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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2pUWb2 – Study of low frequency flight recorder detection
I Yun Su - r07525010@ntu.edu.twWen-Yang Liu - r06525035@ntu.edu.twChi-Fang Chen - chifang@ntu.edu.twEngineering Science and Ocean Engineering,National Taiwan University,No. 1 Roosevelt Road Sec.#4Taipei City, Taiwan Li-Chang Chuang - eric@ttsb.gov.twKai-Hong Fang -...
2pBAc – Targeting Sound with Ultrasound in the Brain
Scott Schoen Jr – scottschoenjr@gatech.eduCostas Arvanitis – costas.arvanitis@gatech.edu Georgia Tech901 Atlantic DrAtlanta, GA 30318 Popular version of 2pBAc - Spatial Characterization of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Fields in the BrainPresented Tuesday...
4aMUa3 – Musical Notes translate to Emotions? A neuro-acoustical endeavor with Indian Classical music
Shankha SanyalSamir KarmakarDipak GhoshJadavpur UniversityKolkata: 700032, INDIA Archi BanerjeeRekhi Centre of Excellence for the Science of HappinessIIT Kharagpur, 721301, INDIA Popular version of paper 4aMUa3 Emotions from musical notes? A psycho-acoustic...
4pAO1 – Oceanic Quieting During a Global Pandemic
John P. Ryan – ryjo@mbari.orgMonterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute7700 Sandholdt RoadMoss Landing, CA 95039 John E. Joseph – jejoseph@nps.eduTetyana Margolina – tmargoli@nps.eduDepartment of OceanographyNaval Postgraduate SchoolMonterey, CA 93943 Leila T. Hatch –...
1aBAd1 – Early Detection of Arterial Disease using Medical Ultrasound
Tuhin Roy – troy@ncsu.edu Murthy Guddati – mnguddat@ncsu.eduNC State University - Civil Engineering, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA Matthew W. Urban – Urban.Matthew@mayo.edu James Greenleaf – jfg@mayo.eduMayo Clinic – Department of Radiology, Rochester, MN 55905, USA Popular...
1aAAa2 – Flooring Impact Sound – A Potential Path to Quieter Hospitals
Mike Raley – mike.raley@ecoreintl.comEcore International715 Fountain AvenueLancaster, PA 17601 Popular version of paper 1aAAa2Presented Monday morning, December 7, 2020179th ASA Meeting, Acoustics Virtually Everywhere Hospitals are noisy places. The Hospital Consumer...
5aNSa4 – Preserving workers’ hearing health by improving earplug efficiency
Work carried out by researchers from ÉTS and the IRSST Bastien Poissenot-Arrigoni – bastien.poissenot.1@ens.etsmtl.caOlivier Doutres – olivier.doutres@etsmtl.caÉcole de Technologie Supérieure1100 Rue Notre-Dame Ouest,Montréal, QC H3C 1K3 Franck Sgard...
3pBAb1 – Sonobiopsy uses ultrasound to diagnose brain cancer
Christopher Pacia – cpacia@wustl.eduLifei ZhuJinyun YuanYimei YueHong Chen – hongchen@wustl.edu Washington University in St. Louis4511 Forest Park AveSt. Louis, MO 63108 Popular version of paper 3pBAb1Presented Wednesday afternoon, December 9, 2020179th ASA Meeting,...
3aAB2 – Assembling an acoustic catalogue for different dolphin species in the Colombian Pacific coast: an opportunity to parameterize whistles before rising noise pollution levels.
Daniel Noreña – d.norena@uniandes.edu.coKerri D. SegerSusana Caballero Laboratorio de Ecologia Molecular de Vertebrados MarinosUniversidad de los AndesBogotá, Colombia Popular version of paper 3aAB2Presented Wednesday morning, December 9 , 2020179th ASA Meeting,...
3pAO1 – Can We Map the Entire Global Ocean Seafloor by 2030?
Larry Mayer – larry@ccom.unh.eduCenter for Coastal and Ocean MappingUniversity of New HampshireDurham, N.H. 03824 Popular version of paper 3pAO1Presented Wednesday afternoon, December 09, 2020179th ASA Meeting, Acoustics Virtually Everywhere Today it is trivial, with...
2pSPc4 – Determining the Distance of Sperm Whales in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from an Underwater Acoustic Recoding Device
Kendal Leftwich – kmleftwi@uno.eduGeorge Druant - George.Drouant@oit.eduJulia Robe – jerobe@uno.eduJuliette Ioup – jioup@uno.edu University of New Orleans2000 Lakeshore DriveNew Orleans, LA 70148 Determining the range to marine mammals in the Northern gulf of Mexico...
1aBAb – Shear wave elastography for skeletal muscle diagnostics
Timofey Krit – timofey@acs366.phys.msu.ruArina Ivanova – ivanova.ad16@physics.msu.ruM.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of PhysicsVorobyovy Gory, 1/2, Moscow 119991, Russia Yuly Kamalov – kamalov53@yandex.ruRussian Scientific Center of Surgery named after...
1aSCb4 – Formant and voice quality changes as a function of age in women
Laura L. Koenig – koenig@haskins.yale.eduAdelphi University158 Cambridge AvenueGarden City NY 11530 Susanne Fuchs – fuchs@leibniz-zas.deLeibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS)Schützenstr. 1810117 Berlin (Germany) Annette Gerstenberg –...
5aPPb1 – The freedom to move around – Hearing aid research takes a big step towards the real life
Stefan Klockgether – stefan.klockgether@sonova.comDiego Ulloa SanchezCharlotte VercammenPeter DerlethSonova AGLaubisrütistrasse 28CH 8712 StäfaSwitzerland Popular version of paper 5aPPb1Presented Friday morning, December 11, 2020179th ASA Meeting, Acoustics Virtually...
3pMUa4 – Acoustical analysis of 3D-printed snare drums
Chris Jasinski – jasinski@hartford.eduUniversity of Hartford200 Bloomfield AveWest Hartford, CT 06117 Popular version of paper 3pMUa4Presented Wednesday afternoon, December 09, 2020179th ASA Meeting, Acoustics Virtually Everywhere For many years, 3D printing (or...
2pSCb4 – The Science of Voice Acting
Colette Feehan – cmfeehan@iu.eduIndiana University Popular version of paper 2pSCb4Presented Tuesday afternoon, December 8, 2020179th ASA meeting, Virtually EverywhereClick here to read the abstract Many people do not realize that the “children” they hear in animation...
5aPPb2 – Using a virtual restaurant to test hearing aid settings
Gregory M Ellis – gregory.ellis@northwestern.eduPamela Souza – p-souza@northwestern.edu Northwestern UniversityFrances Searle Building2240 Campus DriveEvanston, IL 60201 Popular version of paper 5aPPb2Presented Friday morning, December 11th,...
1aSCa3 – Training effects on speech prosody production by Cantonese-speaking children with autism spectrum disorder
Si Chen - sarah.chen@polyu.edu.hkBei LiFang ZhouAngel Wing Shan ChanTempo Po Yi TangEunjin ChunPhoebe ChoiChakling NgFiona ChengXinrui Gou Department of Chinese and Bilingual StudiesThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University11 Yuk Choi Road, Hung Hom, Hong Kong, China...
1aBAa4 – Deep Learning the Sound of Light to Guide Surgeries
Muyinatu Bell -- mledijubell@jhu.edu Johns Hopkins University3400 N. Charles St.Baltimore, MD 21218 Popular version of paper 1aBAa4 Presented Monday morning, December 7, 2020 179th ASA Meeting, Acoustics Virtually Everywhere Injuries to major blood vessels and nerves...
4aMUa1 – Songs: Lyrics on the melody or melody of the lyrics?
Archi Banerjee – archibanerjee7@iitkgp.ac.inPriyadarshi Patnaik – bapi@hss.iitkgp.ac.inRekhi Centre of Excellence for the Science of HappinessIndian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, 721301, INDIA Shankha Sanyal – ssanyal.ling@jadavpuruniversity.inSouparno Roy –...
3pMUb3 – Does the act of ‘playing’ a violin measurably change any of its acoustic properties? — preliminary results
Ms. Kourtney Adkisson - kourtney.adkisson@cwu.eduDr. Andy Piacsek - andrew.piacsek@cwu.edu Department of PhysicsCentral Washington University400 E University WayEllensburg, WA 98926 Popular version of paper 3pMUb3Presented Wednesday afternoon, December 9, 2020179th...
2aAA10 – Developing A New Method for Analyzing Room Acoustics Based on Auralization “How can a room shape your voice?”
Alaa Algargoosh – alaas@umich.eduJohn Granzow– jgranzow@umich.eduUniversity of Michigan500 S State StAnn Arbor, MI 48109 Popular version of paper 2aAA10 Developing A New Method for Analyzing Room Acoustics Based on AuralizationPresented Tuesday morning, 8:00 AM -...
3aBA6 – Detecting Kidney Stones Via Doppler Ultrasound
Benjamin Wood – wood.benjamin@mayo.eduMatthew W. Urban – urban.matthew@mayo.eduMayo Clinic Department of Radiology200 First St SWRochester, MN 55905 Popular version of paper 3aBA6Presented Wednesday morning, December 4th, 2019178th ASA Meeting, San Diego, CA...
3pID3 – Hot topics in a warming ocean: How acoustical oceanography can help monitor climate change
Gabriel R. Venegas – gvenegas@arlut.utexas.edu Applied Research Laboratories, The University of Texas at Austin10000 Burnet RdAustin, TX 78758 Popular version of paper 3pID3Presented Wednesday afternoon, December 4, 2019. 1:45pm-2:05pm178th ASA Meeting, San Diego, CA...
4pPPa6 – Benefits of a Smartphone as a Remote Microphone System
Dr. Linda Thibodeau, thib@utdallas.eduDr. Issa PanahiThe University of Texas at Dallas Popular version of paper 4pPPa6Presented Thursday afternoon, December 5, 2019178th ASA Meeting, San Diego, CA A common problem reported by persons with hearing loss is reduced...
2pSA9 – Acoustic transients from the impact force excitation of beams and wind chimes
Peter Stepanishen, steppipr@uri.eduUniversity of Rhode IslandDepartment of Ocean EngineeringNarragansett, RI 02871 Popular version of paper 2pSA9Presented on Tuesday December 3, 2019178th ASA Meeting, San Diego, CA The origin of wind chimes dates back to 1100 BC in...
2aSA9 – Acoustic black holes in airfoils
Kaushik Sampath - kaushik.sampath.ctr.in@nrl.navy.mil NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Acoustics Division, Code 7165, U S Naval Research Laboratory 4555 Overlook Ave SW, Washington, DC 20375 Caleb F. Sieck - caleb.sieck@nrl.navy.mil Matthew D. Guild -...
3pAA4 – Small town factory into modern multi-purpose music hall
David Manley - dmanley@dlrgroup.comRolando De La Cruz - rdelacruz@dlrgroup.com DLR Group6457 Frances StreetOmaha, NE 68106 Popular version of paper 3pAA4Presented Wednesday afternoon, December 4, 2019178th ASA Meeting, San Diego, CA A former oil boomtown, El Dorado,...
3pSC10 – Fearless Steps: Taking the Next Step towards Advanced Speech Technology for Naturalistic Audio
John H. L. Hansen - john.hansen@utdallas.eduAditya Joglekar - aditya.joglekar@utdallas.eduMeena Chandra Shekar – meena.chandrashekar@utdallas.eduAbhijeet Sangwan - abhijeet.sangwan@utdallas.eduCRSS: Center for Robust Speech Systems;University of Texas at Dallas...
2aNSa2 – The effect of transportation noise on sleep and health
Jo M. Solet Joanne_Solet@HMS.Harvard.eduHarvard Medical School and Cambridge Health AllianceAssistant Professor of Medicine15 Berkeley St, Cambridge, MA 02138617 461 9006 Bonnie Schnitta bonnie@soundsense.comSoundSense, LLCFounder and CEOPO Box 1360, 39 Industrial...
Lay Language Papers organized by meeting
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