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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Tailoring Hearing Aid Adjustments: The Impact of Cognitive Abilities on Speech Understanding in Noise
Varsha Rallapalli - varsha.rallapalli@northwestern.edu Northwestern University, Communication Sciences & Disorders, Evanston, IL, 60208, United States Jeff Crukley – University of Toronto; McMaster University Emily Lundberg – University of Colorado, Boulder James...
Sounds of the Hindu Temples of South India
Shashank Aswathanarayana - shashank@american.edu Instagram: @shashankaswath American University, Department of Performing Arts, American University, Washington, DC, 20016, United States Braxton Boren, Department of Performing Arts, American University X (twitter):...
The Cost of Transparency: Acoustics and Sustainability Issues with Glass Office Partitions
Caroline Harvey - caroline.harvey@arup.com Arup, Suite 900, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3M5, Canada Vincent Jurdic Chris Pollock Willem Boning Popular version of 1aAA13 - The cost of transparency: balancing acoustic, financial and sustainability considerations for glazed...
Using rays to describe spinning sound
Chirag Gokani - chiragokani@gmail.com University of Texas at Austin, Applied Research Laboratories and Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, Austin, Texas, 78766-9767, United States Michael R. Haberman; Mark F. Hamilton (both at Applied Research Laboratories...
New scientific tools help national parks learn more about wildlife and natural sounds
Cathleen Balantic - cathleen_balantic@nps.gov Biologist, National Park Service, Natural Sounds and Night Skies Division 1201 Oakridge Drive Suite 100 Fort Collins, CO, 80524, United States Popular version of 2aAB5 - From sounds to science on public lands: using...
Towards studying Venus seismicity, subsurface, and atmosphere using atmospheric acoustics
Gil Averbuch - gil.averbuch@whoi.edu Applied Ocean Phusics and Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic Instuitution., Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States Andi Petculescu University of Louisiana Department of Physics Lafayette, Louisiana, USA Popular version of 3aPAa6 -...
Super-resolution ultrasound to prevent breast cancer patients from undergoing ineffective therapy
Céline Porte - cporte@ukaachen.de Institute for Experimental Molecular Imaging, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, 52074, Germany Fabian Kiessling – fkiessling@ukaachen.de Institute for Experimental Molecular Imaging, RWTH Aachen University...
The Infrasonic Choir: Decoding Songs to Inform Decisions
Sarah McComas - sarah.mccomas@usace.army.mil U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS, 39180, United States Popular version of 1pPAb4 - The Infrasonic Choir: Decoding Songs to Inform Decisions Presented at the 186th ASA Meeting Read the...
High-resolution microvessel imaging using novel beamforming techniques and no microbubbles!
Michael Oelze - oelze@illinois.edu X (Twitter): @Oelze_Url University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL 61801 United States Zhengchang Kou University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL 61801 United States Popular version of 1pBAb7 - Contrast-Free...
Moving Cargo, Keeping Whales: Investigating Solutions for Ship Noise Pollution
Vanessa ZoBell - vmzobell@ucsd.edu Instagram: @vanessa__zobell Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, 92037, United States John A. Hildebrand, Kaitlin E. Frasier UCSD - Scripps Institution of Oceanography Twitter & Instagram: @scripps_mbarc...
A general method to obtain clearer images at a higher resolution than theoretical limit
Jian-yu Lu - jian-yu.lu@ieee.org X (Twitter): @Jianyu_lu Instagram: @jianyu.lu01 Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, 43606, United States Popular version of 1pBAb4 - Reconstruction methods for super-resolution...
Why is it easier to understand people we know?
Emma Holmes - emma.holmes@ucl.ac.uk X (Twitter): @Emma_Holmes_90 University College London (UCL), Department of Speech Hearing and Phonetic Sciences, London, Greater London, WC1N 1PF, United Kingdom Popular version of 4aPP4 - How does voice familiarity affect speech...
Busting the myth that new violins sound better after a period of “playing-in”
Andy Piacsek - andy.piacsek@cwu.edu Central Washington University, Department of Physics, Ellensburg, WA, 98926, United States Seth Lowery Ph.D. candidate, University of Texas Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Austin, TX Popular version of 4pMU3 - An experiment to...
The expected sonic transformation of the Arctic Ocean under Climate Change
Giacomo Giorli - Giacomo.Giorli@cmre.nato.int NATO STO CMRE, Viale S. Bartolomeo, 400, La, Spezia, 19126, Italy Aniello Russo NATO STO CMRE La Spezia, Italy Sandro Carniel NATO STO CMRE La Spezia, Italy Popular version of 2pAO2 - Noise levels in a changing Arctic...
Consumer label for the noise properties of tires and road pavements
Ulf Sandberg - ulf.sandberg@vti.se Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI), Linkoping, -, SE-58195, Sweden Popular version of 1pNSb9 - Acoustic labelling of tires, road vehicles and road pavements: A vision for substantially improved procedures...
Curtains and drapes that can reduce noise pollution by more than half
Ben Cazzolato - benjamin.cazzolato@adelaide.edu.au The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia Cameron West Acoustic Blinds and Curtains Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Tyler Schembri The University of Adelaide Forestville, South Australia, Australia...
Rocket noise: What does it mean for Australian spaceports?
Kent L. Gee - kentgee@byu.edu Twitter (x): @KentLGee Instagram: @gee.kent Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 84602, United States Logan T. Mathews, Bradley McLaughlin, Mark C. Anderson (@AerospaceMark), Grant W. Hart Brigham Young University, Utah, USA @BYU_PASCAL...
Let’s go soundwalking!
David Woolworth - dwoolworth@rwaconsultants.net Roland, Woolworth & Associates, Oxford, MS, 38655, United States Bennett Brooks and Brigitte Schulte-Fortkamp Popular version of 4pAAb1 - Introduction to Soundwalking – an important part of the soundscape method...
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