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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3aNS4 – Protecting Sleep from Noise in the Built Environment
Jo M. Solet – Joanne_Solet@HMS.Harvard.eduHarvard Medical School, Division of Sleep MedicineBoston, MA United States Popular version of paper 3aNS4 Protecting sleep from noise in the built environmentPresented Thursday, June 10, 2021180th ASA Meeting, Acoustics in...
2aSC1 – Testing invisible Participants: Conducting Behavioural Science online during the Pandemic
Prof Jennifer RoddDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University College Londonj.rodd@ucl.ac.uk@jennirodd Popular version of paper 2aSC1 Collecting experimental data online: How to maintain data quality when you can’t see your participantsPresented at the 180th ASA...
1aMU2 – Measurements and Analysis of Acoustic Guitars During Various Stages of Their Construction
Mark Rau – mrau@ccrma.stanford.eduCenter for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Stanford University660 Lomita CourtStanford, California 94305, USA Popular version of paper ‘1aMU2’ Measurements and Analysis of Acoustic Guitars During Various Stages of...
2aAO5 – Tracking natural hydrocarbons gas flow over the course of a year
Alexandra M Padilla – apadilla@ccom.unh.eduThomas C Weber – weber@ccom.unh.eduUniversity of New Hampshire24 Colovos RoadDurham, NH, 03824 Frank Kinnaman – frank_kinnaman@ucsb.eduDavid L Valentine – valentine@ucsb.eduUniversity of California – Santa BarbaraWebb...
1pAB6 – Oscillatory whistles – the ups and downs of identifying species in passive acoustic recordings
Julie N. Oswald – jno@st-andrews.ac.ukSam F. Walmsley – sjfw@st-andrews.ac.ukScottish Oceans InstituteSchool of BiologyUniversity of St Andrews, UK Caroline Casey - cbcasey@ucsc.eduSelene Fregosi - selene.fregosi@gmail.comBrandon Southall -...
2aMU5 – Evaluation of individual differences of vibration duration of tuning forks
Kyota Nomizu – k-nomizu@chiba-u.jpSho Otsuka – otsuka.s@chiba-u.jpSeiji Nakagawa – s-nakagawa@chiba-u.jpChiba University1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-kuChiba-shi, 263-8522, Japan Popular version of paper 2aMU5Presented Wednesday morning, June 9, 2021180th ASA Meeting,...
1aSC2 – The McGurk Illusion
Kristin J. Van Engen – kvanengen@wustl.eduWashington University in St. Louis1 Brookings Dr.Saint Louis, MO 63130 Popular version of paper 1aSC2 The McGurk illusionPresented Tuesday morning, June 8, 2021180th ASA Meeting, Acoustics in Focus In 1976, Harry McGurk and...
3aSP1 – Using Physics to Solve the Cocktail Party Problem
Keith McElveen – keith.mcelveen@wavesciencescorp.comWave Sciences151 King StreetCharleston, SC USA 29401 Popular version of paper ‘Robust speech separation in underdetermined conditions by estimating Green’s functions’Presented Thursday morning, June 10th, 2021180th...
1aABa1 – Ending the day with a song: patterns of calling behavior in a species of rockfish
Annebelle Kok – akok@ucsd.eduElla Kim – ebkim@ucsd.eduSimone Baumann-Pickering – sbaumann@ucsd.eduScripps Institution of Oceanography – University of California San Diego9500 Gilman DriveLa Jolla, CA 92093 Kelly Bishop – kellybishop@ucsb.eduUniversity of California...
1aBAb2 – Transcranial Radiation of Guided Waves for Brain Ultrasound
Eetu Kohtanen – ekohtanen3@gatech.eduAlper Erturk – alper.erturk@me.gatech.eduGeorgia Institute of Technology771 Ferst Drive NWAtlanta, GA 30332 Matteo Mazzotti – matteo.mazzotti@colorado.eduMassimo Ruzzene – massimo.ruzzene@colorado.eduUniversity of Colorado...
2aNS3 – A Socio-Technical Model for Soundmapping Community Airplane Noise
Tae Hong Park – thp1@nyu.eduNew York UniversityNew York, NY 10011 Popular version of paper 2aNS3 A socio-technical model for soundmapping community airplane noisePresented Wednesday morning, June 9, 2020180th ASA Meeting, Acoustics in Focus Airports are noisy....
1aSPa4 – The Sound of Drones
Valentin V. Gravirov - vvg@ifz.ruRussian FederationMoscow 123242 Popular version of paper 1aSPa4Presented Tuesday morning, June 8, 2021180th ASA Meeting, Acoustics in Focus Good afternoon, dear readers! I represent a research team from Russia and in this brief...
2aSC8 – Tips for collecting self-recordings on smartphones
Valerie Freeman – valerie.freeman@okstate.eduOklahoma State University042 Social Sciences & HumanitiesStillwater, OK 74078 Popular version of paper 2aSC8 Tips for collecting self-recordings on smartphonesPresented Wednesday morning, June 9, 2021180th ASA Meeting,...
3pEA6 – Selective monitoring of noise emitted by vehicles involved in road traffic
Andrzej CzyżewskiGdansk University of TechnologyMultimedia Systems Department80-233 Gdansk, Polandwww.multimed.orgE-mail: ac@pg.edu.pl Tomasz ŚmiałkowskiSILED Co. Ltd.83-011 Gdańsk Polandhttp://siled.pl/en/E-mail: biuro@siled.pl Popular version of paper 3pEA6...
1aMU6 – Psychoacoustic phenomena in electric-guitar performance
Jonas BraaschSchool of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.Troy, NY 12180braasj@rpi.edu Joshua L. BraaschTrans-genre StudioLatham, NY Torben PastoreCollege of Health SolutionsArizona State UnivTempe, AZ Popular version of paper 1aMU6 Psychoacoustic phenomena in...
1aSC1 – Untangling the link between working memory and understanding speech
Adam Bosen – adam.bosen@boystwon.orgBoys Town National Research Hospital555 N. 30th StOmaha, NE 68131 Popular version of paper 1aSC1 Reconsidering reading span as the sole measure of working memory in speech recognition researchPresented Tuesday morning, June 8th,...
1aMU4 – In search of huge sound… or huge strings, at least
Pawel Bielski - pawbiels@pg.edu.plHanna Pruszko - hanprus1@pg.edu.plTomasz Mikulski - tomi@pg.edu.plGdansk University of TechnologyNarutowicza 11/12, 80-233 GdanskPoland Popular version of paper 1aMU4 Numerical and experimental assessment of string gauge influence on...
3pSCb1 – Sound Teaching Online During COVID19
Anne C. Balant – balanta@newpaltz.eduState University of New York at New Paltz1 Hawk Dr.New Paltz, NY 12561 Popular version of lightening round talk 3pSCb1 "Lab kits for remote and socially distanced instruction in a GE Acoustics Course"Presented Thursday afternoon,...
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