State College, PA Jun 1997
132nd Meeting (3rd Joint Meeting of ASA and ASJ): Honolulu, HI Dec 1996
131st Meeting: Indianapolis, IN May 1996
130th Meeting: St. Louis, MO Dec 1995