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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The underwater sound of an earthquake at the Main Endeavour Hydrothermal Vent Field
Brendan Smith - brendan.smith@dal.ca Twitter: @bsmithacoustics Instagram: @brendanthehuman Dalhousie University, Department of Oceanography, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2, Canada Additional author: Dr. David Barclay Popular version of 1aAO4 - Passive acoustic...
An early attempt to explore anthropogenic sound impacts on aquatic animals; recent studies in Iran
Saeed Shafiei Sabet - s.shafiei.sabet@guilan.ac.ir Twitter: @SaeedSHSABET Instagram: @s.shafiei.sabet.anim.beh Fisheries Department, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Guilan, Sowmeh Sara, Guilan, 1144, Iran Popular version of 3aAB2 - Experimental sound...
Shhh! Smart Tech at Work: Zoning in on Target Sounds Amid the Noise
Jingya Yang - jing.ya161@gmail.com Department of Power Mechanical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, -, 300, Taiwan Popular version of 1aSP2 - Target-Direction Sound Extraction Using a Hybrid DSP/Deep Learning Approach Presented at the 187th ASA...
Introducing Project ELLA: Enhancing Early Language and Literacy
Jennell Vick - jvick@chsc.org Twitter: @DrJVick Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center 6001 Euclid Avenue Suite 100 Cleveland, OH, 44103 United States Popular version of 2aSC4 - From intention to understanding and back again: How a simple message of 'Catch and Pass' can...
Sound That Gets Under Your Skin (Literally): Testing Bone Conduction Headphones
Kiersten Reeser - kreeser@ara.com Applied Research Associates, Inc., 7921 Shaffer Pkwy, Littleton, Colorado, 80127, United States Twitter: @ARA_News_Events Instagram: @appliedresearchassociates Additional authors: Alexandria Podolski William Gray Andrew Brown Theodore...
Mitigating Train Derailments Through Proactive Condition Monitoring of Rolling Stock
Constantine Tarawneh - constantine.tarawneh@utrgv.edu University Transportation Center for Railway Safety University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, Texas, 78539 United States Popular version of 3aPA4 - Preventing Hot Bearing Derailments via Wireless Onboard...
How Pitch, Dynamics, and Vibrato Shape Emotions in Violin Music
Wenyi Song - wsongak@cse.ust.hk Twitter: @sherrys72539831 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, NA, NA, Hong Kong Anh Dung DINH addinh@connect.ust.hk Andrew Brian Horner horner@cse.ust.hk...
Understanding rapid fluid flow from the passage of a sound wave
James Friend - jfriend@ucsd.edu Medically Advanced Devices Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, United States Popular version of 1pPA6 - Acoustic Streaming Presented at the 187th ASA...
The Silent Service
HONGMIN PARK - hongmini0202@snu.ac.kr Seoul National University, Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Seoul, Seoul, 08826, South Korea WOOJAE SEONG Professor of Seoul National University http://uwal.snu.ac.kr Popular version of 2aEA9 - A study of the...
Listen to the Music: We Rely on Musical Genre to Determine Singers’ Accents
Maddy Walter - maddyw37@student.ubc.ca The University of British Columbia, Department of Linguistics, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada Additional authors: Sydney Norris, Sabrina Luk, Marcell Maitinsky, Md Jahurul Islam, and Bryan Gick Popular version of...
How Do the Erhu and Violin Shape Our Emotions? A Cross-Cultural Study
Wenyi Song - wsongak@cse.ust.hk Twitter: @sherrys72539831 Department of Department of Computer Science and Engineering The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong SAR Andrew Brian Horner horner@cse.ust.hk Department of Department of Computer Science...
How voice training changes the tongue in chest versus head voice
Jiu Song - jiusongjd@gmail.com Integrated Speech Research Lab University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4 Canada Additional authors: Jaida Siu - jaidasiu@gmail.com Jahurul Islam - jahurul.islam@ubc.ca Bryan Gick - gick@mail.ubc.ca Popular...
Walk to the Beat: How Your Playlist Can Shape Your Emotional Balance
Man Hei LAW - mhlawaa@connect.ust.hk Computer Science and Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, -, -, Hong Kong Andrew HORNER Computer Science and Engineering Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong Popular...
The Trump Rally Shooting: Listening to an Assassination Attempt
Robert C Maher - rmaher@montana.edu Montana State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, PO Box 173780, Bozeman, MT, 59717-3780, United States Popular version of 3pSP10 - Interpreting user-generated recordings from the Trump assassination attempt...
How to find the best material for making exciter-based plate speakers
David Anderson - and10445@d.umn.edu Instagram: @earthtoneselectronics Assistant Professor- Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota, 55812, United States Popular version of 2aEA1 - A Method for Comparing Candidate Materials in...
Enhancing Speech Recognition in Healthcare
Andrzej Czyzewski - andczyz@gmail.com Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Multimedia Systems Department, Gdańsk, Pomerania, 80-233, Poland Popular version of 1aSP6 - Strategies for Preprocessing Speech to...
Can aliens found in museums teach us about learning sound categories?
Christopher Heffner - ccheffne@buffalo.edu Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14214, United States Popular version of 4aSCb6 - Age and category structure in phonetic category learning Presented at the 186th ASA...
What could happen to Earth if we blew up an incoming asteroid?
Brin Bailey - brittanybailey@ucsb.edu University of California, Santa Barbara, Physics Department, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, United States Popular version of 4aPA12 - Acoustic ground effects simulations from asteroid disruption via the 'Pulverize It' methodPresented...
Listening for bubbles to make scuba diving safer
Joshua Currens - jcurrens@unc.edu Department of Radiology; Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States Popular version of 5aBAb8 - Towards real-time decompression sickness...
Unlocking the Secrets of Ocean Dynamics: Insights from ALMA
Florent Le Courtois - florent.lecourtois@gmail.com DGA Tn, Toulon, Var, 83000, France Samuel Pinson, École Navale, Rue du Poulmic, 29160 Lanvéoc, France Victor Quilfen, Shom, 13 Rue de Châtellier, 29200 Brest, France Gaultier Real, CMRE, Viale S. Bartolomeo, 400,...
Taking Pictures of the Sound of a Rocket
Grant W. Hart – grant_hart@byu.edu Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602 United States Kent Gee (@KentLGee on X) Eric Hintz Giovanna Nuccitelli Trevor Mahlmann (@TrevorMahlmann on X) Popular version of 1pNSa8 – A photographic analysis of Mach wave radiation from a...
The science of baby speech sounds: men and women may experience them differently
M. Fernanda Alonso Arteche - maria.alonsoarteche@mail.mcgill.ca Instagram: @laneurotransmisora School of Communication Science and Disorders, McGill University, Center for Research on Brain, Language, and Music (CRBLM), Montreal, QC, H3A 0G4, Canada Instagram:...
What makes drones sound annoying? The answer may lie in noise fluctuations
Ze Feng (Ted) Gan - tedgan@psu.edu Department of Aerospace Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, United States Popular version of 2aNSa3 - Multirotor broadband noise modulation Presented at the 186th ASA Meeting Read the abstract...
Teaching about the Dangers of Loud Music with InteracSon’s Hearing Loss Simulation Platform
Jérémie Voix - Jeremie.Voix@etsmtl.ca École de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec, Montréal, Québec, H3C 1K3, Canada Rachel Bouserhal, Valentin Pintat & Alexis Pinsonnault-Skvarenina École de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec Popular version...
Babies lead the way – a discovery with infants brings new insights to vowel perception
Linda Polka - linda.polka@mcgill.ca School of Communication Sciences & Disorders, McGill University SCSD, 2001 McGill College Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1G1, Canada Matthew Masapollo, PhD Motor Neuroscience Laboratory Department of Psychology McGill University...
Reducing Ship Noise Pollution with Structured Quarter-Wavelength Resonators
Mathis Vulliez - mathis.vulliez@usherbrooke.ca Université de Sherbrooke, Département de génie mécanique, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada Marc-André Guy, Département de génie mécanique, Université de Sherbrooke Kamal Kesour, Innovation Maritime, Rimouski, QC,...
Popping Droplets for Drug Delivery
Aaqib Khan - aaqib.khan@iitgn.ac.in Chemical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 382355, India Sameer V. Dalvi - sameervd@iitgn.ac.in Chemical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar...
Novel audio analysis helps identify multiple sounds in forensic gunshot recordings
Steven Beck - stevendbeck@alumni.rice.edu Beck Audio Forensics, 7618 Rockpoint Dr, Austin, Texas, 78731, United States Popular version of 2pEA8 - Dissecting Recorded Gunshot Sounds Presented at the 186th ASA Meeting Read the abstract at...
Tools for shaping the sound of the future city in virtual reality
Christian Dreier - cdr@akustik.rwth-aachen.de Institute for Hearing Technology and Acoustics RWTH Aachen University Aachen, Northrhine-Westfalia 52064 Germany - Christian Dreier (lead author, LinkedIn: Christian Dreier) - Rouben Rehman - Josep Llorca-Bofí (LinkedIn:...
Reducing the Sound Transmission Between Suites, One Conduit at a Time
Michael Kundakcioglu - mkundakcioglu@hgcengineering.com HGC Engineering, 2000 Argentia Road, Plaza One, Suite 203, Mississauga, Ontario, L5N 1P7, Canada Jessica Tinianov Adam Doiron Popular version of 1aAA9 - Sound flanking through common low-voltage electrical...
Lay Language Papers organized by meeting
188th Meeting (25th ICA): New Orleans, LA 18-23 May 2025
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 (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