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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4aSAb12 – Designing Tunable Acoustic Metamaterials Using 3-D Computer Graphics
Mark J. Cops – mcops@bu.eduJ. Gregory McDaniel – jgm@bu.eduBoston University110 Cummington MallBoston, MA 02215 Elizabeth A. Magliula – Elizabeth.magliula@navy.milNaval Undersea Warfare Center1176 Howell Street, Building 1302Newport, RI 02841 Popular version of paper...
Effects of noise for workers in the transportation industry
Marion Burgess m.burgess@adfa.edu.auBrett Molesworth b.molesworth@unsw.edu.au University of New South Wales, Australia Popular version of paperPresented June 28, 2017, in session 4aNSa, Measuring, Modeling, and Managing Transportation Noise I. 8:00 AM - 12:20 PM173rd...
3pAB1 – A Welcoming Whinny
David G. Browning decibeldb@aol.comPeter D. Herstein – netsailor.ph@cox.netBROWNING BIOTECH139 Old North RoadKingston, RI 02881Popular Version of paper 3pAB1Presented Tuesday afternoon, June 27, 2017173rd ASA Meeting, Boston Are you greeted with a welcoming whinny...
2pSAa – Three-in-one Sound Effects: A redirecting antenna, beam splitter and a sonar
Andrii Bozhko – AndriiBozhko@my.unt.eduArkadii Krokhin – Arkadii.Krokhin@unt.eduDepartment of PhysicsUniversity of North Texas1155 Union Circle #311427Denton, TX 76201, USA José Sánchez-Dehesa – jsdehesa@upvnet.upv.esFrancisco Cervera – fcervera@upvnet.upv.esWave...
2aAAc3 – Vocal Effort, Load and Fatigue in Virtual Acoustics
Pasquale Bottalico, PhD. – pb@msu.eduLady Catherine Cantor Cutiva, PhD. – cantorcu@msu.eduEric J. Hunter, PhD. – ejhunter@msu.edu Voice Biomechanics and Acoustics LaboratoryDepartment of Communicative Sciences and DisordersCollege of Communication Arts &...
2aBAa7 – Stimulating the brain with ultrasound: treatment planning
Joseph Blackmore – joseph.blackmore@wadham.ox.ac.ukRobin Cleveland – robin.cleveland@eng.ox.ac.ukInstitute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, United Kingdom Michele Veldsman – michele.veldsman@ndcn.ox.ac.ukChristopher...
1aAAc3 – Can a Classroom “Sound Good” to Enhance Speech Intelligibility for Children?
Puglisi Giuseppina Emma – giuseppina.puglisi@polito.itBolognesi Filippo – filippo.bolognesi@studenti.polito.itShtrepi Louena – louena.shtrepi@polito.itAstolfi Arianna – arianna.astolfi@polito.itDipartimento di EnergiaPolitecnico di TorinoCorso Duca degli Abruzzi,...
How Important are Fish Sounds for Feeding, Contests, and Reproduction?
How Important are Fish Sounds for Feeding, Contests, and Reproduction? Amorim MCP – amorim@ispa.ptMare – Marine and Environmental Sciences CentreISPA-Instituto UniversitárioLisbon, Portugal Many animals are vocal and produce communication sounds during social...
2pAOb – Methane in the ocean: observing gas bubbles from afar
Tom Weber – tom.weber@unh.eduUniversity of New Hampshire24 Colovos RoadDurham, NH 03824 Popular version of paper 2pAObPresented Tuesday Afternoon, November 29, 2016172nd ASA Meeting, Honolulu The more we look, the more we find bubbles of methane, a greenhouse gas,...
3aMU8 – Comparing the Chinese erhu and the European violin using high-speed camera measurements
Florian Pfeifle – Florian.Pfeifle@uni-hamburg.de Institute of Systematic MusicologyUniversity of HamburgNeue Rabenstrasse 1322765 Hamburg, GermanyPopular version of paper 3aMU8, "Organologic and acoustic similarities of the European violin and the Chinese...
4aPPa24 – Effects of meaningful or meaningless noise on psychological impression for annoyance and selective attention to stimuli during intellectual task
Takahiro Tamesue - tamesue@yamaguchi-u.ac.jpYamaguchi University1677-1 Yoshida, YamaguchiYamaguchi Prefecture 753-8511Japan Popular version of poster 4aPPa24, "Effects of meaningful or meaningless noise on psychological impression for annoyance and selective attention...
2pABa1 – Snap chat: listening in on the peculiar acoustic patterns of snapping shrimp, the noisiest animals on the reef
Ashlee Lillis – ashlee@whoi.eduT. Aran Mooney – amooney@whoi.edu Marine Research FacilityWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution266 Woods Hole RoadWoods Hole, MA 02543 Popular version of paper 2pABa1Presented Tuesday afternoon, November 29, 2016172nd ASA Meeting,...
1aSA – On a Fire Extinguisher with Sound-wind for the Beginning Stage of Fire
Myung-Jin Bae, mjbae@ssu.ac.krMyung-Sook Kim, kimm@ssu.ac.krSoongil University, 369 Sangdo-ro, Dongjak-gu, 06978 Seoul Korea Popular version of 1aSA “On a fire extinguisher using sound winds”Presented 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM., November 28, 2016.172nd ASA Meeting,...
2pSC – How do narration experts provide expressive storytelling in Japanese fairy tales?
Takashi Saito – saito@sc.shonan-it.ac.jpShonan Institute of Technology1-1-25 Tsujido-Nishikaigan,Fujisawa, Kanagawa, JAPAN Popular version of paper 2pSC, “Prosodic analysis of storytelling speech in Japanese fairy tale”Presented Tuesday afternoon, November 29,...
2aNS – How virtual reality technologies can enable better soundscape design
W.M. To – wmto@ipm.edu.moMacao Polytechnic Institute, Macao SAR, China.A. Chung - ac@smartcitymakter.comSmart City Maker, Denmark.B. Schulte-Fortkamp - b.schulte-fortkamp@tu-berlin.deTechnische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Popular version of paper 2aNS, "How...
4aEA1 – Aero-Acoustic Noise and Control Lab
Aero-Acoustic Noise and Control Lab - Seoryong Park - tjfyd11@snu.ac.kr School of Mechanical and Aerospace Eng., Seoul National University301-1214, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea Popular version of paper 4aEA1, "Integrated simulation model...
1aNS5 – Noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) of smartphones
Inman Jang – kgpbjim@yonsei.ac.krTae-Young Park – pty0948@yonsei.ac.krWon-Suk Ohm – ohm@yonsei.ac.krYonsei University50, Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-guSeoul 03722Korea Heungkil Park – heungkil.park@samsung.comSamsung Electro Mechanics Co., Ltd.150, Maeyeong-ro,...
2aABa3 – Indris’ melodies are individually distinctive and genetically driven
Marco Gamba – marco.gamba@unito.itCristina Giacoma – cristina.giacoma@unito.it University of TorinoDepartment of Life Sciences and Systems BiologyVia Accademia Albertina 1310123 Torino, Italy Popular version of paper 2aABa3 "Melody in my head, melody in my genes?...
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