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Acoustical Society of America
144th Meeting - First Pan-American/Iberian Meeting on Acoustics
Lay Language Papers

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New papers are being added up to the time of the meeting, so please check back regularly. Melville, New York, November 16, 2002

The following are lay language papers being presented at the 144th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America to be held December 2-6 in Cancun, Mexico.


MONDAY, DECEMBER 2


Microscopy Using Sound Waves by Joie P. Jones


TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3


Listening to the Sound of a Melting Arctic Ocean by Peter Mikhalevsky, Brian Sperry, and Alexander Gavrilov


Stop that Screech! An Improved Hearing Aid Transducer by David E. Schafer, Mekell Jiles, Thomas E. Miller, and Stephen C. Thompson


How Long Do Females Really Listen? Assessment Time for Female Choice in the Gray Treefrog by Joshua J. Schwartz


Creating a Web-based Library of Underwater Biological Sounds by Jack W. Bradbury, Carol A. Bloomgarden, and Shelagh A. Smith


Observation of Laryngeal Movements for Throat Singing (Vibrations of two pairs of folds in the human larynx) by Ken-Ichi Sakakibara, Tomoko Konishi, Emi Zuiki Murano, Hiroshi Imagawa, Masanobu Kumada, Kazumasa Kondo, and Seiji Niimi


WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4


Psychoacoustic Influences of the Echoing Environments of Prehistoric Art by Steven J. Waller


Dual Pulse Lithotripsy Points Toward Faster, Safer Treatment for Kidney Stones by Dahlia L. Sokolov, Michael R. Bailey, Lawrence A. Crum, James A. McAteer, and Andrew P. Evan


Can Shock Waves Kill Bacteria? by Achim M. Loske, Ulises M. Alvarez, Eduardo Castao-Tostado, and Fernando E. Prieto


Reducing Impulsive Sound Due to Airbag Deployment in a Passenger Car by Robert Hickling, Kathleen Yaremchuk, and Gary Newton, Jr.


Cool Sounds by Matthew E. Poese and Steven L. Garrett


Hearing a Volcano Change by Roel Snieder, Alexandre Gret, Huub Douma, and John Scales


A Global Network of Hydroacoustic Stations for Monitoring the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty by Martin Lawrence, Marta Galindo Arranz, Patrick Grenard, and John Newton


THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5


An Acoustical Performance Space in Ancient India: The Rani Gumpha by C. Thomas Ault and Umashankar Manthravadi


Ultrasonic Drug Delivery? by Ludwig Weimann and Junru Wu -- en Espaol


Laser Ultrasonic Sensor for Measuring Paper Flexibility by Paul Ridgway, Richard Russo, Emmanuel Lafond, Charles Habeger, Jr., and Ted Jackson


Yaxchilan's Whistles (Clay Frogs) by Roberto Velazquez Cabrera -- en Espaol


Learning the Sounds of a New Language: Adults Can Do It Too! by Paola Escudero


Could Lack of Experience with a Second Language Be Modeled as a Hearing Loss? by Monica Padilla and Robert V. Shannon -- en Espaol


FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6


Impact of Boats on the Song of Humpback Whales off Brazil by Renata S. Sousa-Lima, Maria E. Morete, Roberto C. Fortes, Ana C. Freitas, and Marcia H. Engel -- em Português


Unique Gel-coupled Acoustic Sensor Monitors Human Voice and Physiology by Michael V. Scanlon


Music in the Urban Soundscape? by Dick Botteldooren, Bert De Coensel, and Tom De Muer


Dancing the Aerobics "Hearing Loss Choreography" by Beatriz Pinto, Antnio Carvalho, and Srgio Oliveira


Ambiente De Trabalho: Um Local De Risco (Auditory Risk of Chemicals in Some Workplace Environments) - in Portugese Only by Vera M. Steffen, Aletia Simon Alano, Larissa Salati Ludwig, Marceli Ludwig, Marcelo Dutra Arbo, and Flavio Maya Simes 

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