Across Acoustics Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:05:16 -0400 https://acrossacoustics.buzzsprout.com en-us © 2026 Across Acoustics yes fb4f920f-ab07-51df-96c5-753e023d91a9 ASA Publications' Office episodic false Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) ASA Publications' Office https://storage.buzzsprout.com/8iwle30u9msd3y8ptyu6arxazbgn?.jpg Across Acoustics How Intelligible Are Cloned Voices? How Intelligible Are Cloned Voices? You may have heard of deepfakes—AI clones of people used to create lifelike video and audio to manipulate an audience. AI cloning technology, however, has much broader applications than just subterfuge. In this episode, we talk with Patti Adank (University College London), who studied the intelligibility of voice clones compared to their natural counterparts and sheds light on some potential benefits of this technology.


Associated paper: Patti Adank and Han Wang. "Voice clones are easier to understand in noise than their human originals: The voice cloning intelligibility benefit." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 159 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0043094.


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]]> You may have heard of deepfakes—AI clones of people used to create lifelike video and audio to manipulate an audience. AI cloning technology, however, has much broader applications than just subterfuge. In this episode, we talk with Patti Adank (University College London), who studied the intelligibility of voice clones compared to their natural counterparts and sheds light on some potential benefits of this technology.


Associated paper: Patti Adank and Han Wang. "Voice clones are easier to understand in noise than their human originals: The voice cloning intelligibility benefit." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 159 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0043094.


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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-19026895 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0400 1705 full false Acoustic Thermometry to Assess Climate Change Acoustic Thermometry to Assess Climate Change How is climate change impacting the Arctic Ocean? It can be hard to track these changes, but researchers have been using acoustic signals transmitted beneath the ice to learn more. In this episode, we talk with Matthew Dzieciuch and Peter Worcester of Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Hanne Sagen of the Nansen Center about an international effort to use acoustic thermometry to better understand the changing ocean.


Associated paper: Matthew A. Dzieciuch, Hanne Sagen, Peter F. Worcester, Espen Storheim, F. Hunter Akins, Stein Sandven, John A. Colosi, John N. Kemp, and Geir Martin Leinebø. "Transarctic acoustic transmissions during the Coordinated Arctic Acoustic Thermometry Experiment in 2019–2020." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 159, 1071–1085 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0042233.


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]]> How is climate change impacting the Arctic Ocean? It can be hard to track these changes, but researchers have been using acoustic signals transmitted beneath the ice to learn more. In this episode, we talk with Matthew Dzieciuch and Peter Worcester of Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Hanne Sagen of the Nansen Center about an international effort to use acoustic thermometry to better understand the changing ocean.


Associated paper: Matthew A. Dzieciuch, Hanne Sagen, Peter F. Worcester, Espen Storheim, F. Hunter Akins, Stein Sandven, John A. Colosi, John N. Kemp, and Geir Martin Leinebø. "Transarctic acoustic transmissions during the Coordinated Arctic Acoustic Thermometry Experiment in 2019–2020." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 159, 1071–1085 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0042233.


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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-18912244 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400 2236 full false Assessing Sediment Heterogeneity on Continental Shelves and Slopes Assessing Sediment Heterogeneity on Continental Shelves and Slopes As anyone in ocean acoustics will tell you, sound is essential for much of the work done underwater, whether that be navigation, sensing objects, or passively monitoring wildlife. While much research has been done about sandy ocean floors, scientists still have a lot to learn about muddier regions with mixtures of different types of sediment. In this episode, we talk with two editors and a researcher involved with the recent JASA Special Issue on Assessing Sediment Heterogeneity on Continental Shelves and Slopes: Preston Wilson (University of Texas at Austin), David Knobles (Platt Institute of Nuclear Physics and Cosmology), and Kyle Becker (University of Washington).


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]]> As anyone in ocean acoustics will tell you, sound is essential for much of the work done underwater, whether that be navigation, sensing objects, or passively monitoring wildlife. While much research has been done about sandy ocean floors, scientists still have a lot to learn about muddier regions with mixtures of different types of sediment. In this episode, we talk with two editors and a researcher involved with the recent JASA Special Issue on Assessing Sediment Heterogeneity on Continental Shelves and Slopes: Preston Wilson (University of Texas at Austin), David Knobles (Platt Institute of Nuclear Physics and Cosmology), and Kyle Becker (University of Washington).


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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-18843162 Mon, 16 Mar 2026 01:00:00 -0400 4534 full false Should AI tell you how to talk? Should AI tell you how to talk? With the development of automatic speech recognition has come a new type of technology, designed to give the user advice on how to speak better. In this episode, we talk with Nicole Holliday (University of California, Berkeley) about some of the issues that can arise with the use of these technologies, from their nebulous definitions of "good communication" to the impact they could have at businesses that use these technology to evaluate employees.


Associated paper: Nicole R. Holliday. "Socially prescriptive speech technologies: Linguistic, technical, and ethical issues." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 158, 4361–4369 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0039685.


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]]> With the development of automatic speech recognition has come a new type of technology, designed to give the user advice on how to speak better. In this episode, we talk with Nicole Holliday (University of California, Berkeley) about some of the issues that can arise with the use of these technologies, from their nebulous definitions of "good communication" to the impact they could have at businesses that use these technology to evaluate employees.


Associated paper: Nicole R. Holliday. "Socially prescriptive speech technologies: Linguistic, technical, and ethical issues." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 158, 4361–4369 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0039685.


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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-18718343 Mon, 23 Feb 2026 01:00:00 -0500 2701 full false Slurping, Snuffling, and Crunching: Assessing Misophonia Symptoms Slurping, Snuffling, and Crunching: Assessing Misophonia Symptoms Do you find the sound of people chewing unbearably annoying? Or perhaps you can't stand to be near folks who are typing on noisy keyboards, fidgeting with their pens, or rustling a plastic bag of chips. The term for this sort of aversion is misophonia. Even if you don't personally deal with this issue, you may know someone who does. In this episode, we talk with Benjamin Kirby (Wichita State University) and Olivia Zant (University of North Texas), whose recent JASA Express Letters article, “Psychoacoustic Assessment of Misophonia,” touches on this topic.


Associated paper: Benjamin J. Kirby, Alaina Cunningham, and Olivia Montou Zant. "Psychoacoustic assessment of misophonia." JASA Express Lett. 5, 094401 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0039238.

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]]> Do you find the sound of people chewing unbearably annoying? Or perhaps you can't stand to be near folks who are typing on noisy keyboards, fidgeting with their pens, or rustling a plastic bag of chips. The term for this sort of aversion is misophonia. Even if you don't personally deal with this issue, you may know someone who does. In this episode, we talk with Benjamin Kirby (Wichita State University) and Olivia Zant (University of North Texas), whose recent JASA Express Letters article, “Psychoacoustic Assessment of Misophonia,” touches on this topic.


Associated paper: Benjamin J. Kirby, Alaina Cunningham, and Olivia Montou Zant. "Psychoacoustic assessment of misophonia." JASA Express Lett. 5, 094401 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0039238.

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-18630283 Mon, 09 Feb 2026 01:00:00 -0500 1145 full false Wave Phenomena in Vibroacoustic Systems Wave Phenomena in Vibroacoustic Systems Manipulating the scattering of waves can allow engineers to achieve numerous goals, like reducing unwanted noise or eliminating potentially destructive vibrations in structures. In this episode, we talk to Vladislav Sorokin (University of Auckland) and Luke Bennetts (University of Melbourne), two guest editors of the recent Special Issue on Wave Phenomena in Periodic, Near-Periodic, and Locally Resonant Systems about recent advances in research regarding vibroacoustic systems. 


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]]> Manipulating the scattering of waves can allow engineers to achieve numerous goals, like reducing unwanted noise or eliminating potentially destructive vibrations in structures. In this episode, we talk to Vladislav Sorokin (University of Auckland) and Luke Bennetts (University of Melbourne), two guest editors of the recent Special Issue on Wave Phenomena in Periodic, Near-Periodic, and Locally Resonant Systems about recent advances in research regarding vibroacoustic systems. 


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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-18514902 Mon, 19 Jan 2026 01:00:00 -0500 1697 full false POMA Student Paper Competition: New Orleans POMA Student Paper Competition: New Orleans In this episode, find out what the next generation of acousticians is researching! In this episode, we talk to the latest round of POMA Student Paper Competition winners, from the joint 188th meeting of the ASA and the 25th International Congress on Acoustics held in New Orleans in May 2025. Their topics include:

- Using the spatial decomposition method to parameterize acoustic reflections in a room (Lucas Hocquette, L-Acoustics)

- Visualizing nonlinearities in a bolted plate system with digital image correlation (Nicholas Pomianek, Boston University)

- Analyzing the how people pronounce the word "just" in casual speech (Ki Woong Moon, University of Arizona)

- Modeling strings of historical instruments that no longer make sound (Riccardo Russo, University of Bologna)

- Improving automatic music mashup generators (Yu Foon Darin Chau, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)


Associated papers:

Lucas Hocquette, Philip Coleman, and Frederic Roskam. "Acoustic reflection parameterization based on the spatial decomposition method." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 56, 055004 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0002037.

Nicholas Pomianek, Trevor Jerome, Enrique Gutierrez-Wing, and J. Gregory McDaniel. "Visualizing contact area dependent nonlinearity in a bolted plate system through digital image correlation." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 56, 065001 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0002099. 

Ki Woong Moon and Natasha Warner. "Realization of just: Speech reduction in a high-frequency word." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 56, 060005  (2025). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0002080

Riccardo Russo, Craig J. Webb, Michele Ducceschi, and Stefan Bilbao. "Convergence analysis and relaxation techniques for modal scalar auxiliary variable methods applied to nonlinear transverse string vibration." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 56, 035007 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0002073.

Yu Foon Darin Chau, Andrew Brian Horner, Joshua Chang, Chun Yuen Chan, and Harris Lau. "Retrieval-based automatic mashup generation with deep learning-guided features." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 56,  035006 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0002071.

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]]> In this episode, find out what the next generation of acousticians is researching! In this episode, we talk to the latest round of POMA Student Paper Competition winners, from the joint 188th meeting of the ASA and the 25th International Congress on Acoustics held in New Orleans in May 2025. Their topics include:

- Using the spatial decomposition method to parameterize acoustic reflections in a room (Lucas Hocquette, L-Acoustics)

- Visualizing nonlinearities in a bolted plate system with digital image correlation (Nicholas Pomianek, Boston University)

- Analyzing the how people pronounce the word "just" in casual speech (Ki Woong Moon, University of Arizona)

- Modeling strings of historical instruments that no longer make sound (Riccardo Russo, University of Bologna)

- Improving automatic music mashup generators (Yu Foon Darin Chau, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)


Associated papers:

Lucas Hocquette, Philip Coleman, and Frederic Roskam. "Acoustic reflection parameterization based on the spatial decomposition method." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 56, 055004 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0002037.

Nicholas Pomianek, Trevor Jerome, Enrique Gutierrez-Wing, and J. Gregory McDaniel. "Visualizing contact area dependent nonlinearity in a bolted plate system through digital image correlation." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 56, 065001 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0002099. 

Ki Woong Moon and Natasha Warner. "Realization of just: Speech reduction in a high-frequency word." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 56, 060005  (2025). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0002080

Riccardo Russo, Craig J. Webb, Michele Ducceschi, and Stefan Bilbao. "Convergence analysis and relaxation techniques for modal scalar auxiliary variable methods applied to nonlinear transverse string vibration." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 56, 035007 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0002073.

Yu Foon Darin Chau, Andrew Brian Horner, Joshua Chang, Chun Yuen Chan, and Harris Lau. "Retrieval-based automatic mashup generation with deep learning-guided features." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 56,  035006 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0002071.

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-18401927 Mon, 05 Jan 2026 01:00:00 -0500 3503 full false A New Way to Measure Bat Hearing A New Way to Measure Bat Hearing Studying bats' hearing can be tricky due to their small size, making certain styles of measurement used for larger echolocating mammals unavailable to researchers. In this episode, we talk to Victoria Fouhy and Michael Smotherman (Texas A&M University) about their work to develop a noninvasive method to study cortical auditory evoked potentials in bats, thereby allowing scientists to better understand how these animals process echolocation information.

Associated paper:
- Victoria Fouhy, Sam Ellis, and Michael Smotherman. "Subcutaneous cortical auditory evoked potentials in echolocating bats." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 158, 3390-3399 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0039659.


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]]> Studying bats' hearing can be tricky due to their small size, making certain styles of measurement used for larger echolocating mammals unavailable to researchers. In this episode, we talk to Victoria Fouhy and Michael Smotherman (Texas A&M University) about their work to develop a noninvasive method to study cortical auditory evoked potentials in bats, thereby allowing scientists to better understand how these animals process echolocation information.

Associated paper:
- Victoria Fouhy, Sam Ellis, and Michael Smotherman. "Subcutaneous cortical auditory evoked potentials in echolocating bats." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 158, 3390-3399 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0039659.


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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-18386378 Mon, 22 Dec 2025 01:00:00 -0500 1144 full false Sonic Deception in World War II Sonic Deception in World War II You may have heard of the "ghost army" of World War II—a set of rubber tanks used by the US Army to mimic active battlefields in Europe. What you may not know was the tanks were accompanied by an equally fake soundtrack of battle noises. Even more surprising? This "sonic deception" was developed by a team of the ASA's founding members whose contributions were almost lost to history. In this episode, we talk with Walter Montano (ARQUICUST Argentina Peru) about the innovations that helped save thousands of lives during the war.


Read the associated article: Walter A. Montano and Gary W. Elko. (2025) “Sonic Deception During the Second World War,” Acoustics Today 21(2). https://doi.org/10.1121/AT.2025.21.2.38

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]]> You may have heard of the "ghost army" of World War II—a set of rubber tanks used by the US Army to mimic active battlefields in Europe. What you may not know was the tanks were accompanied by an equally fake soundtrack of battle noises. Even more surprising? This "sonic deception" was developed by a team of the ASA's founding members whose contributions were almost lost to history. In this episode, we talk with Walter Montano (ARQUICUST Argentina Peru) about the innovations that helped save thousands of lives during the war.


Read the associated article: Walter A. Montano and Gary W. Elko. (2025) “Sonic Deception During the Second World War,” Acoustics Today 21(2). https://doi.org/10.1121/AT.2025.21.2.38

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-18306576 Mon, 08 Dec 2025 01:00:00 -0500 946 full false The Unique Acoustics of Traditional Chinese Interlocked Timber-Arched Covered Bridges The Unique Acoustics of Traditional Chinese Interlocked Timber-Arched Covered Bridges The traditional Chinese structure of the interlocked timber-arched covered bridge serves multiple purposes within Chinese culture—both as a physical connection between communities, but also as a function space for various rituals and performances. Because of these structures multiple uses, the acoustics are different from other bridges or event spaces. In this episode, we talk with Dongxu Zhang (Guangzhou University) and Jian Kang (University College London) about their work to better understand the unique acoustics of these structures.


Associated paper:
- Dongxu Zhang, Guanyu Ren, Fei Cheng, Dong Xiao, Mei Zhang, and Jian Kang. "Sound field characteristics and influencing factors of traditional Chinese interlocked timber-arched covered bridges." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 158, 1156-1176 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0038959


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]]> The traditional Chinese structure of the interlocked timber-arched covered bridge serves multiple purposes within Chinese culture—both as a physical connection between communities, but also as a function space for various rituals and performances. Because of these structures multiple uses, the acoustics are different from other bridges or event spaces. In this episode, we talk with Dongxu Zhang (Guangzhou University) and Jian Kang (University College London) about their work to better understand the unique acoustics of these structures.


Associated paper:
- Dongxu Zhang, Guanyu Ren, Fei Cheng, Dong Xiao, Mei Zhang, and Jian Kang. "Sound field characteristics and influencing factors of traditional Chinese interlocked timber-arched covered bridges." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 158, 1156-1176 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0038959


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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-18224608 Mon, 24 Nov 2025 01:00:00 -0500 1493 full false The Eras of Taylor Swift's Changing Dialect The Eras of Taylor Swift's Changing Dialect Longitudinal studies of how an individual's accent changes over the course of their life are hard to come by. Fortunately, Taylor Swift's decade-plus career-- and the numerous interviews she's given over those years-- has opened a window into our understanding of how and why dialect changes may occur on an individual level. We talk to Miski Mohamed and Matthew Winn (University of Minnesota) about their work analyzing the shifts in Taylor Swift's speech over the years.


Associated paper:
- Miski Mohamed and Matthew B. Winn. "Acoustic analysis of Taylor Swift's dialect changes across different eras of her career." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 158, 2278–2289 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0039052


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]]> Longitudinal studies of how an individual's accent changes over the course of their life are hard to come by. Fortunately, Taylor Swift's decade-plus career-- and the numerous interviews she's given over those years-- has opened a window into our understanding of how and why dialect changes may occur on an individual level. We talk to Miski Mohamed and Matthew Winn (University of Minnesota) about their work analyzing the shifts in Taylor Swift's speech over the years.


Associated paper:
- Miski Mohamed and Matthew B. Winn. "Acoustic analysis of Taylor Swift's dialect changes across different eras of her career." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 158, 2278–2289 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0039052


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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-18138745 Mon, 10 Nov 2025 01:00:00 -0500 1638 full false The Acoustic Impacts of Marine Energy Converters The Acoustic Impacts of Marine Energy Converters In an effort to develop renewable energy, scientists have turned to the sun, the wind, and now the ocean. With these new forms of energy harvesting, considerations need to be made about how the new technologies will impact the surrounding environments. In this episode, we talk with Joseph Haxel (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Christopher Bassett (University of Washington), Brian Polagye (University of Washington), and Kaus Raghukumar (Integral Consulting) about their research related to the noise produced by marine energy converters.


Read the associated article: Joseph Haxel, Christopher Bassett, Brian Polagye, Kaustubha Raghukumar, and Cailene Gunn. (2023) “Listening to the Beat of New Ocean Technologies for Harvesting Marine Energy,” Acoustics Today 19(4). https://doi.org/10.1121/AT.2023.19.4.23.

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]]> In an effort to develop renewable energy, scientists have turned to the sun, the wind, and now the ocean. With these new forms of energy harvesting, considerations need to be made about how the new technologies will impact the surrounding environments. In this episode, we talk with Joseph Haxel (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Christopher Bassett (University of Washington), Brian Polagye (University of Washington), and Kaus Raghukumar (Integral Consulting) about their research related to the noise produced by marine energy converters.


Read the associated article: Joseph Haxel, Christopher Bassett, Brian Polagye, Kaustubha Raghukumar, and Cailene Gunn. (2023) “Listening to the Beat of New Ocean Technologies for Harvesting Marine Energy,” Acoustics Today 19(4). https://doi.org/10.1121/AT.2023.19.4.23.

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-18028573 Mon, 20 Oct 2025 01:00:00 -0400 3135 full false Advances in Soundscape Advances in Soundscape A lot has changed in the twelve years since JASA's first special issue on soundscape research. This episode, we talk to the editors of the recent special issue on  Advances in Soundscape: Emerging Trends and Challenges in Research and Practice, Francesco Aletta (University College London), Cynthia Tarlao (McGill University), Tin Oberman (University College London), and Andrew Mitchell (University College London), to discuss these changes, which range from developments in understanding indoor soundscapes, cultural dimensions of soundscape assessment, perceptual assessment tools, and the use of virtual technologies. 


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]]> A lot has changed in the twelve years since JASA's first special issue on soundscape research. This episode, we talk to the editors of the recent special issue on  Advances in Soundscape: Emerging Trends and Challenges in Research and Practice, Francesco Aletta (University College London), Cynthia Tarlao (McGill University), Tin Oberman (University College London), and Andrew Mitchell (University College London), to discuss these changes, which range from developments in understanding indoor soundscapes, cultural dimensions of soundscape assessment, perceptual assessment tools, and the use of virtual technologies. 


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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-17905431 Mon, 29 Sep 2025 01:00:00 -0400 3044 full false A New Way to Diagnose Osteoporosis A New Way to Diagnose Osteoporosis Ultrasonic tomography has been applied in many fields, from geophysics to engineering, and now to medicine. In this episode, we talk with Aaron Chung-Jukko and Peter Huthwaite (Imperial College London) about their work to develop an ultrasonic tomography algorithm that can be used to assess fracture risk in bones, and, as a result, be used as a noninvasive way to diagnose osteoporosis.


Associated paper:
- Aaron Chung-Jukko and Peter Huthwaite. "Virtual initialised ray tomography: Towards contact-free realistic ultrasonic bone imaging." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 158, 276-290 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0036902


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]]> Ultrasonic tomography has been applied in many fields, from geophysics to engineering, and now to medicine. In this episode, we talk with Aaron Chung-Jukko and Peter Huthwaite (Imperial College London) about their work to develop an ultrasonic tomography algorithm that can be used to assess fracture risk in bones, and, as a result, be used as a noninvasive way to diagnose osteoporosis.


Associated paper:
- Aaron Chung-Jukko and Peter Huthwaite. "Virtual initialised ray tomography: Towards contact-free realistic ultrasonic bone imaging." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 158, 276-290 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0036902


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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-17795718 Mon, 08 Sep 2025 01:00:00 -0400 1703 full false Iconicity and Sound Symbolism Iconicity and Sound Symbolism For a long time, it was believed that words were mostly arbitrary symbols. However, with advances in our ability to study speech, it has become clear that we must reconsider the fundamental relationship between words' sounds and their meanings. In this episode, we talk to two of the editors of the Special Issue on Iconicity and Sound Symbolism, Aleksandra Ćwiek and Susanne Fuchs (Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics), about research in the issue that examined these connections. 


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]]> For a long time, it was believed that words were mostly arbitrary symbols. However, with advances in our ability to study speech, it has become clear that we must reconsider the fundamental relationship between words' sounds and their meanings. In this episode, we talk to two of the editors of the Special Issue on Iconicity and Sound Symbolism, Aleksandra Ćwiek and Susanne Fuchs (Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics), about research in the issue that examined these connections. 


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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-17635878 Mon, 11 Aug 2025 01:00:00 -0400 4384 full false Reproducing Soundscapes with the AudioDome Reproducing Soundscapes with the AudioDome Recreating the natural hearing experience has long challenged researchers who study auditory perception. Recently, ambisonic panning has been developed as a method to accurately reproduce soundscapes. In this episode, we talk with Nima Zargarnezhad and Ingrid Johnsrude (Western University) about their research testing the accuracy of the "AudioDome," a device that using ambisonic panning to simulate soundscapes in the lab.

Associated paper:
- Nima Zargarnezhad, Bruno Mesquita, Ewan A Macpherson. and Ingrid Johnsrude. "Focality of sound source placement by higher (ninth) order ambisonics and perceptual effects of spectral reproduction errors." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 157, 2802–2818 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0036226.


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]]> Recreating the natural hearing experience has long challenged researchers who study auditory perception. Recently, ambisonic panning has been developed as a method to accurately reproduce soundscapes. In this episode, we talk with Nima Zargarnezhad and Ingrid Johnsrude (Western University) about their research testing the accuracy of the "AudioDome," a device that using ambisonic panning to simulate soundscapes in the lab.

Associated paper:
- Nima Zargarnezhad, Bruno Mesquita, Ewan A Macpherson. and Ingrid Johnsrude. "Focality of sound source placement by higher (ninth) order ambisonics and perceptual effects of spectral reproduction errors." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 157, 2802–2818 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0036226.


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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-17439161 Mon, 07 Jul 2025 01:00:00 -0400 1870 full false An Archeoacoustic Look at Two Hindu Temples An Archeoacoustic Look at Two Hindu Temples Much of the research into the historical acoustics of worship spaces has focused on Christian churches or Islamic mosques. However, little is known about the acoustic history of Hindu worship spaces, despite Hinduism being the third largest religion in the world. Shashank Aswathanarayana and Braxton Boren (American University) share their efforts to fill this knowledge gap by studying the acoustics in Hindu temples from the 8th and 15th centuries. 


Associated paper: Shashank Aswathanarayana and Braxton Boren. "Acoustic analysis of two Hindu temples in Southern India." JASA Express Letters  5, 031601 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0036033.

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]]> Much of the research into the historical acoustics of worship spaces has focused on Christian churches or Islamic mosques. However, little is known about the acoustic history of Hindu worship spaces, despite Hinduism being the third largest religion in the world. Shashank Aswathanarayana and Braxton Boren (American University) share their efforts to fill this knowledge gap by studying the acoustics in Hindu temples from the 8th and 15th centuries. 


Associated paper: Shashank Aswathanarayana and Braxton Boren. "Acoustic analysis of two Hindu temples in Southern India." JASA Express Letters  5, 031601 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0036033.

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-17325011 Mon, 16 Jun 2025 01:00:00 -0400 1261 full false Student Paper Competition: Environmentally Friendly Acoustic Design, Spatial Impulse Response Measurements, and Acoustic Spectrometers Student Paper Competition: Environmentally Friendly Acoustic Design, Spatial Impulse Response Measurements, and Acoustic Spectrometers This episode showcases the latest winners of the POMA Student Paper Competition: First, Jonathan Michael Broyles (University of Colorado, Boulder) discusses his database to help acoustical consultants design more environmentally friendly spaces. Next, John Latta (University of Nebraska - Lincoln) shares his work regarding spatial impulse response measurements. Finally, Michelle Ruth Crouse (California State University, Dominguez Hills) talks about the acoustic spectrometer she created using off-the-shelf parts. 

Associated papers:

Jonathan Michael Broyles and Wil Srubar, III. "A comprehensive dataset of environmental emissions, health, and manufacturing information of building acoustic products in North America." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 55, 015002 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001997.

John S. Latta and Lauren M. Ronsse. "An analysis of spatial impulse response measurements and their ability to validate spatial features within acoustic models." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 55, 015001 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0002004.

Michelle R. Crouse, Małgorzata Musial, Jason A. Widegren, Jacob Pawlik, Bryan Bosworth, Nathan Orloff, Aaron Hagerstrom, Angela C. Stelson, and Robert Lirette. "A low-cost ultrasonic absorption spectrometer mainly using off-the-shelf parts."Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 55, 030002 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0002003.

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]]> This episode showcases the latest winners of the POMA Student Paper Competition: First, Jonathan Michael Broyles (University of Colorado, Boulder) discusses his database to help acoustical consultants design more environmentally friendly spaces. Next, John Latta (University of Nebraska - Lincoln) shares his work regarding spatial impulse response measurements. Finally, Michelle Ruth Crouse (California State University, Dominguez Hills) talks about the acoustic spectrometer she created using off-the-shelf parts. 

Associated papers:

Jonathan Michael Broyles and Wil Srubar, III. "A comprehensive dataset of environmental emissions, health, and manufacturing information of building acoustic products in North America." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 55, 015002 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001997.

John S. Latta and Lauren M. Ronsse. "An analysis of spatial impulse response measurements and their ability to validate spatial features within acoustic models." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 55, 015001 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0002004.

Michelle R. Crouse, Małgorzata Musial, Jason A. Widegren, Jacob Pawlik, Bryan Bosworth, Nathan Orloff, Aaron Hagerstrom, Angela C. Stelson, and Robert Lirette. "A low-cost ultrasonic absorption spectrometer mainly using off-the-shelf parts."Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 55, 030002 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0002003.

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-17215531 Mon, 26 May 2025 01:00:00 -0400 2455 full false Large Venue Acoustics Large Venue Acoustics Large venues like amphitheaters and stadiums are used across the world for a variety of purposes, hosting everything from sporting events to concerts to large social gatherings and other events. The massive size of the spaces, alongside their multifaceted uses, however, mean their acoustic needs are quite different from those of smaller rooms or even concert halls. This episode, Gary W. Siebein (Siebein Associates, Inc.), Keely Siebein (Siebein Associates, Inc.), Jack Wrightson (Wrightson, Johnson, Haddon, & Williams, Inc.), and Joe Solway (Arup) discuss the unique considerations for designing these structures. 

Read the associated article: Gary W. Siebein, Keely Siebein, Jack Wrightson, Joe Solway, and Raj Patel. (2024) “Large-Venue Acoustics- Arenas, Stadiums, and Amphitheaters,” Acoustics Today 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1121/AT.2024.20.1.55.

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]]> Large venues like amphitheaters and stadiums are used across the world for a variety of purposes, hosting everything from sporting events to concerts to large social gatherings and other events. The massive size of the spaces, alongside their multifaceted uses, however, mean their acoustic needs are quite different from those of smaller rooms or even concert halls. This episode, Gary W. Siebein (Siebein Associates, Inc.), Keely Siebein (Siebein Associates, Inc.), Jack Wrightson (Wrightson, Johnson, Haddon, & Williams, Inc.), and Joe Solway (Arup) discuss the unique considerations for designing these structures. 

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-17101918 Tue, 06 May 2025 01:00:00 -0400 3353 full false Things That Go Boom Things That Go Boom In this episode, we explore things that go boom: from volcanic eruptions to underwater ordinances to the (relatively) tiny explosions of gunshots. Thomas Blanford (University of New Hampshire) joins us as a cohost as we discuss the use of high-amplitude acoustic sources in research with three members of a special session on the topic from the Ottawa ASA meeting: Steve Beck (Beck Audio Forensics), Daniel Bowman (Pacific Northwest National Laboratories), and Andrew McNeese (University of Texas at Austin). 


Associated paper: Thomas E. Branford. "Summary of “Things that go boom: High amplitude acoustic sources." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 54, 002002 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001991.


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]]> In this episode, we explore things that go boom: from volcanic eruptions to underwater ordinances to the (relatively) tiny explosions of gunshots. Thomas Blanford (University of New Hampshire) joins us as a cohost as we discuss the use of high-amplitude acoustic sources in research with three members of a special session on the topic from the Ottawa ASA meeting: Steve Beck (Beck Audio Forensics), Daniel Bowman (Pacific Northwest National Laboratories), and Andrew McNeese (University of Texas at Austin). 


Associated paper: Thomas E. Branford. "Summary of “Things that go boom: High amplitude acoustic sources." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 54, 002002 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001991.


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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-16963085 Mon, 14 Apr 2025 01:00:00 -0400 3105 full false Show Your Scattering Coefficients Show Your Scattering Coefficients The phenomenon of acoustic scattering, when a sound wave bounces off a surface and is redirected in different directions because of the surface texture, has been recognized since ancient Greece. Accounting for acoustic scattering when designing a built space, however, can be tricky. In this episode, we speak with Michael Vorländer (RWTH Aachen University) about his work to develop a general guideline for estimating the effects of acoustic scattering from a given surface.

Associated paper: Michael Vorlaender and Stefan Feistel. "Show your scattering coefficients." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 50, 015003 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001816.


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]]> The phenomenon of acoustic scattering, when a sound wave bounces off a surface and is redirected in different directions because of the surface texture, has been recognized since ancient Greece. Accounting for acoustic scattering when designing a built space, however, can be tricky. In this episode, we speak with Michael Vorländer (RWTH Aachen University) about his work to develop a general guideline for estimating the effects of acoustic scattering from a given surface.

Associated paper: Michael Vorlaender and Stefan Feistel. "Show your scattering coefficients." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 50, 015003 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001816.


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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-16664083 Mon, 24 Feb 2025 01:00:00 -0500 2307 full false Reducing Shipping Noise for Fatter, Happier Marine Mammals Reducing Shipping Noise for Fatter, Happier Marine Mammals Human-made noise from shipping is an ongoing problem for aquatic life. However, actually implementing measures to reduce noise can be costly and time consuming-- a risk many ship makers don't want to take without knowing how effective those methods will be. In this episode, we talk with Vanessa M. ZoBell (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) about her research that simulates the impacts of various strategies, with hopes for finding the most effective methods to improve the lives of our underwater neighbors.

Associated papers:
- Vanessa M. ZoBell, John A. Hildebrand, and Kaitlin E. Frasier. "Assessing approaches for ship noise reduction within critical whale habitat." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 156, 3534–3544 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0034455


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]]> Human-made noise from shipping is an ongoing problem for aquatic life. However, actually implementing measures to reduce noise can be costly and time consuming-- a risk many ship makers don't want to take without knowing how effective those methods will be. In this episode, we talk with Vanessa M. ZoBell (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) about her research that simulates the impacts of various strategies, with hopes for finding the most effective methods to improve the lives of our underwater neighbors.

Associated papers:
- Vanessa M. ZoBell, John A. Hildebrand, and Kaitlin E. Frasier. "Assessing approaches for ship noise reduction within critical whale habitat." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 156, 3534–3544 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0034455


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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-16449936 Mon, 20 Jan 2025 01:00:00 -0500 1401 full false Acoustic Levitation and Trapping Acoustic Levitation and Trapping Acoustic levitation allows objects to be suspended in air or in liquids without falling. In this episode, we speak with Philip Marston (Washington State University) about the history of acoustic levitation, and his work to translate previous research into terminology more accessible to modern readers and those outside of the field of physics.

Associated papers:
- Philip L. Marston. "Trapping in acoustic standing waves: Effect of liquid drop compressibility." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 154, R5–R6 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0020809

- Philip L. Marston. "Contrast factor for standing-wave radiation forces on spheres: Series expansion in powers of sphere radius." JASA Express Lett. 4, 074001 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0027928.

- Philip L. Marston. "Position dependence of the standing-wave radiation pressure quadrupole projection on a sphere applied to drop shape." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 156, 1586–1593 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0028518.


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]]> Acoustic levitation allows objects to be suspended in air or in liquids without falling. In this episode, we speak with Philip Marston (Washington State University) about the history of acoustic levitation, and his work to translate previous research into terminology more accessible to modern readers and those outside of the field of physics.

Associated papers:
- Philip L. Marston. "Trapping in acoustic standing waves: Effect of liquid drop compressibility." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 154, R5–R6 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0020809

- Philip L. Marston. "Contrast factor for standing-wave radiation forces on spheres: Series expansion in powers of sphere radius." JASA Express Lett. 4, 074001 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0027928.

- Philip L. Marston. "Position dependence of the standing-wave radiation pressure quadrupole projection on a sphere applied to drop shape." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 156, 1586–1593 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0028518.


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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-16274926 Mon, 16 Dec 2024 01:00:00 -0500 960 full false Student Paper Competition: Modeling Trumpets and Falcon 9 Flyback Noise Student Paper Competition: Modeling Trumpets and Falcon 9 Flyback Noise This episode is part two of our interviews with the POMA student paper winners from our meeting in Ottawa. First, we talk with Miranda Jackson (McGill University) about her research regarding modeling the mouthpiece and bells of brass instruments. Next, Mark C. Anderson (Brigham Young University) talks about the noise created by the Falcon 9 boosters as they fly back to Earth and the impact that noise can have on surrounding communities.

Associated papers:
- Miranda Jackson and Gary Scavone. "A comparison of modeled and measured impedance of brass instruments and their mouthpieces and bells." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 54, 035004 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001925

- Mark C. Anderson, Kent L. Gee, and Kaylee Nyborg. "Flyback sonic booms from Falcon-9 rockets: Measured data and some considerations for future models." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 54, 040005 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001916

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]]> This episode is part two of our interviews with the POMA student paper winners from our meeting in Ottawa. First, we talk with Miranda Jackson (McGill University) about her research regarding modeling the mouthpiece and bells of brass instruments. Next, Mark C. Anderson (Brigham Young University) talks about the noise created by the Falcon 9 boosters as they fly back to Earth and the impact that noise can have on surrounding communities.

Associated papers:
- Miranda Jackson and Gary Scavone. "A comparison of modeled and measured impedance of brass instruments and their mouthpieces and bells." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 54, 035004 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001925

- Mark C. Anderson, Kent L. Gee, and Kaylee Nyborg. "Flyback sonic booms from Falcon-9 rockets: Measured data and some considerations for future models." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 54, 040005 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001916

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-16179239 Mon, 02 Dec 2024 01:00:00 -0500 2160 full false Student Paper Competition: A Small Ship-Like Structure, Underwater Micronavigation, and Rotorcraft Noise Student Paper Competition: A Small Ship-Like Structure, Underwater Micronavigation, and Rotorcraft Noise This episode, we talk to a few of the latest round of POMA Student Paper Competition winners from the 186th ASA Meeting in Ottawa about their exciting research endeavors:
- Using a small-scale ship-like structure to test noise mitigation techniques for shipping noise
- Modeling spatial coherence in underwater sonar
- Understanding the noise created by rotorcraft

Make sure to keep an ear out for our next episode, which will include interviews with the remaining two winners!

Associated papers:
- Marc-André Guy, Kamal Kesour, Olivier Robin, Stéphane Gagnon, Julien St-Jacques, Mathis Vulliez, Raphael Tremblay, Jean-Christophe Gauthier Marquis. "Effectiveness of standard mitigation technologies at reducing ships’ machinery noise using a small-scale ship-like structure." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 54, 070001 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001912

- Kyle S. Dalton, Thomas E. Blanford, Daniel C. Brown. “Bistatic spatial coherence for micronavigation of a downward-looking synthetic aperture sonar.” Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 54, 070002 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001924.

- Ze Feng Gan, Vitor Tumelero Valente, Kenneth Steven Brentner, Eric Greenwood. “Time-varying broadband noise of multirotor aircraft.” Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 54, 040006 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001946.

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]]> This episode, we talk to a few of the latest round of POMA Student Paper Competition winners from the 186th ASA Meeting in Ottawa about their exciting research endeavors:
- Using a small-scale ship-like structure to test noise mitigation techniques for shipping noise
- Modeling spatial coherence in underwater sonar
- Understanding the noise created by rotorcraft

Make sure to keep an ear out for our next episode, which will include interviews with the remaining two winners!

Associated papers:
- Marc-André Guy, Kamal Kesour, Olivier Robin, Stéphane Gagnon, Julien St-Jacques, Mathis Vulliez, Raphael Tremblay, Jean-Christophe Gauthier Marquis. "Effectiveness of standard mitigation technologies at reducing ships’ machinery noise using a small-scale ship-like structure." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 54, 070001 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001912

- Kyle S. Dalton, Thomas E. Blanford, Daniel C. Brown. “Bistatic spatial coherence for micronavigation of a downward-looking synthetic aperture sonar.” Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 54, 070002 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001924.

- Ze Feng Gan, Vitor Tumelero Valente, Kenneth Steven Brentner, Eric Greenwood. “Time-varying broadband noise of multirotor aircraft.” Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 54, 040006 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001946.

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-16067005 Mon, 11 Nov 2024 01:00:00 -0500 2994 full false An Ultrasound-Based Touchscreen An Ultrasound-Based Touchscreen Current touchscreen technology has its limitations. In this episode, we talk with Jérémy Moriot (Université de Sherbrooke) about his team's development of an ultrasound-based system that not only can work with various types of surfaces, but can also detect multiple touches at the same time. 

Associated paper: Maxime Bilodeau, Jérémy Moriot, Joëlle Fréchette-Viens Raphaël Bouchard, Philippe Boulais, Nicolas Quaegebeur, and Patrice Masson. "Embedded real-time ultrasound-based multi-touch system." JASA Express Letters  4, 082802 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0028323.

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]]> Current touchscreen technology has its limitations. In this episode, we talk with Jérémy Moriot (Université de Sherbrooke) about his team's development of an ultrasound-based system that not only can work with various types of surfaces, but can also detect multiple touches at the same time. 

Associated paper: Maxime Bilodeau, Jérémy Moriot, Joëlle Fréchette-Viens Raphaël Bouchard, Philippe Boulais, Nicolas Quaegebeur, and Patrice Masson. "Embedded real-time ultrasound-based multi-touch system." JASA Express Letters  4, 082802 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0028323.

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-15971932 Mon, 28 Oct 2024 01:00:00 -0400 1256 full false Continuous Active Sonar's Impact on Killer Whales Continuous Active Sonar's Impact on Killer Whales When pulsed active sonar was found to cause mass strandings of whales, researchers turned to the quieter continuous active sonar for underwater monitoring. In this episode, Brian K. Branstetter (Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific) shares his work to find out how this sonar affects killer whales.

Associated paper: Brian K. Branstetter, Michael Felice, Todd Robeck, Marla M. Holt, and E. Elizabeth Henderson. "Auditory masking of tonal and conspecific signals by continuous active sonar, amplitude modulated noise, and Gaussian noise in killer whales (Orcinus orca)." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 156 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0028626.

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]]> When pulsed active sonar was found to cause mass strandings of whales, researchers turned to the quieter continuous active sonar for underwater monitoring. In this episode, Brian K. Branstetter (Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific) shares his work to find out how this sonar affects killer whales.

Associated paper: Brian K. Branstetter, Michael Felice, Todd Robeck, Marla M. Holt, and E. Elizabeth Henderson. "Auditory masking of tonal and conspecific signals by continuous active sonar, amplitude modulated noise, and Gaussian noise in killer whales (Orcinus orca)." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 156 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0028626.

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-15903418 Tue, 15 Oct 2024 01:00:00 -0400 783 full false How Classroom Acoustics Fail Autistic Students and Teachers How Classroom Acoustics Fail Autistic Students and Teachers We know noisy classrooms and learning environments can negatively impact students and teachers. However, these problems can be compounded for those with autism. We talk to Carmen Rosas-Pérez (Heriot-Watt University) about her research to better understand the experiences of autistic people in daily life acoustic environments. 

Associated paper: Carmen Rosas-Pérez, Laurent Galbrun, Mary E. Stewart, and Sarah R. Payne. "How can anyone learn or teach? Experiences of autistic people with sound in schools and universities," Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 51, 015001 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001741.

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]]> We know noisy classrooms and learning environments can negatively impact students and teachers. However, these problems can be compounded for those with autism. We talk to Carmen Rosas-Pérez (Heriot-Watt University) about her research to better understand the experiences of autistic people in daily life acoustic environments. 

Associated paper: Carmen Rosas-Pérez, Laurent Galbrun, Mary E. Stewart, and Sarah R. Payne. "How can anyone learn or teach? Experiences of autistic people with sound in schools and universities," Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 51, 015001 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001741.

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-15786424 Mon, 23 Sep 2024 01:00:00 -0400 2869 full false Can Sound Be Used to Diagnose Arteriosclerosis? Can Sound Be Used to Diagnose Arteriosclerosis? Because cardiovascular disease is the world's leading cause of death, researchers have been looking for ways to diagnose it early. Low-frequency sounds have been used to assess the elasticity of blood vessels, but until now,  the elastic waves being studied were too fast to get precise measurements. Sibylle Gregoire (INSERM) discusses how here team has been able to image a different type of elastic wave, opening up the possibility to more precise assessments and diagnosis of cardiovascular disease in the future. 

Associated paper: Sibylle Gregoire, Gabrielle Laloy-Borgna, Johannes Aichele, Fabrice Lemoult, and Stefan Catheline. "Flexural pulse wave velocity in blood vessels." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 155, 2948–2958 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0025855.

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]]> Because cardiovascular disease is the world's leading cause of death, researchers have been looking for ways to diagnose it early. Low-frequency sounds have been used to assess the elasticity of blood vessels, but until now,  the elastic waves being studied were too fast to get precise measurements. Sibylle Gregoire (INSERM) discusses how here team has been able to image a different type of elastic wave, opening up the possibility to more precise assessments and diagnosis of cardiovascular disease in the future. 

Associated paper: Sibylle Gregoire, Gabrielle Laloy-Borgna, Johannes Aichele, Fabrice Lemoult, and Stefan Catheline. "Flexural pulse wave velocity in blood vessels." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 155, 2948–2958 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0025855.

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-15614112 Mon, 09 Sep 2024 01:00:00 -0400 1202 full false Ultrasound Transducers for Measuring Martian Wind Speeds Ultrasound Transducers for Measuring Martian Wind Speeds We have yet to fully understand the wind on Mars, even though it transfers heat, momentum, and molecules from the surface. Traditionally, heat loss and motion detectors have been used to measure wind speeds. Robert D. White (Tufts University) discusses his team's work on ultrasound transducers that may offer a more precise way to measure turbulent eddies on the  Red Planet.

Associated paper: Robert D. White, Rishabh Chaudhary, Zijia Zhao, Luisa Chiesa, Ian Neeson, and Don Banfield. "Modeling and characterization of gas coupled ultrasonic transducers at low pressures and temperatures and implications for sonic anemometry on Mars." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 156, 968- 988 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0028008.

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]]> We have yet to fully understand the wind on Mars, even though it transfers heat, momentum, and molecules from the surface. Traditionally, heat loss and motion detectors have been used to measure wind speeds. Robert D. White (Tufts University) discusses his team's work on ultrasound transducers that may offer a more precise way to measure turbulent eddies on the  Red Planet.

Associated paper: Robert D. White, Rishabh Chaudhary, Zijia Zhao, Luisa Chiesa, Ian Neeson, and Don Banfield. "Modeling and characterization of gas coupled ultrasonic transducers at low pressures and temperatures and implications for sonic anemometry on Mars." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 156, 968- 988 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0028008.

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-15607299 Mon, 26 Aug 2024 01:00:00 -0400 879 full false Acousto-Optics: Sensing Sound with Light Acousto-Optics: Sensing Sound with Light In this episode, we dive into the world of acousto-optics, where light is used to visualize and measure sound-- particularly acoustic phenomena that are difficult to observe. Samuel Verburg (Technical University of Denmark) and Kenji Ishikawa (NTT Communication) share the history of this field of research, as well as discuss modern day applications and potential uses for acousto-optic sensing in the future.

Read the associated article: Samuel A. Verburg, Kenji Ishikawa, Efren Fernandez-Grande, and Yasuhiro Oikawa. (2023) “A Century of Acousto-Optics: From Early Discoveries to Modern Sensing of Sound with Light,” Acoustics Today 19(3). https://doi.org/10.1121/AT.2023.19.3.54

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]]> In this episode, we dive into the world of acousto-optics, where light is used to visualize and measure sound-- particularly acoustic phenomena that are difficult to observe. Samuel Verburg (Technical University of Denmark) and Kenji Ishikawa (NTT Communication) share the history of this field of research, as well as discuss modern day applications and potential uses for acousto-optic sensing in the future.

Read the associated article: Samuel A. Verburg, Kenji Ishikawa, Efren Fernandez-Grande, and Yasuhiro Oikawa. (2023) “A Century of Acousto-Optics: From Early Discoveries to Modern Sensing of Sound with Light,” Acoustics Today 19(3). https://doi.org/10.1121/AT.2023.19.3.54

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-15547396 Mon, 12 Aug 2024 08:00:00 -0400 1157 full false New Research Roundup: Music as Noise, Instruments as Dynamic Sound Sources, and Modeling Piano Soundboards New Research Roundup: Music as Noise, Instruments as Dynamic Sound Sources, and Modeling Piano Soundboards This episode highlights three recent articles from the field of musical acoustics. First, we talk to Elvira Brattico (Aarhus University) about her research into what causes a person to experience music as noise. Next, Stefan Weinzierl (Technical University of Berlin) discusses how a musician's movement during a performance will impact the notes listeners hear. Finally, Pablo Miranda Valiente (University of Southampton) discusses his work to develop a model that shows the impact a piano soundboard has on the note played.

Associated papers:
- Giulio Carraturo, Marina Kliuchko, and Elvira Brattico. "Loud and unwanted: Individual differences in the tolerance for exposure to music."  J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 155, 3274–3282 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0025924.
- David Ackermann, Fabian Brinkmann, and Stefan Weinzierl. "Musical instruments as dynamic sound sources." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 155, 2302–2313 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0025463.
- Pablo Miranda Valiente, Giacomo Squicciarini, and David J. Thompson. "Influence of soundboard modelling approaches on piano string vibration." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 155, 3213–3232 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0025925.


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]]> This episode highlights three recent articles from the field of musical acoustics. First, we talk to Elvira Brattico (Aarhus University) about her research into what causes a person to experience music as noise. Next, Stefan Weinzierl (Technical University of Berlin) discusses how a musician's movement during a performance will impact the notes listeners hear. Finally, Pablo Miranda Valiente (University of Southampton) discusses his work to develop a model that shows the impact a piano soundboard has on the note played.

Associated papers:
- Giulio Carraturo, Marina Kliuchko, and Elvira Brattico. "Loud and unwanted: Individual differences in the tolerance for exposure to music."  J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 155, 3274–3282 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0025924.
- David Ackermann, Fabian Brinkmann, and Stefan Weinzierl. "Musical instruments as dynamic sound sources." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 155, 2302–2313 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0025463.
- Pablo Miranda Valiente, Giacomo Squicciarini, and David J. Thompson. "Influence of soundboard modelling approaches on piano string vibration." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 155, 3213–3232 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0025925.


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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-15436660 Mon, 22 Jul 2024 08:00:00 -0400 3454 full false Why don't speech recognition systems understand African American English? Why don't speech recognition systems understand African American English? Most people have encountered speech recognition software in their day-to-day lives, whether through personal digital assistants, auto transcription, or other such modern marvels. As the technology advances, though, it still fails to understand speakers of African American English (AAE). In this episode, we talk to Michelle Cohn (Google Research and University of California Davis) and Zion Mengesha (Google Research and Stanford University) about their research into why these problems with speech recognition software seem to persist and what can be done to make sure more voices are understood by the technology.

Associated paper: Michelle Cohn, Zion Mengesha, Michal Lahav, and Courtney Heldreth. "African American English speakers’ pitch variation and rate adjustments for imagined technological and human addressees." JASA Express Letters  4,  047601 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0025484.

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]]> Most people have encountered speech recognition software in their day-to-day lives, whether through personal digital assistants, auto transcription, or other such modern marvels. As the technology advances, though, it still fails to understand speakers of African American English (AAE). In this episode, we talk to Michelle Cohn (Google Research and University of California Davis) and Zion Mengesha (Google Research and Stanford University) about their research into why these problems with speech recognition software seem to persist and what can be done to make sure more voices are understood by the technology.

Associated paper: Michelle Cohn, Zion Mengesha, Michal Lahav, and Courtney Heldreth. "African American English speakers’ pitch variation and rate adjustments for imagined technological and human addressees." JASA Express Letters  4,  047601 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0025484.

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-15356248 Mon, 08 Jul 2024 08:00:00 -0400 1038 full false Student Paper Competition: Emotions of Drums, Acoustic Black Holes, Ocean Noise, and More! Student Paper Competition: Emotions of Drums, Acoustic Black Holes, Ocean Noise, and More! This episode, we talk to a new round of POMA Student Paper Competition winners from the 185th ASA Meeting in Sydney about their exciting research endeavors:
- An analysis of how drums convey emotion
- A method to assess stress caused by vibration in acoustic black holes
- An improved estimator for background noise in underwater signals
- A model to help remove distortion from the sound fields of parametric array loudspeakers
- A numerical study of a little-understood phenomenon in bowed-string instruments

Associated papers:

Zeyu Huang, Wenyi Song, Xiaojuan Ma, and Andrew Brian Horner. "The emotional characteristics of bass drums, snare drums, and disengaged snare drums with different strokes and dynamics." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 52, 035005 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001834

Archie Keys and Jordan Cheer. "Experimental measurements of stress in an Acoustic Black Hole using a laser doppler vibrometer." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 52, 065003 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001829

David Campos Anchieta and John R. Buck. "Robust power spectral density estimation via a performance-weighted blend of order statistics." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 52, 055006 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001849

Wenyao Ma, Jun Yang, and Yunxi Zhu. "Identification of the parametric array loudspeaker system using differential Volterra filter." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 52, 055005 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001850

Shodai Tanaka, Hiroshi Kori, and Ayumi Ozawa. "A mathematical study about the sustaining phenomenon of overtone in flageolet harmonics on bowed string instruments." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 52, 035006 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001835

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]]> This episode, we talk to a new round of POMA Student Paper Competition winners from the 185th ASA Meeting in Sydney about their exciting research endeavors:
- An analysis of how drums convey emotion
- A method to assess stress caused by vibration in acoustic black holes
- An improved estimator for background noise in underwater signals
- A model to help remove distortion from the sound fields of parametric array loudspeakers
- A numerical study of a little-understood phenomenon in bowed-string instruments

Associated papers:

Zeyu Huang, Wenyi Song, Xiaojuan Ma, and Andrew Brian Horner. "The emotional characteristics of bass drums, snare drums, and disengaged snare drums with different strokes and dynamics." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 52, 035005 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001834

Archie Keys and Jordan Cheer. "Experimental measurements of stress in an Acoustic Black Hole using a laser doppler vibrometer." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 52, 065003 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001829

David Campos Anchieta and John R. Buck. "Robust power spectral density estimation via a performance-weighted blend of order statistics." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 52, 055006 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001849

Wenyao Ma, Jun Yang, and Yunxi Zhu. "Identification of the parametric array loudspeaker system using differential Volterra filter." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 52, 055005 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001850

Shodai Tanaka, Hiroshi Kori, and Ayumi Ozawa. "A mathematical study about the sustaining phenomenon of overtone in flageolet harmonics on bowed string instruments." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 52, 035006 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001835

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-15284603 Mon, 24 Jun 2024 08:00:00 -0400 3187 full false Measuring the Big Impact Vibration Has on Tiny Microphones Measuring the Big Impact Vibration Has on Tiny Microphones The tiny microphones used inside hearing aids can be very sensitive to vibration of the device, resulting in annoying feedback. Testing how sensitive these microphones are to vibration has been a problem that plagued engineers. In this episode, we talk to Charles King and Chris Monti of Knowles Electronics about their innovation to measure microphone vibration sensitivity.

Associated paper: Charles B. King and Chris Monti, "Microphone vibration sensitivity: What it is, why it is important, and how to measure it," Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 50, 065001 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001702

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]]> The tiny microphones used inside hearing aids can be very sensitive to vibration of the device, resulting in annoying feedback. Testing how sensitive these microphones are to vibration has been a problem that plagued engineers. In this episode, we talk to Charles King and Chris Monti of Knowles Electronics about their innovation to measure microphone vibration sensitivity.

Associated paper: Charles B. King and Chris Monti, "Microphone vibration sensitivity: What it is, why it is important, and how to measure it," Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 50, 065001 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001702

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-15204809 Mon, 10 Jun 2024 08:00:00 -0400 2285 full false We Don't All Talk the Same: Teaching Linguistic Diversity We Don't All Talk the Same: Teaching Linguistic Diversity Speech Science courses are a key component to the curriculum within a variety of disciplines, but coursework is frequently lacking in terms of representation of those from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. In this episode, we talk to Melissa Baese-Berk (University of Chicago) and Paul Reed (University of Alabama), about why it's so important for instructors to use a variety of voices in the classroom, and how to talk about other ways of speaking when one feels ill-equipped to do so. 

Associated paper: Melissa Baese-Berk and Paul E. Reed. "Addressing diversity in speech science courses." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 154, 918–925 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0020613.

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]]> Speech Science courses are a key component to the curriculum within a variety of disciplines, but coursework is frequently lacking in terms of representation of those from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. In this episode, we talk to Melissa Baese-Berk (University of Chicago) and Paul Reed (University of Alabama), about why it's so important for instructors to use a variety of voices in the classroom, and how to talk about other ways of speaking when one feels ill-equipped to do so. 

Associated paper: Melissa Baese-Berk and Paul E. Reed. "Addressing diversity in speech science courses." J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 154, 918–925 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0020613.

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-15085872 Mon, 20 May 2024 08:00:00 -0400 2661 full false Lincoln Center and the Greatest Acoustic Failure of the 20th Century Lincoln Center and the Greatest Acoustic Failure of the 20th Century In the aftermath of World War II, New York City wanted to built a new home for its orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, and secure its place a cultural center of the world. In this episode, we talk to the Paul H. Scarbrough (Akustiks, LLC) about where these plans went awry and the multiple renovations over many decades to fix the hall. 

Read the associated article: Paul H. Scarbrough. (2023) “David Geffen Hall and the Evolution of Acoustics at Lincoln Center,” Acoustics Today 19(4). https://doi.org/10.1121/AT.2023.19.4.41


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]]> In the aftermath of World War II, New York City wanted to built a new home for its orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, and secure its place a cultural center of the world. In this episode, we talk to the Paul H. Scarbrough (Akustiks, LLC) about where these plans went awry and the multiple renovations over many decades to fix the hall. 

Read the associated article: Paul H. Scarbrough. (2023) “David Geffen Hall and the Evolution of Acoustics at Lincoln Center,” Acoustics Today 19(4). https://doi.org/10.1121/AT.2023.19.4.41


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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-14998568 Mon, 06 May 2024 08:00:00 -0400 2678 full false Deep Faking Room Impulse Responses Deep Faking Room Impulse Responses It's not always feasible to measure the sound field generated by an acoustic source; instead, scientists have to model to come up with a best guess for the missing pieces of the sound field. In this episode, we talk to Efren Fernandez-Grande and Xenofon Karakonstantis (Technical University of Denmark) about their new machine learning method to reconstruct sound fields.

Associated paper: Efren Fernandez-Grande, Xenofon Karakonstantis, Diego Caviedes-Nozal, and Peter Gerstoft. "Generative models for sound field reconstruction" J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 153, 1179-1190 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0016896 .

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]]> It's not always feasible to measure the sound field generated by an acoustic source; instead, scientists have to model to come up with a best guess for the missing pieces of the sound field. In this episode, we talk to Efren Fernandez-Grande and Xenofon Karakonstantis (Technical University of Denmark) about their new machine learning method to reconstruct sound fields.

Associated paper: Efren Fernandez-Grande, Xenofon Karakonstantis, Diego Caviedes-Nozal, and Peter Gerstoft. "Generative models for sound field reconstruction" J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 153, 1179-1190 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0016896 .

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-14914731 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 08:00:00 -0400 1402 full false Late Night Mystery Calls in the Mariana Archipelago Late Night Mystery Calls in the Mariana Archipelago While analyzing acoustic data from the Mariana Archipelago, Angela Szesciorka (Oregon State University) noticed something funny: a signal unlike any other she'd seen. It showed up over and over, and only seemed to occur at night. In this episode, we talk to Szesciorka about this mystery call and what animal possibly made it.

Associated paper: Angela R. Szesciorka, Jennifer L. K. McCullough, and Erin M. Oleson. "An unknown nocturnal call type in the Mariana Archipelago." JASA Express Letters  3, 011201 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0017068

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]]> While analyzing acoustic data from the Mariana Archipelago, Angela Szesciorka (Oregon State University) noticed something funny: a signal unlike any other she'd seen. It showed up over and over, and only seemed to occur at night. In this episode, we talk to Szesciorka about this mystery call and what animal possibly made it.

Associated paper: Angela R. Szesciorka, Jennifer L. K. McCullough, and Erin M. Oleson. "An unknown nocturnal call type in the Mariana Archipelago." JASA Express Letters  3, 011201 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0017068

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-14833948 Mon, 08 Apr 2024 08:00:00 -0400 787 full false Conservation Bioacoustics: Listening to the Heartbeat of the Earth Conservation Bioacoustics: Listening to the Heartbeat of the Earth Recent advances in technology have allowed scientists to gather larger quantities of acoustic data from locations more remote than ever before. As a result, the study of animal sounds can be used to inform species or habitat conservation and natural resource management practices in new and exciting ways. In this episode, we talk to Aaron Rice of Cornell University about how acoustics can be used to advance conservation efforts, as well as how folks outside of large research universities can take part in efforts to help save the planet with science.

Read the associated article: Aaron N. Rice, Marissa L. Garcia, Laurel B. Symes, and Holger Klinck. (2023) “Conservation Bioacoustics: Listening to the Heartbeat of the Earth,” Acoustics Today 19(3). https://doi.org/10.1121/AT.2023.19.3.46

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]]> Recent advances in technology have allowed scientists to gather larger quantities of acoustic data from locations more remote than ever before. As a result, the study of animal sounds can be used to inform species or habitat conservation and natural resource management practices in new and exciting ways. In this episode, we talk to Aaron Rice of Cornell University about how acoustics can be used to advance conservation efforts, as well as how folks outside of large research universities can take part in efforts to help save the planet with science.

Read the associated article: Aaron N. Rice, Marissa L. Garcia, Laurel B. Symes, and Holger Klinck. (2023) “Conservation Bioacoustics: Listening to the Heartbeat of the Earth,” Acoustics Today 19(3). https://doi.org/10.1121/AT.2023.19.3.46

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-14743945 Mon, 25 Mar 2024 08:00:00 -0400 2532 full false What is an acoustic metamaterial? What is an acoustic metamaterial? Metamaterials have been a hot topic in the acoustics community since the late 1990s, but there's no  consensus among researchers as to what a metamaterial actually is or when they first came about. Christina Naify (University of Texas - Austin) took a deep dive into the literature about metamaterials and then posed the question to an audience of researchers in a session at the ASA conference in Chicago. In this episode, we talk to her about what came up during this discussion.

Associated paper: Christina J. Naify,  Alexey Titovich, and  Michael R. Haberman . "What is an acoustic metamaterial?" 51, 065002 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001813.


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]]> Metamaterials have been a hot topic in the acoustics community since the late 1990s, but there's no  consensus among researchers as to what a metamaterial actually is or when they first came about. Christina Naify (University of Texas - Austin) took a deep dive into the literature about metamaterials and then posed the question to an audience of researchers in a session at the ASA conference in Chicago. In this episode, we talk to her about what came up during this discussion.

Associated paper: Christina J. Naify,  Alexey Titovich, and  Michael R. Haberman . "What is an acoustic metamaterial?" 51, 065002 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001813.


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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-14639538 Mon, 11 Mar 2024 08:00:00 -0400 1494 full false Quiet Down! Lowering the Recommended Occupational Noise Exposure Limit Quiet Down! Lowering the Recommended Occupational Noise Exposure Limit The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s (NIOSH) recommended exposure limit for occupational noise is often cited as the upper limit for loudness in all situations-- but that's not actually the case. Worse, the limit may not even fit modern ears, which face a barrage of loud sound in and out of the workplace, starting at an early age. In this episode, we talk to Daniel Fink of Quiet Coalition about how NIOSH's recommended exposure limit for occupational noise impacts even those of us in quiet workplaces, and why the limit needs to be revised downwards.

Associated paper: Daniel Fink. "The recommended exposure limit for occupational noise needs to be revised downwards." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 50, 040002 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001729.


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]]> The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s (NIOSH) recommended exposure limit for occupational noise is often cited as the upper limit for loudness in all situations-- but that's not actually the case. Worse, the limit may not even fit modern ears, which face a barrage of loud sound in and out of the workplace, starting at an early age. In this episode, we talk to Daniel Fink of Quiet Coalition about how NIOSH's recommended exposure limit for occupational noise impacts even those of us in quiet workplaces, and why the limit needs to be revised downwards.

Associated paper: Daniel Fink. "The recommended exposure limit for occupational noise needs to be revised downwards." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 50, 040002 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001729.


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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-14562570 Mon, 26 Feb 2024 08:00:00 -0500 1285 full false Speech research methods and gender-diverse speakers Speech research methods and gender-diverse speakers Traditionally, speech researchers have asked participants to classify speakers on a binary scale for gender. However, as our understanding of gender changes, so must our research methods. In this episode, we talk to Brooke Merritt (University of Texas - El Paso) about her research into updating research protocols to better encompass a diversity of genders and gain a more nuanced understanding of listeners' perception of speakers' identity.

Associated paper: Brooke Merritt, Tessa Bent, Rowan Kilgore, and Cameron Eads. "Auditory free classification of gender diverse speakers" J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 155, 1422-1436 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0024521.


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]]> Traditionally, speech researchers have asked participants to classify speakers on a binary scale for gender. However, as our understanding of gender changes, so must our research methods. In this episode, we talk to Brooke Merritt (University of Texas - El Paso) about her research into updating research protocols to better encompass a diversity of genders and gain a more nuanced understanding of listeners' perception of speakers' identity.

Associated paper: Brooke Merritt, Tessa Bent, Rowan Kilgore, and Cameron Eads. "Auditory free classification of gender diverse speakers" J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 155, 1422-1436 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0024521.


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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-14466368 Thu, 15 Feb 2024 08:00:00 -0500 993 full false How well can infants distinguish unfamiliar voices? How well can infants distinguish unfamiliar voices? Infants can distinguish caregivers' and other familiar voices early in life, and can even tell the difference between two unfamiliar female voices. In this episode, we talk to Madeleine Yu (University of Toronto) about her research into infants' ability to distinguish the voices of unfamiliar male speakers.


Associated paper: Madeleine E. Yu, Natalie Fecher, and Elizabeth K. Johnson. "Learning to identify talkers: Do 4.5-month-old infants distinguish between unfamiliar males?" JASA Express Letters  4, 015203 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0024271.

 

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]]> Infants can distinguish caregivers' and other familiar voices early in life, and can even tell the difference between two unfamiliar female voices. In this episode, we talk to Madeleine Yu (University of Toronto) about her research into infants' ability to distinguish the voices of unfamiliar male speakers.


Associated paper: Madeleine E. Yu, Natalie Fecher, and Elizabeth K. Johnson. "Learning to identify talkers: Do 4.5-month-old infants distinguish between unfamiliar males?" JASA Express Letters  4, 015203 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0024271.

 

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-14383281 Mon, 29 Jan 2024 08:00:00 -0500 652 full false What is silence? What is silence? More precisely, is silence the absence of sound? (What is sound, anyway?) In this episode, we get a little philosophical, talking with Bill Yost (Arizona State University) about what sound is and the role perception plays in our understanding of sound and silence.

Associated paper: William A. Yost. "What is silence? Therefore, what is sound?" J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 154, 2333–2336 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0021872.


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]]> More precisely, is silence the absence of sound? (What is sound, anyway?) In this episode, we get a little philosophical, talking with Bill Yost (Arizona State University) about what sound is and the role perception plays in our understanding of sound and silence.

Associated paper: William A. Yost. "What is silence? Therefore, what is sound?" J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 154, 2333–2336 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0021872.


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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-14255280 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 09:00:00 -0500 2443 full false Wait, What's That?: Weird Data in Underwater Acoustics Wait, What's That?: Weird Data in Underwater Acoustics Oftentimes, when a scientist studying underwater acoustics begins an experiment, they have a specific goal in mind... but then there's a bloop or a crackle they don't expect, or the instruments are saying the ocean floor is at 500 meters instead of 5,000 meters like all the charts say, or a rogue pod of dolphins has caused measurements to go awry. In this episode, we talk to Erin Fischell (Acbotics Research) about all the weird data researchers can run into when they're trying to study underwater sound. 

Read the associated article: Erin M. Fischell. (2022) “Weird Data: The Element of Surprise in Underwater Acoustic Sensing” Acoustics Today 18(2). https://doi.org/10.1121/AT.2022.18.2.34.

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]]> Oftentimes, when a scientist studying underwater acoustics begins an experiment, they have a specific goal in mind... but then there's a bloop or a crackle they don't expect, or the instruments are saying the ocean floor is at 500 meters instead of 5,000 meters like all the charts say, or a rogue pod of dolphins has caused measurements to go awry. In this episode, we talk to Erin Fischell (Acbotics Research) about all the weird data researchers can run into when they're trying to study underwater sound. 

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-14147262 Mon, 18 Dec 2023 08:00:00 -0500 2806 full false Student Paper Competition: Chicago Student Paper Competition: Chicago Another meeting, another round of amazing student research! This episode, we talk to winners of the POMA Student Paper Competition from the 184th meeting of the ASA about their research into using machine learning to model concert hall reverberation time, the effect of clear speech on memory, noise from the Atlas-V rocket launch, the bridge force exerted on the string of a bowed instrument, and a new approach to underwater acoustic source localization.

Associated Papers:
Jonathan Michael Broyles and Zane Tyler Rusk. Predicting the reverberation time of concert halls by use of a random forest regression model. Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 51, 015004 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001751

Nicholas B. Aoki and Georgia Zellou. When clear speech does not enhance memory: Effects of speaking style, voice naturalness, and listener age. Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 51, 060002 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001766

Logan T. Mathews, Mark C. Anderson, Carson D. Gardner, Bradley W. McLaughlin, Brooke M. Hinds, Megan R. McCullah-Boozer, Lucas K. Hall, and Kent L. Gee. An overview of acoustical measurements made of the Atlas V JPSS-2 rocket launch. Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 51, 040003 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001768

Alessio Lampis, Alexander Mayer, Montserrat Pàmies-Vilà, and Vasileios Chatziioannou. Examination of the static and dynamic bridge force components of a bowed string. Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 51, 035002 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001755

Dariush Kari, Andrew C. Singer, Hari Vishnu, and Amir Weiss. A gradient-based optimization approach for underwater acoustic source localization. Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 51, 022002 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001753

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]]> Another meeting, another round of amazing student research! This episode, we talk to winners of the POMA Student Paper Competition from the 184th meeting of the ASA about their research into using machine learning to model concert hall reverberation time, the effect of clear speech on memory, noise from the Atlas-V rocket launch, the bridge force exerted on the string of a bowed instrument, and a new approach to underwater acoustic source localization.

Associated Papers:
Jonathan Michael Broyles and Zane Tyler Rusk. Predicting the reverberation time of concert halls by use of a random forest regression model. Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 51, 015004 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001751

Nicholas B. Aoki and Georgia Zellou. When clear speech does not enhance memory: Effects of speaking style, voice naturalness, and listener age. Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 51, 060002 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001766

Logan T. Mathews, Mark C. Anderson, Carson D. Gardner, Bradley W. McLaughlin, Brooke M. Hinds, Megan R. McCullah-Boozer, Lucas K. Hall, and Kent L. Gee. An overview of acoustical measurements made of the Atlas V JPSS-2 rocket launch. Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 51, 040003 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001768

Alessio Lampis, Alexander Mayer, Montserrat Pàmies-Vilà, and Vasileios Chatziioannou. Examination of the static and dynamic bridge force components of a bowed string. Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 51, 035002 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001755

Dariush Kari, Andrew C. Singer, Hari Vishnu, and Amir Weiss. A gradient-based optimization approach for underwater acoustic source localization. Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 51, 022002 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001753

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-14065240 Mon, 04 Dec 2023 08:00:00 -0500 4740 Student Paper Competition full false Exploring Timbre of Stradivari Violins Exploring Timbre of Stradivari Violins Why is the sound quality of some violins preferred over others?  In this episode, we talk to Carlo Andrea Rozzi (National Research Council of Italy) and Massimo Grassi (University of Padova) about the myth surrounding Stradivari violins as well as their research into the aspects of violin timbre that cause listeners to prefer one instrument to another.

Associated paper: Carlo Andrea Rozzi, Alessandro Voltini,  Fabio Antonacci,  Massimo Nucci, and  Massimo Grassi. “A listening experiment comparing the timbre of two Stradivari with other violins." The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 151, 443 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0009320.


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]]> Why is the sound quality of some violins preferred over others?  In this episode, we talk to Carlo Andrea Rozzi (National Research Council of Italy) and Massimo Grassi (University of Padova) about the myth surrounding Stradivari violins as well as their research into the aspects of violin timbre that cause listeners to prefer one instrument to another.

Associated paper: Carlo Andrea Rozzi, Alessandro Voltini,  Fabio Antonacci,  Massimo Nucci, and  Massimo Grassi. “A listening experiment comparing the timbre of two Stradivari with other violins." The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 151, 443 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0009320.


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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-13991205 Mon, 20 Nov 2023 08:00:00 -0500 2541 full false Optimizing Concrete Floors for Building Acoustics Optimizing Concrete Floors for Building Acoustics The manufacturing and production of concrete construction building materials creates roughly 10% of global carbon emissions. As a result, architectural engineers are trying to find new ways to reduce the amount of concrete used in their buildings. Less concrete, though, can lead to some major ramifications in terms of the acoustics of a built space. In this episode, we talk to Jonathan Michael Broyles (Penn State) about techniques for optimizing the design of concrete slabs used in floors to reduce materials while improving acoustic performance.

Associated paper: Jonathan Michael Broyles, Micah R. Shepherd, and  Nathan C. Brown. "Investigation of optimization techniques on structural-acoustical shaped concrete slabs in buildings." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust 42, 022001 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001354



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]]> The manufacturing and production of concrete construction building materials creates roughly 10% of global carbon emissions. As a result, architectural engineers are trying to find new ways to reduce the amount of concrete used in their buildings. Less concrete, though, can lead to some major ramifications in terms of the acoustics of a built space. In this episode, we talk to Jonathan Michael Broyles (Penn State) about techniques for optimizing the design of concrete slabs used in floors to reduce materials while improving acoustic performance.

Associated paper: Jonathan Michael Broyles, Micah R. Shepherd, and  Nathan C. Brown. "Investigation of optimization techniques on structural-acoustical shaped concrete slabs in buildings." Proc. Mtgs. Acoust 42, 022001 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001354



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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-13896903 Mon, 06 Nov 2023 08:00:00 -0500 1150 full false Considering Classroom Soundscapes for Young Students Considering Classroom Soundscapes for Young Students The sound environment of a classroom can significantly impact the experience of students, particularly for young learners. Yet most research on primary school classroom acoustics has focused solely on removing all sound, even though some sounds may be beneficial to young students’ experience. In this interview, we talk to Chiara Visentin (University of Ferrara) about her research into the soundscape of primary school classrooms.

Associated paper: Chiara Visentin, Simone Torresin, Matteo Pellegatti, and Nicola Prodi. “Indoor soundscape in primary school classrooms." The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 154, 1813 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0020833.


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]]> The sound environment of a classroom can significantly impact the experience of students, particularly for young learners. Yet most research on primary school classroom acoustics has focused solely on removing all sound, even though some sounds may be beneficial to young students’ experience. In this interview, we talk to Chiara Visentin (University of Ferrara) about her research into the soundscape of primary school classrooms.

Associated paper: Chiara Visentin, Simone Torresin, Matteo Pellegatti, and Nicola Prodi. “Indoor soundscape in primary school classrooms." The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 154, 1813 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0020833.


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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-13816039 Mon, 23 Oct 2023 08:00:00 -0400 1159 full false Discovery of Sound in the Sea Discovery of Sound in the Sea Started after a mysterious beaching of beaked whales and dolphins, Discovery of Sound in the Sea (DOSITS, https://dosits.org/) has been providing educational content to the public about the science of underwater sound for over 20 years. In this episode, we talk to Kathleen Vigness-Raposa (Inspire Environmental) and Holly Morin (University of Rhode Island) about how the site has developed over time, resources available on the site, upcoming initiatives, and how acousticians can get involved with DOSITS.

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]]> Started after a mysterious beaching of beaked whales and dolphins, Discovery of Sound in the Sea (DOSITS, https://dosits.org/) has been providing educational content to the public about the science of underwater sound for over 20 years. In this episode, we talk to Kathleen Vigness-Raposa (Inspire Environmental) and Holly Morin (University of Rhode Island) about how the site has developed over time, resources available on the site, upcoming initiatives, and how acousticians can get involved with DOSITS.

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-13723159 Mon, 09 Oct 2023 08:00:00 -0400 1431 full false Music Mixing for Listeners with Hearing Impairment Music Mixing for Listeners with Hearing Impairment Musical mixes are typically created with normal-hearing listeners’ preferences in mind. How do the preferences of listeners with hearing impairment differ, though?  In this episode, we talk to Aravindan Joseph Benjamin and Kai Siedenburg (University of Oldenburg) about their recent article, which explores how various spectrum- and level-based mixing transforms might be altered to cater to listeners with different hearing abilities.

Associated paper: Aravindan Joseph Benjamin and Kai Siedenburg. "Exploring level- and spectrum-based music mixing transforms for hearing-impaired listeners." The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 154, 1048 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0020269.


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]]> Musical mixes are typically created with normal-hearing listeners’ preferences in mind. How do the preferences of listeners with hearing impairment differ, though?  In this episode, we talk to Aravindan Joseph Benjamin and Kai Siedenburg (University of Oldenburg) about their recent article, which explores how various spectrum- and level-based mixing transforms might be altered to cater to listeners with different hearing abilities.

Associated paper: Aravindan Joseph Benjamin and Kai Siedenburg. "Exploring level- and spectrum-based music mixing transforms for hearing-impaired listeners." The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 154, 1048 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0020269.


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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-13639998 Mon, 25 Sep 2023 08:00:00 -0400 1039 full false An Acoustician's Guide to SciCom An Acoustician's Guide to SciCom In this episode, we talk to the ASA's very own Keeta Jones, the Education and Outreach Coordinator, about science communication: everything from common mistakes scientists make when talking to others about their research, to how to communicate to different types of audiences, to a bevy of tips and tricks you can use when sharing your work with others-- whether it's your grandmother at Thanksgiving, a government official looking to inform new policies, or even colleagues in adjacent fields.

Read all about science communication with the articles in this AT Collection! 

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]]> In this episode, we talk to the ASA's very own Keeta Jones, the Education and Outreach Coordinator, about science communication: everything from common mistakes scientists make when talking to others about their research, to how to communicate to different types of audiences, to a bevy of tips and tricks you can use when sharing your work with others-- whether it's your grandmother at Thanksgiving, a government official looking to inform new policies, or even colleagues in adjacent fields.

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-13555528 Mon, 11 Sep 2023 08:00:00 -0400 2045 full false Do shrews echolocate? Do shrews echolocate?  We know that dolphins and bats echolocate, but less is known about the ultrasonic vocalizations of other animals-- including the northern short-tailed shrew. Some suggest they don’t even make ultrasonic vocalizations at all, but instead produce noise when they move. In this episode, Valerie Eddington and Laura Kloepper (both currently at University of New Hampshire and previously at St. Mary’s College) discuss their research into the sound made by these creatures. 


Associated paper: Margaret E. Gleason, Valerie M. Eddington, and Laura N. Kloepper. "Acoustic behavior in the northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda): Ultrasonic click production in a novel environment." The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 154, 411 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0020071


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]]>  We know that dolphins and bats echolocate, but less is known about the ultrasonic vocalizations of other animals-- including the northern short-tailed shrew. Some suggest they don’t even make ultrasonic vocalizations at all, but instead produce noise when they move. In this episode, Valerie Eddington and Laura Kloepper (both currently at University of New Hampshire and previously at St. Mary’s College) discuss their research into the sound made by these creatures. 


Associated paper: Margaret E. Gleason, Valerie M. Eddington, and Laura N. Kloepper. "Acoustic behavior in the northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda): Ultrasonic click production in a novel environment." The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 154, 411 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0020071


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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-13428828 Mon, 21 Aug 2023 08:00:00 -0400 846 full false Reconsidering Classic Ideas in Speech Communication Reconsidering Classic Ideas in Speech Communication Most researchers know the seminal articles that have impacted their field. Sometimes, though, the research in those articles can get misinterpreted or exaggerated, and those misunderstandings can take hold and reappear year after year. In this episode, we talk to the editors of the Special Issue on Reconsidering Classic Ideas in Speech Communication, Matthew Winn (University of Minnesota), Richard Wright (University of Washington), and Benjamin Tucker (Northern Arizona University), about ideas in Speech Communication that were reexamined in the special issue.

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]]> Most researchers know the seminal articles that have impacted their field. Sometimes, though, the research in those articles can get misinterpreted or exaggerated, and those misunderstandings can take hold and reappear year after year. In this episode, we talk to the editors of the Special Issue on Reconsidering Classic Ideas in Speech Communication, Matthew Winn (University of Minnesota), Richard Wright (University of Washington), and Benjamin Tucker (Northern Arizona University), about ideas in Speech Communication that were reexamined in the special issue.

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-13350157 Mon, 07 Aug 2023 09:00:00 -0400 3317 full false Quieter Airplane Landings Quieter Airplane Landings The annoyance caused by airplane noise can have adverse effects on those living near airports. Can anything be done when the plane lands to mitigate the noise? In this episode, we talk to Anders Johansson (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) about his research into how airplane configuration and weather may affect landing noise.

 

Associated paper: Anders Johansson and Karl Bolin "Analysis of landing noise from Airbus A321neo using long term noise measurements and flight recorder data." The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 153, 3482 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0019713

 

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]]> The annoyance caused by airplane noise can have adverse effects on those living near airports. Can anything be done when the plane lands to mitigate the noise? In this episode, we talk to Anders Johansson (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) about his research into how airplane configuration and weather may affect landing noise.

 

Associated paper: Anders Johansson and Karl Bolin "Analysis of landing noise from Airbus A321neo using long term noise measurements and flight recorder data." The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 153, 3482 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0019713

 

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-13264299 Mon, 24 Jul 2023 09:00:00 -0400 718 full false Do bats change their calls depending on the weather? Do bats change their calls depending on the weather? Researchers know that bats will alter the calls they use for echolocation depending on their task or environment. In this episode, we talk to Léna de Framond and Holger R. Goerlitz of the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology about their research into whether bats from temperate regions, which experiences large variations in temperature and humidity which could affect call attenuation, vary their calls based on weather.

Associated paper: Léna de Framond, Verena Reininger, and Holger R. Goerlitz. "Temperate bats may alter calls to partially compensate for weather-induced changes in detection distance." J Acoust Soc Am 153, 2867 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0019359

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]]> Researchers know that bats will alter the calls they use for echolocation depending on their task or environment. In this episode, we talk to Léna de Framond and Holger R. Goerlitz of the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology about their research into whether bats from temperate regions, which experiences large variations in temperature and humidity which could affect call attenuation, vary their calls based on weather.

Associated paper: Léna de Framond, Verena Reininger, and Holger R. Goerlitz. "Temperate bats may alter calls to partially compensate for weather-induced changes in detection distance." J Acoust Soc Am 153, 2867 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0019359

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-13193487 Mon, 10 Jul 2023 09:00:00 -0400 809 full false ASA Standards ASA Standards Besides hosting exciting meetings and publishing the latest in acoustics research, the Acoustical Society of America has another branch: ASA Standards! In this episode, we talk to Steve Lind, Director of ASA Standards, Donald Peterson (Northern Illinois University) and Derrick Knight (Trane Technologies) about what standards are, why we need them, and current initiatives that those in the acoustics community can take part of.

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]]> Besides hosting exciting meetings and publishing the latest in acoustics research, the Acoustical Society of America has another branch: ASA Standards! In this episode, we talk to Steve Lind, Director of ASA Standards, Donald Peterson (Northern Illinois University) and Derrick Knight (Trane Technologies) about what standards are, why we need them, and current initiatives that those in the acoustics community can take part of.

Read more about recent initiatives from ASA Standards in Acoustics Today.
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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-13073427 Tue, 20 Jun 2023 08:00:00 -0400 854 full false How loud is NASA's Space Launch System? How loud is NASA's Space Launch System? The answer: As loud as 40 million bowls of Rice Krispies. In this episode, we talk with Kent Gee of Brigham Young University about his recent research trip to measure the launch acoustics of NASA's Artemis-I mission, why understanding launch noise is so important, common misconceptions about how loud rockets are, and more.

Associated paper: Kent L. Gee,   Grant W. Hart, Carson F. Cunningham, Mark C. Anderson, Michael S. Bassett,   Logan T. Mathews, J. Taggart Durrant, Levi T. Moats,   Whitney L. Coyle, Makayle S. Kellison, and Margaret J. Kuffskie. "Space Launch System acoustics: Far-field noise measurements of the Artemis-I launch." JASA Express Letters 3, 023601 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0016878

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]]> The answer: As loud as 40 million bowls of Rice Krispies. In this episode, we talk with Kent Gee of Brigham Young University about his recent research trip to measure the launch acoustics of NASA's Artemis-I mission, why understanding launch noise is so important, common misconceptions about how loud rockets are, and more.

Associated paper: Kent L. Gee,   Grant W. Hart, Carson F. Cunningham, Mark C. Anderson, Michael S. Bassett,   Logan T. Mathews, J. Taggart Durrant, Levi T. Moats,   Whitney L. Coyle, Makayle S. Kellison, and Margaret J. Kuffskie. "Space Launch System acoustics: Far-field noise measurements of the Artemis-I launch." JASA Express Letters 3, 023601 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0016878

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-12979960 Mon, 05 Jun 2023 09:00:00 -0400 1424 full false Noise-Induced Hearing Disorders Noise-Induced Hearing Disorders Noise can damage hearing in numerous ways: hearing loss, tinnitus, difficulty hearing in noisy settings, as well as other sound detection or sound processing deficits. In this episode, we talk to Colleen LePrell (UT Dallas School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences) and Odile Clavier (Creare), two editors of the recent Noise-Induced Hearing Disorders Special Issue of JASA. Learn about current clinical and investigational tools for studying noise-induced hearing disorders, as well as the latest on research about noise monitoring and hearing protection. 

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]]> Noise can damage hearing in numerous ways: hearing loss, tinnitus, difficulty hearing in noisy settings, as well as other sound detection or sound processing deficits. In this episode, we talk to Colleen LePrell (UT Dallas School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences) and Odile Clavier (Creare), two editors of the recent Noise-Induced Hearing Disorders Special Issue of JASA. Learn about current clinical and investigational tools for studying noise-induced hearing disorders, as well as the latest on research about noise monitoring and hearing protection. 

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-12897799 Tue, 23 May 2023 08:00:00 -0400 2262 full false Student Paper Competition: Moth-Inspired Microphones, Rocket Noise Mitigation, and Deformable Microphone Arrays Student Paper Competition: Moth-Inspired Microphones, Rocket Noise Mitigation, and Deformable Microphone Arrays Could moths’ hearing be the key to figuring out how to localize sound with tiny microphones?  How do we prevent rocket launch noise from damaging the ship’s payload? Is it possible for algorithms to account for microphone arrays that don’t stay in a rigid structure? These are some questions considered by Acoustical Society students who won the latest round of the POMA Student Paper Competition from the 183nd meeting of the ASA. In this episode, we interview the three competition winners, Lara Díaz-García, Mara Salut Escarti-Guillem, and Kanad Sarkar, about their research.

 

Associated papers: 

Lara Díaz-García, Andrew Reid, Joseph Jackson-Camargo, and James Windmill. “Directional passive acoustic structures inspired by the ear of Achroia grisella.” Proc. Mtgs. Acoust 50, 032001 (2022) doi: https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001715

Mara Salut Escarti-Guillem, Luis M. Garcia-Raffi, Sergio Hoyas, and Oliver Gloth. “Assessment of Computational Fluid Dynamics acoustic prediction accuracy and deflector impact on launch aero-acoustic environment.” Proc. Mtgs. Acoust 50, 040001 (2022) doi: https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001716

Kanad Sarkar, Manan Mittal, Ryan Corey, Andrew Singer. “Measuring and Exploiting the Locally Linear Mapping between Relative Transfer Functions and Array deformations.” Proc. Mtgs. Acoust 50, 055001 (2022) doi: https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001707

 

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]]> Could moths’ hearing be the key to figuring out how to localize sound with tiny microphones?  How do we prevent rocket launch noise from damaging the ship’s payload? Is it possible for algorithms to account for microphone arrays that don’t stay in a rigid structure? These are some questions considered by Acoustical Society students who won the latest round of the POMA Student Paper Competition from the 183nd meeting of the ASA. In this episode, we interview the three competition winners, Lara Díaz-García, Mara Salut Escarti-Guillem, and Kanad Sarkar, about their research.

 

Associated papers: 

Lara Díaz-García, Andrew Reid, Joseph Jackson-Camargo, and James Windmill. “Directional passive acoustic structures inspired by the ear of Achroia grisella.” Proc. Mtgs. Acoust 50, 032001 (2022) doi: https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001715

Mara Salut Escarti-Guillem, Luis M. Garcia-Raffi, Sergio Hoyas, and Oliver Gloth. “Assessment of Computational Fluid Dynamics acoustic prediction accuracy and deflector impact on launch aero-acoustic environment.” Proc. Mtgs. Acoust 50, 040001 (2022) doi: https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001716

Kanad Sarkar, Manan Mittal, Ryan Corey, Andrew Singer. “Measuring and Exploiting the Locally Linear Mapping between Relative Transfer Functions and Array deformations.” Proc. Mtgs. Acoust 50, 055001 (2022) doi: https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001707

 

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-12776357 Thu, 04 May 2023 08:00:00 -0400 2918 Student Paper Competition full false Lead Vocal Levels in Pop Music Lead Vocal Levels in Pop Music Is there an ideal level for lead vocals compared to accompaniment in popular music? Researchers at University of Oldenburg investigated this question by analyzing the Billboard Hot 100 year-end list from 1946 to 2020 as well as Grammy award nominees from 1990 to 2020.  In this interview, author Kai Siedenburg discusses what his group learned about an important aspect of music mixing and the impact the research may have.

Associated paper: Karsten Gerdes and Kai Siedenburg. "Lead-vocal level in recordings of popular music 1946–2020.“ JASA Express Letters 3, 043201 (2023). http://doi.org/10.1121/10.0017773

 

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]]> Is there an ideal level for lead vocals compared to accompaniment in popular music? Researchers at University of Oldenburg investigated this question by analyzing the Billboard Hot 100 year-end list from 1946 to 2020 as well as Grammy award nominees from 1990 to 2020.  In this interview, author Kai Siedenburg discusses what his group learned about an important aspect of music mixing and the impact the research may have.

Associated paper: Karsten Gerdes and Kai Siedenburg. "Lead-vocal level in recordings of popular music 1946–2020.“ JASA Express Letters 3, 043201 (2023). http://doi.org/10.1121/10.0017773

 

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-12720273 Tue, 25 Apr 2023 10:00:00 -0400 1009 full false Headphone Sound Quality: What Do Listeners Prefer? Headphone Sound Quality: What Do Listeners Prefer? As mobile technology has evolved, allowing people to carry music, movies, books, and a host of other types of infotainment in their pockets, headphones have become more prevalent. However, in the 2010s, as smartphones became ubiquitous, headphone technology remained stuck twenty years in the past. In this episode, we talk to Sean Olive of Harman International about his research regarding the perception of headphone sound quality and how standards can be updated to better reflect listener preferences. 

Read the associated article: Sean E. Olive. (2022) “The Perception and Measurement of Headphone Sound Quality: What Do Listeners Prefer?” Acoustics Today 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1121/AT.2022.18.1.58.

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]]> As mobile technology has evolved, allowing people to carry music, movies, books, and a host of other types of infotainment in their pockets, headphones have become more prevalent. However, in the 2010s, as smartphones became ubiquitous, headphone technology remained stuck twenty years in the past. In this episode, we talk to Sean Olive of Harman International about his research regarding the perception of headphone sound quality and how standards can be updated to better reflect listener preferences. 

Read the associated article: Sean E. Olive. (2022) “The Perception and Measurement of Headphone Sound Quality: What Do Listeners Prefer?” Acoustics Today 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1121/AT.2022.18.1.58.

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-12621026 Mon, 10 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0400 1036 full false Save the Fishes!: Offshore Wind Farm Noise and Aquatic Life Save the Fishes!: Offshore Wind Farm Noise and Aquatic Life Offshore wind farms are a sustainable option for producing energy, but little is known about their effect on fish on aquatic invertebrates. In this episode, we talk to Arthur N. Popper (University of Maryland) and Kathryn A. Williams (Biodiversity Research Institute) about research priorities to better understand how sound and vibration from wind farms may affect aquatic life.

Associated paper: Arthur N. Popper, Lyndie Hice-Dunton, Edward Jenkins,   Dennis M. Higgs, Justin Krebs,   Aran Mooney,   Aaron Rice, Louise Roberts,   Frank Thomsen, Kathy Vigness-Raposa,   David Zeddies, and Kathryn A. Williams. "Offshore wind energy development: Research priorities for sound and vibration effects on fishes and aquatic invertebrates." The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 151, 205 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0009237

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]]> Offshore wind farms are a sustainable option for producing energy, but little is known about their effect on fish on aquatic invertebrates. In this episode, we talk to Arthur N. Popper (University of Maryland) and Kathryn A. Williams (Biodiversity Research Institute) about research priorities to better understand how sound and vibration from wind farms may affect aquatic life.

Associated paper: Arthur N. Popper, Lyndie Hice-Dunton, Edward Jenkins,   Dennis M. Higgs, Justin Krebs,   Aran Mooney,   Aaron Rice, Louise Roberts,   Frank Thomsen, Kathy Vigness-Raposa,   David Zeddies, and Kathryn A. Williams. "Offshore wind energy development: Research priorities for sound and vibration effects on fishes and aquatic invertebrates." The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 151, 205 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0009237

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-12523377 Mon, 27 Mar 2023 10:00:00 -0400 2322 full false A Different Way to Look at Soundscape Data A Different Way to Look at Soundscape Data Is there one "true" perception or assessment of a soundscape, or is it actually a combination of many different perspectives/assessments? How does a researcher represent data for a multifaceted view of soundscapes? In this episode, we interview Andrew Mitchell of University College London about his article, "How to analyze and represent quantitative soundscape data," (JASA Express Letters, March 2022), which addresses these questions.

Associated paper: Andrew Mitchell, Francesco Aletta, and Jian Kang. "How to analyse and represent quantitative soundscape data." JASA Express Letters 2, 037201 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0009794

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]]> Is there one "true" perception or assessment of a soundscape, or is it actually a combination of many different perspectives/assessments? How does a researcher represent data for a multifaceted view of soundscapes? In this episode, we interview Andrew Mitchell of University College London about his article, "How to analyze and represent quantitative soundscape data," (JASA Express Letters, March 2022), which addresses these questions.

Associated paper: Andrew Mitchell, Francesco Aletta, and Jian Kang. "How to analyse and represent quantitative soundscape data." JASA Express Letters 2, 037201 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0009794

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-12408441 Thu, 09 Mar 2023 12:00:00 -0500 1460 full false JASA Express Letters: A Retrospective JASA Express Letters: A Retrospective In honor of JASA Express Letters’ (JASA-EL) two-year anniversary as a fully independent, gold open access journal, we’re taking a trip down memory lane with three figures who’ve been involved with the journal over the years: Christy Holland, of University of Cincinnati, who took part in the inception of JASA-EL’s predecessor, Acoustic Research Letters Online, and the creation of JASA-EL; Keith Wilson of US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, the first JASA-EL Editor; and Charlie Church, current Editor of JASA-EL. Listen to these three ASA members tell tales from their tenures with the ASA and reflect on the shifting landscape of scholarly publishing over the past 20+ years!

 

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]]> In honor of JASA Express Letters’ (JASA-EL) two-year anniversary as a fully independent, gold open access journal, we’re taking a trip down memory lane with three figures who’ve been involved with the journal over the years: Christy Holland, of University of Cincinnati, who took part in the inception of JASA-EL’s predecessor, Acoustic Research Letters Online, and the creation of JASA-EL; Keith Wilson of US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, the first JASA-EL Editor; and Charlie Church, current Editor of JASA-EL. Listen to these three ASA members tell tales from their tenures with the ASA and reflect on the shifting landscape of scholarly publishing over the past 20+ years!

 

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-12148555 Tue, 31 Jan 2023 09:00:00 -0500 1945 full false Student Paper Competition: How does a musician’s body affect what they play? Student Paper Competition: How does a musician’s body affect what they play? Studying music poses a conundrum: real musicians don’t play consistently, while machines designed to play an instrument in exactly the same way every time may omit the effects of other factors on the music. In this episode, we talk to Sam Bellows about his research into modeling how the musician’s body affects the diffraction and absorption of clarinet music in directivity measurements. 

Associated paper: Samuel David Bellows and Timothy Ward Leishman. “Modeling musician diffraction and absorption for artificially excited clarinet directivity measurements.” Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 46, 035002 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001586

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]]> Studying music poses a conundrum: real musicians don’t play consistently, while machines designed to play an instrument in exactly the same way every time may omit the effects of other factors on the music. In this episode, we talk to Sam Bellows about his research into modeling how the musician’s body affects the diffraction and absorption of clarinet music in directivity measurements. 

Associated paper: Samuel David Bellows and Timothy Ward Leishman. “Modeling musician diffraction and absorption for artificially excited clarinet directivity measurements.” Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 46, 035002 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001586

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-11911136 Fri, 06 Jan 2023 08:00:00 -0500 573 Student Paper Competition full false Student Paper Competition: Additive Manufacturing to Improve Soundproofing Student Paper Competition: Additive Manufacturing to Improve Soundproofing Typically, to block sound of a particular frequency, a structure of comparable wavelength dimensions is required. For low-frequency sounds with very long wavelengths, this can mean needing prohibitively large objects to reduce noise. In this episode, we talk to Trigun Maroo about his research regarding using 3d printing to create noise-attenuating structures that take up less space.

Associated paper: Trigun Maroo and Andrew Wright. “Sound transmission loss improvement using additively manufactured multimaterial.” Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 46, 030001 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001609

 

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]]> Typically, to block sound of a particular frequency, a structure of comparable wavelength dimensions is required. For low-frequency sounds with very long wavelengths, this can mean needing prohibitively large objects to reduce noise. In this episode, we talk to Trigun Maroo about his research regarding using 3d printing to create noise-attenuating structures that take up less space.

Associated paper: Trigun Maroo and Andrew Wright. “Sound transmission loss improvement using additively manufactured multimaterial.” Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 46, 030001 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001609

 

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-11899733 Fri, 30 Dec 2022 08:00:00 -0500 806 Student Paper Competition full false Student Paper Competition: Understanding the Falcon-9’s “Triple Boom” Student Paper Competition: Understanding the Falcon-9’s “Triple Boom” The Falcon-9 is the most-launched rocket in recent years, but a lot of what we know regarding rocket launch noise dates back to the Apollo era. In this episode, we interview Taggart Durrant about his research into the “triple boom” that the Falcon-9 produces when its booster re-enters the atmosphere. 

Associated paper: Jeffrey Taggart Durrant, Mark C. Anderson, Kent L. Gee, Logan T. Mathews, and   Grant W. Hart. Initial comparison of a Falcon-9 reentry sonic boom with other launch-related noise. Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 46, 045002 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001579

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]]> The Falcon-9 is the most-launched rocket in recent years, but a lot of what we know regarding rocket launch noise dates back to the Apollo era. In this episode, we interview Taggart Durrant about his research into the “triple boom” that the Falcon-9 produces when its booster re-enters the atmosphere. 

Associated paper: Jeffrey Taggart Durrant, Mark C. Anderson, Kent L. Gee, Logan T. Mathews, and   Grant W. Hart. Initial comparison of a Falcon-9 reentry sonic boom with other launch-related noise. Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 46, 045002 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001579

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-11899534 Fri, 23 Dec 2022 08:00:00 -0500 636 Student Paper Competition full false Student Paper Competition: Modeling the Effects of Aircraft Noise Student Paper Competition: Modeling the Effects of Aircraft Noise The noise from aircraft can have numerous unwanted effects on bystanders on the ground; a major question in noise research is how to reduce aircraft noise effectively and economically. In this episode, we interview Jiacheng Hou, one of the winners of the POMA Student Paper Competition from the 182nd meeting of the ASA, about his research regarding the numerical modeling of airplane noise around buildings.

Associated paper: Hou, Jiacheng and   Zheng, Zhongquan Charlie. Simulation of near-ground signals from a flying source on UAV over a building structure. Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 46, 045004 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001604

 

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]]> The noise from aircraft can have numerous unwanted effects on bystanders on the ground; a major question in noise research is how to reduce aircraft noise effectively and economically. In this episode, we interview Jiacheng Hou, one of the winners of the POMA Student Paper Competition from the 182nd meeting of the ASA, about his research regarding the numerical modeling of airplane noise around buildings.

Associated paper: Hou, Jiacheng and   Zheng, Zhongquan Charlie. Simulation of near-ground signals from a flying source on UAV over a building structure. Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 46, 045004 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001604

 

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-11884301 Fri, 16 Dec 2022 09:00:00 -0500 651 Student Paper Competition full false Student Paper Competition: Modeling Unexploded Ordnances in the Ocean Student Paper Competition: Modeling Unexploded Ordnances in the Ocean Over the past 100 years or so, ordnance has entered aquatic environments around the US at military testing and training sites. As these sites transition away from military use, it’s necessary to clean up unexploded ordnance that may have been left behind. We interview Kyle Dalton, one of the winners of the POMA Student Paper Competition from the 182nd meeting of the ASA, about his research regarding the modeling of these unexploded ordnances so they can be detected with sonar.

Associated paper: Dalton, Kyle. Simulating elastic targets for sonar algorithm development. Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 46, 070002 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001605

 

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]]> Over the past 100 years or so, ordnance has entered aquatic environments around the US at military testing and training sites. As these sites transition away from military use, it’s necessary to clean up unexploded ordnance that may have been left behind. We interview Kyle Dalton, one of the winners of the POMA Student Paper Competition from the 182nd meeting of the ASA, about his research regarding the modeling of these unexploded ordnances so they can be detected with sonar.

Associated paper: Dalton, Kyle. Simulating elastic targets for sonar algorithm development. Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 46, 070002 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001605

 

Find out how to enter the Student Paper Competition for the latest meeting.

 Read more from Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics (POMA).

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-11838762 Fri, 09 Dec 2022 08:00:00 -0500 971 Student Paper Competition full false Sound Speed in Bourbon Sound Speed in Bourbon Does sound travel differently in Kentucky bourbon than it does in other types of alcohol? Stanley A. Cheyne of Hamden-Sydney College pondered this question before the 177th ASA meeting in Louisville, Kentucky. Twenty or so types of whiskey later, he’d made some interesting discoveries, both about whiskey and about how distilleries measure alcohol concentration. This episode we interview him about his resulting article in Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, “Sound speed measurements in ethanol/water solutions and Kentucky bourbon whiskey.” 

 

Associated paper: Cheyne, Stanley A. “Sound speed measurements in ethanol/water solutions and Kentucky bourbon whiskey,” Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 36, 045008 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001396.

 

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]]> Does sound travel differently in Kentucky bourbon than it does in other types of alcohol? Stanley A. Cheyne of Hamden-Sydney College pondered this question before the 177th ASA meeting in Louisville, Kentucky. Twenty or so types of whiskey later, he’d made some interesting discoveries, both about whiskey and about how distilleries measure alcohol concentration. This episode we interview him about his resulting article in Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, “Sound speed measurements in ethanol/water solutions and Kentucky bourbon whiskey.” 

 

Associated paper: Cheyne, Stanley A. “Sound speed measurements in ethanol/water solutions and Kentucky bourbon whiskey,” Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 36, 045008 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001396.

 

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-11706707 Wed, 16 Nov 2022 08:00:00 -0500 953 full false Ultrasonic Hearing in Cats Ultrasonic Hearing in Cats Did you know your cat is eavesdropping? Not on you (boring human), but on the ultrasonic sounds of its tiny prey! In this episode, we speak to Charlotte Kruger, the lead author of “Ultrasonic Hearing in Cats and Other Terrestrial Mammals,” about how our feline friends' ears allow them to hear things humans cannot.

Read the associated article: M. Charlotte Kruger, Carina J. Sabourin, Alexandra T. Levine, and Stephen G. Lomber. (2021) “Ultrasonic Hearing in Cats and Other Terrestrial Mammals.” Acoustics Today 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1121/AT.2021.17.1.18.

 

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]]> Did you know your cat is eavesdropping? Not on you (boring human), but on the ultrasonic sounds of its tiny prey! In this episode, we speak to Charlotte Kruger, the lead author of “Ultrasonic Hearing in Cats and Other Terrestrial Mammals,” about how our feline friends' ears allow them to hear things humans cannot.

Read the associated article: M. Charlotte Kruger, Carina J. Sabourin, Alexandra T. Levine, and Stephen G. Lomber. (2021) “Ultrasonic Hearing in Cats and Other Terrestrial Mammals.” Acoustics Today 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1121/AT.2021.17.1.18.

 

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-11530059 Wed, 19 Oct 2022 11:00:00 -0400 575 full false When do gender differences start to emerge in children’s speech? When do gender differences start to emerge in children’s speech? Even though the vocal tract is the same regardless of a child’s sex before puberty, researchers have found time and again that adults can perceive gender differences in speech as early as four years of age. In this episode, we talk to Priscilla Fung, lead author of “The development of gendered speech in children: Insights from adult L1 and L2 perceptions,” which appeared in the January 2021 issue of JASA Express Letters. We talk about how her team’s research about gendered speech shows that gender differences may be apparent even earlier than previously studied, how acoustic measures play into those differences, and the role the first language of the child and the listener will affect those perceptions.

Associated paper:

Priscilla Fung, Jessamyn Schertz, and Elizabeth K. Johnson. “The development of gendered speech in children: Insights from adult L1 and L2 perceptions.” JASA Express Letters 1, 014407 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0003322.

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]]> Even though the vocal tract is the same regardless of a child’s sex before puberty, researchers have found time and again that adults can perceive gender differences in speech as early as four years of age. In this episode, we talk to Priscilla Fung, lead author of “The development of gendered speech in children: Insights from adult L1 and L2 perceptions,” which appeared in the January 2021 issue of JASA Express Letters. We talk about how her team’s research about gendered speech shows that gender differences may be apparent even earlier than previously studied, how acoustic measures play into those differences, and the role the first language of the child and the listener will affect those perceptions.

Associated paper:

Priscilla Fung, Jessamyn Schertz, and Elizabeth K. Johnson. “The development of gendered speech in children: Insights from adult L1 and L2 perceptions.” JASA Express Letters 1, 014407 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0003322.

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-11366123 Thu, 22 Sep 2022 09:00:00 -0400 795 full false Modeling of Musical Instruments Modeling of Musical Instruments How does a piano string compare to an ideal physicist’s string? Are there equations that describe the sound a recorder produces? Can the quality of an instrument be quantified? In this episode, we talk to one of the editors of the JASA Special Issue on Modeling of Musical Instruments, Nicholas Giardano, about the wide variety of research efforts regarding analytical and computational techniques to model musical instruments, and how these techniques can help both instrument makers and musicians.

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]]> How does a piano string compare to an ideal physicist’s string? Are there equations that describe the sound a recorder produces? Can the quality of an instrument be quantified? In this episode, we talk to one of the editors of the JASA Special Issue on Modeling of Musical Instruments, Nicholas Giardano, about the wide variety of research efforts regarding analytical and computational techniques to model musical instruments, and how these techniques can help both instrument makers and musicians.

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-11228816 Tue, 30 Aug 2022 09:00:00 -0400 2294 Music, Acoustics, Physics, Musical Instruments, Stradivarius, Steinway, Violin, Piano, Recorder, Research full false Ocean Acoustics in the Changing Arctic Ocean Acoustics in the Changing Arctic Climate change has led to a reduction in amount of ice covering the Arctic as well as the structure of the ocean. These changes have impacted many aspects of acoustics, from the communication of marine life to human navigation systems. In this episode, we talk to the editors of the JASA Special Issue on Ocean Acoustics in the Changing Arctic, Peter Worcester, Mohsen Badiey, and Hanne Sagen, about current research in Arctic ocean acoustics. 

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]]> Climate change has led to a reduction in amount of ice covering the Arctic as well as the structure of the ocean. These changes have impacted many aspects of acoustics, from the communication of marine life to human navigation systems. In this episode, we talk to the editors of the JASA Special Issue on Ocean Acoustics in the Changing Arctic, Peter Worcester, Mohsen Badiey, and Hanne Sagen, about current research in Arctic ocean acoustics. 

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-11082627 Thu, 04 Aug 2022 15:00:00 -0400 3501 full false Performing Hearing Research Remotely Performing Hearing Research Remotely The COVID-19 pandemic forced many researchers in the fields of psychological and physiological acoustics to scramble to find new ways to perform hearing research that is traditionally done in the lab remotely. The Acoustical Society of America Technical Committee on Psychological and Physiological Acoustics launched the Task Force on Remote Testing (https://tcppasa.org/remotetesting/) in May 2020 with goals of surveying approaches and platforms available to support remote testing and identifying challenges and considerations for prospective investigators. In this episode, we discuss their findings with two of the co-authors of the resulting papers, Ellen Peng, of Boys Town National Research Hospital, and Erick Gallun, of Oregon Health and Science University. 

Associated papers:

“Remote testing for psychological and physiological acoustics: Initial report of the P&P Task Force on Remote Testing,” Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics (POMA) https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001409
Authors: Z. Ellen Peng, Emily Buss,   Yi Shen, Hari Bharadwaj, G. Christopher Stecker, Jordan A. Beim, Adam K. Bosen, Meredith Braza, Anna C. Diedesch, Claire M. Dorey, Andrew R. Dykstra, Richard Freyman,   Frederick J. Gallun, Raymond L. Goldsworthy, Lincoln Gray,   Eric C. Hoover, Antje Ihlefeld, Thomas Koelewijn, Judy G. Kopun, Juraj Mesik, Virginia Richards, Daniel E. Shub, Jonathan H. Venezia, and Sebastian Waz

and

“FORUM: Remote testing for psychological and physiological acoustics,” The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 151, 3116 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0010422
Authors: Z. Ellen Peng, Sebastian Waz,   Emily Buss,   Yi Shen, Virginia Richards,   Hari Bharadwaj,   G. Christopher Stecker, Jordan A. Beim,   Adam K. Bosen, Meredith D. Braza, Anna C. Diedesch, Claire M. Dorey,   Andrew R. Dykstra,   Frederick J Gallun, Raymond L. Goldsworthy,   Lincoln Gray,   Eric C. Hoover,   Antje Ihlefeld,   Thomas Koelewijn, Judy G. Kopun,  Juraj Mesik, Daniel E. Shub, and   Jonathan H. Venezia

Visit the Remote Testing Wiki.

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]]> The COVID-19 pandemic forced many researchers in the fields of psychological and physiological acoustics to scramble to find new ways to perform hearing research that is traditionally done in the lab remotely. The Acoustical Society of America Technical Committee on Psychological and Physiological Acoustics launched the Task Force on Remote Testing (https://tcppasa.org/remotetesting/) in May 2020 with goals of surveying approaches and platforms available to support remote testing and identifying challenges and considerations for prospective investigators. In this episode, we discuss their findings with two of the co-authors of the resulting papers, Ellen Peng, of Boys Town National Research Hospital, and Erick Gallun, of Oregon Health and Science University. 

Associated papers:

“Remote testing for psychological and physiological acoustics: Initial report of the P&P Task Force on Remote Testing,” Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics (POMA) https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001409
Authors: Z. Ellen Peng, Emily Buss,   Yi Shen, Hari Bharadwaj, G. Christopher Stecker, Jordan A. Beim, Adam K. Bosen, Meredith Braza, Anna C. Diedesch, Claire M. Dorey, Andrew R. Dykstra, Richard Freyman,   Frederick J. Gallun, Raymond L. Goldsworthy, Lincoln Gray,   Eric C. Hoover, Antje Ihlefeld, Thomas Koelewijn, Judy G. Kopun, Juraj Mesik, Virginia Richards, Daniel E. Shub, Jonathan H. Venezia, and Sebastian Waz

and

“FORUM: Remote testing for psychological and physiological acoustics,” The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 151, 3116 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0010422
Authors: Z. Ellen Peng, Sebastian Waz,   Emily Buss,   Yi Shen, Virginia Richards,   Hari Bharadwaj,   G. Christopher Stecker, Jordan A. Beim,   Adam K. Bosen, Meredith D. Braza, Anna C. Diedesch, Claire M. Dorey,   Andrew R. Dykstra,   Frederick J Gallun, Raymond L. Goldsworthy,   Lincoln Gray,   Eric C. Hoover,   Antje Ihlefeld,   Thomas Koelewijn, Judy G. Kopun,  Juraj Mesik, Daniel E. Shub, and   Jonathan H. Venezia

Visit the Remote Testing Wiki.

Read more from Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics (POMA).

Read more from The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA).

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-10862302 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 10:00:00 -0400 2000 full false Psychoacoustics of Tinnitus Psychoacoustics of Tinnitus “Psychoacoustics of Tinnitus: Lost in Translation,” Acoustics Today, 17(1), 35-42. https://acousticstoday.org/psychoacoustics-of-tinnitus-lost-in-translation-christopher-spankovich/

Authors: Christopher Spankovich, Sarah Faucette, Celia Escabi, and Edward Lobarinas

Published: Spring 2021

In this episode, we speak with Christopher Spankovich of the University of Mississippi Medical Center about his article, “Psychoacoustics of Tinnitus: Lost in Translation,” which appeared in the Spring 2021 issue of Acoustics Today. In this interview, we discuss what tinnitus is, how it is (or isn't) measured, treatments for the disorder, and current research in animals and humans. 

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]]> “Psychoacoustics of Tinnitus: Lost in Translation,” Acoustics Today, 17(1), 35-42. https://acousticstoday.org/psychoacoustics-of-tinnitus-lost-in-translation-christopher-spankovich/

Authors: Christopher Spankovich, Sarah Faucette, Celia Escabi, and Edward Lobarinas

Published: Spring 2021

In this episode, we speak with Christopher Spankovich of the University of Mississippi Medical Center about his article, “Psychoacoustics of Tinnitus: Lost in Translation,” which appeared in the Spring 2021 issue of Acoustics Today. In this interview, we discuss what tinnitus is, how it is (or isn't) measured, treatments for the disorder, and current research in animals and humans. 

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-10686446 Thu, 26 May 2022 10:00:00 -0400 1358 full false Acoustic effects of medical, cloth, and transparent face masks on speech signals Acoustic effects of medical, cloth, and transparent face masks on speech signals Acoustic effects of medical, cloth, and transparent face masks on speech signals

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA)
https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0002279

Authors: Ryan M. Corey, Uriah Jones, and Andrew C. Singer

In this episode, we interview Ryan Corey about how face masks muffle speech and make communication more difficult, especially for people with hearing loss.

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]]> Acoustic effects of medical, cloth, and transparent face masks on speech signals

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA)
https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0002279

Authors: Ryan M. Corey, Uriah Jones, and Andrew C. Singer

In this episode, we interview Ryan Corey about how face masks muffle speech and make communication more difficult, especially for people with hearing loss.

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-10404066 Fri, 08 Apr 2022 13:00:00 -0400 1129 full false Ultrasonic Vocalization of Weddell Seals Ultrasonic Vocalization of Weddell Seals Weddell seals produce ultrasonic vocalizations



The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA)
https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0002867

Authors: Paul A. Cziko, Lisa M. Munger, Nicholas R. Santos, and John M. Terhune

In this episode, we interview Jack Terhune of the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of New Brunswick.

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]]> Weddell seals produce ultrasonic vocalizations



The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA)
https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0002867

Authors: Paul A. Cziko, Lisa M. Munger, Nicholas R. Santos, and John M. Terhune

In this episode, we interview Jack Terhune of the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of New Brunswick.

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-10219641 Wed, 09 Mar 2022 14:00:00 -0500 1612 full false Lung Ultrasound Lung Ultrasound Deep learning applied to lung ultrasound videos for scoring COVID-19 patients: A multicenter study 


The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA)
https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0004855

Authors: Federico Mento, Tiziano Perrone, Anna Fiengo, Andrea Smargiassi, Riccardo Inchingolo, Gino Soldati, and Libertario Demi

In this episode, we interview Federico Mento from the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Trento.

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]]> Deep learning applied to lung ultrasound videos for scoring COVID-19 patients: A multicenter study 


The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA)
https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0004855

Authors: Federico Mento, Tiziano Perrone, Anna Fiengo, Andrea Smargiassi, Riccardo Inchingolo, Gino Soldati, and Libertario Demi

In this episode, we interview Federico Mento from the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Trento.

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-10028464 Mon, 07 Feb 2022 12:00:00 -0500 696 full false Nonlinear Time-warping Made Simple Nonlinear Time-warping Made Simple Nonlinear time-warping made simple: A step-by-step tutorial on underwater acoustic modal separation with a single hydrophone

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA)
https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0000937

Authors: Julien Bonnel, Aaron Thode, Dana Wright, and Ross Chapman

In this episode, we interview Julien Bonnel from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution  about time-warping.

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]]> Nonlinear time-warping made simple: A step-by-step tutorial on underwater acoustic modal separation with a single hydrophone

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA)
https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0000937

Authors: Julien Bonnel, Aaron Thode, Dana Wright, and Ross Chapman

In this episode, we interview Julien Bonnel from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution  about time-warping.

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-9828875 Tue, 04 Jan 2022 09:00:00 -0500 791 full false Virtual Sounds Virtual Sounds Are Virtual Sounds Real?

Acoustics Today; https://acousticstoday.org/are-virtual-sounds-real-michael-vorlander/

Author: Michael Vorländer



In this episode, we interview Michael Vorländer from the RWTH Aachen University about the reality of virtual sounds.

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]]> Are Virtual Sounds Real?

Acoustics Today; https://acousticstoday.org/are-virtual-sounds-real-michael-vorlander/

Author: Michael Vorländer



In this episode, we interview Michael Vorländer from the RWTH Aachen University about the reality of virtual sounds.

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-9601986 Tue, 23 Nov 2021 15:00:00 -0500 542 full false Horror Film Sound Horror Film Sound Terrifying film music mimics alarming acoustic feature of human screams

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA)
 https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0001459

Authors: Caitlyn Trevor, Luc H. Arnal, and Sascha Frühholz

In this episode, we interview Caitlyn Trevor from the University of Zurich about horror film music mimics human screams.

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]]> Terrifying film music mimics alarming acoustic feature of human screams

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA)
 https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0001459

Authors: Caitlyn Trevor, Luc H. Arnal, and Sascha Frühholz

In this episode, we interview Caitlyn Trevor from the University of Zurich about horror film music mimics human screams.

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-9449322 Thu, 28 Oct 2021 13:00:00 -0400 917 full false Penguin Ear Morphology Penguin Ear Morphology 3D-Visualization of the Ear Morphology of Penguins (Spheniscidae): Implications for Hearing Abilities in Air and Underwater

Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics (POMA) https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001291

Authors: Sylke Frahnert, Martin Lindner, Eva-Maria Bendel, Klara Henrike Frahnert, Natascha Westphal, and Michael Dähne

In this episode, we interview Michael Dähne of the German Museum of the Seas about the morphology of penguin's ears.

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]]> 3D-Visualization of the Ear Morphology of Penguins (Spheniscidae): Implications for Hearing Abilities in Air and Underwater

Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics (POMA) https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001291

Authors: Sylke Frahnert, Martin Lindner, Eva-Maria Bendel, Klara Henrike Frahnert, Natascha Westphal, and Michael Dähne

In this episode, we interview Michael Dähne of the German Museum of the Seas about the morphology of penguin's ears.

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-9349843 Mon, 11 Oct 2021 15:00:00 -0400 1668 full false Measurement and simulation of steered acoustic fields generated by a multielement array for therapeutic ultrasound Measurement and simulation of steered acoustic fields generated by a multielement array for therapeutic ultrasound Measurement and simulation of steered acoustic fields generated by a multielement array for therapeutic ultrasound

JASA Express Letters 1, 012001 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0003210

Authors: Eleanor Martin, Morgan Roberts, and Bradley Treeby

In this episode, we interview Eleanor Martin of Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional & Surgical Sciences (WEISS) at the University College London about a method for modeling therapeutic ultrasound to help with planning treatment.

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]]> Measurement and simulation of steered acoustic fields generated by a multielement array for therapeutic ultrasound

JASA Express Letters 1, 012001 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0003210

Authors: Eleanor Martin, Morgan Roberts, and Bradley Treeby

In this episode, we interview Eleanor Martin of Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional & Surgical Sciences (WEISS) at the University College London about a method for modeling therapeutic ultrasound to help with planning treatment.

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-9154001 Tue, 07 Sep 2021 14:00:00 -0400 1374 full false Acoustics Apps: Interactive simulations for digital teaching and learning of acoustics Acoustics Apps: Interactive simulations for digital teaching and learning of acoustics Acoustics Apps: Interactive simulations for digital teaching and learning of acoustics 

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 149, 1175 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0003438

Authors: Lennart Moheit, Johannes D. Schmid, Jonas M. Schmid, Martin Eser, and Steffen Marburg

In this episode, we interview Dr. Lennart Moheit, formerly of the Chair of Vibroacoustics of Vehicles and Machines at the Technical University of Munich. Dr. Moheit co-created Acoustic Apps, an e-learning platform that offers an interactive and playful environment for teaching and learning the principles of acoustics and vibration.

Visit the Acoustics Apps website.

Want to contribute to Acoustic Apps? Email apps@vib.mw.tum.de.

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]]> Acoustics Apps: Interactive simulations for digital teaching and learning of acoustics 

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 149, 1175 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0003438

Authors: Lennart Moheit, Johannes D. Schmid, Jonas M. Schmid, Martin Eser, and Steffen Marburg

In this episode, we interview Dr. Lennart Moheit, formerly of the Chair of Vibroacoustics of Vehicles and Machines at the Technical University of Munich. Dr. Moheit co-created Acoustic Apps, an e-learning platform that offers an interactive and playful environment for teaching and learning the principles of acoustics and vibration.

Visit the Acoustics Apps website.

Want to contribute to Acoustic Apps? Email apps@vib.mw.tum.de.

Read more from The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA).

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-8942962 Thu, 29 Jul 2021 09:00:00 -0400 879 1 7 full false Preferred dimension ratios of small rectangular rooms Preferred dimension ratios of small rectangular rooms Preferred dimension ratios of small rectangular rooms

JASA Express Letters 1, 021601 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0003450

Author: Jens Holger Rindel

 

How do the acoustics of a small room—such as one used for music rehearsal, sound studios, or control rooms—differ from those of larger rooms? In this episode, we interview Jens Holger Rindel of Odeon A/S about the best way to design small rooms for acoustic performance. 

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]]> Preferred dimension ratios of small rectangular rooms

JASA Express Letters 1, 021601 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0003450

Author: Jens Holger Rindel

 

How do the acoustics of a small room—such as one used for music rehearsal, sound studios, or control rooms—differ from those of larger rooms? In this episode, we interview Jens Holger Rindel of Odeon A/S about the best way to design small rooms for acoustic performance. 

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-8788431 Wed, 30 Jun 2021 08:00:00 -0400 1165 1 6 full false Acoustics and Vibration of Baseball and Softball Bats Acoustics and Vibration of Baseball and Softball Bats “Acoustics and Vibration of Baseball and Softball Bats,” Acoustics Today, 13(4), 35-42. https://acousticstoday.org/acoustics-vibration-baseball-softball-bats-daniel-russell-2/

Author: Daniel A. Russell

Published: Winter 2017

In this episode, we speak with Daniel Russel of the Graduate Program in Acoustics at The Pennsylvania State University, about his article, “Acoustics and Vibration of Baseball and Softball Bats,” which appeared in the Winter 2017 issue of Acoustics Today. In this interview, we discuss all the ways acoustics and vibration affect a bat’s performance, including how the bat’s sound relates to its performance, the physical properties that create the “sweet spot” of a bat, and the role vibration plays in cheating attempts.  

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“Take Me Out to the Ballgame” played on baseball bat piano, courtesy of Daniel A. Russell. See the full video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4KTGj-2trQ&t=1s.

]]> “Acoustics and Vibration of Baseball and Softball Bats,” Acoustics Today, 13(4), 35-42. https://acousticstoday.org/acoustics-vibration-baseball-softball-bats-daniel-russell-2/

Author: Daniel A. Russell

Published: Winter 2017

In this episode, we speak with Daniel Russel of the Graduate Program in Acoustics at The Pennsylvania State University, about his article, “Acoustics and Vibration of Baseball and Softball Bats,” which appeared in the Winter 2017 issue of Acoustics Today. In this interview, we discuss all the ways acoustics and vibration affect a bat’s performance, including how the bat’s sound relates to its performance, the physical properties that create the “sweet spot” of a bat, and the role vibration plays in cheating attempts.  

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“Take Me Out to the Ballgame” played on baseball bat piano, courtesy of Daniel A. Russell. See the full video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4KTGj-2trQ&t=1s.

]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-8599148 Thu, 27 May 2021 11:00:00 -0400 1891 5 full false Phonetic change in an Antarctic winter Phonetic change in an Antarctic winter “Phonetic change in an Antarctic winter”

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 146, 3327 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5130709

Authors: Jonathan Harrington, Michele Gubian, Mary Stevens, and Florian Schiel

 

How does spoken accent develop? In this episode, we speak with Dr. Jonathan Harrington of the Institute of Phonetics and Speech Processing at Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, about the answer to this question. Dr. Harrington studied phonetic changes to individuals’ speech after a prolonged stay in Antarctica. Learn about variables that make up a person’s accent, the kind of stimuli that cause shifts or changes in a person’s accents, as well as Dr. Harrington’s methods of research for studying accent. 

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]]> “Phonetic change in an Antarctic winter”

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 146, 3327 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5130709

Authors: Jonathan Harrington, Michele Gubian, Mary Stevens, and Florian Schiel

 

How does spoken accent develop? In this episode, we speak with Dr. Jonathan Harrington of the Institute of Phonetics and Speech Processing at Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, about the answer to this question. Dr. Harrington studied phonetic changes to individuals’ speech after a prolonged stay in Antarctica. Learn about variables that make up a person’s accent, the kind of stimuli that cause shifts or changes in a person’s accents, as well as Dr. Harrington’s methods of research for studying accent. 

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-8407862 Mon, 26 Apr 2021 12:00:00 -0400 1981 4 full false Individual differences in the acoustic properties of human skulls Individual differences in the acoustic properties of human skulls “Individual differences in the acoustic properties of human skulls” The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 146, JASA-EL Special Section 191 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5124321
Authors: Michael S. Gordon, Michael D. Hall, Jeremy Gaston, Ashley Foots, and Jitwipar Suwangbutra

Published in the September 2019 issue of The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America in its JASA Express Letters special section. Please note that as of January 1, 2021, JASA Express Letters has re-launched as an independent online-only gold-open access journal.

In this episode, we speak with co-authors Dr. Michael Hall, Professor in the Department of Psychology at James Madison University, and Dr. Jeremy Gaston, Division Chief at DEVCOM-Army Research Laboratory.  We will discuss their research on the acoustic properties of skulls and how they might affect hearing. The authors will explain their method of using broadband noise projected through the skull, and then spectrally analyzed using a Fast Fourier Transform and in 1/3-octave bands, to compare acoustic patterns in each skull. We will delve into their methods, procedures, and future applications of this research.

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]]> “Individual differences in the acoustic properties of human skulls” The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 146, JASA-EL Special Section 191 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5124321
Authors: Michael S. Gordon, Michael D. Hall, Jeremy Gaston, Ashley Foots, and Jitwipar Suwangbutra

Published in the September 2019 issue of The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America in its JASA Express Letters special section. Please note that as of January 1, 2021, JASA Express Letters has re-launched as an independent online-only gold-open access journal.

In this episode, we speak with co-authors Dr. Michael Hall, Professor in the Department of Psychology at James Madison University, and Dr. Jeremy Gaston, Division Chief at DEVCOM-Army Research Laboratory.  We will discuss their research on the acoustic properties of skulls and how they might affect hearing. The authors will explain their method of using broadband noise projected through the skull, and then spectrally analyzed using a Fast Fourier Transform and in 1/3-octave bands, to compare acoustic patterns in each skull. We will delve into their methods, procedures, and future applications of this research.

Read more from JASA Express Letters.

 Acoustical Society of America Publications page

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-8209953 Thu, 25 Mar 2021 10:00:00 -0400 1546 3 full false How loud is X-59’s shaped sonic boom? How loud is X-59’s shaped sonic boom? “How loud is X-59’s shaped sonic boom?”
Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 36, 040005 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001265
Authors: William Jeffrey Doebler and Jonathan Rathsam
Published Online: 17 June 2020

 How loud is X-59’s shaped sonic boom? In this episode, we speak with co-authors from NASA Langley Research Center, Will Doebler, and Jonathan Rathsam. We will discuss NASA's X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology low boom flight demonstrator aircraft, built to generate a 75 dB Perceived Level (PL) shaped sonic boom or "sonic thump". As most members of the public have never heard a sonic boom, NASA realized a communication challenge in relaying how to describe the unique sound of a “sonic thump”. Due to this fact, the co-authors created a thermometer of acoustic levels or an “Impulsive Noise Perceived Level thermometer” to assist the public and media in understanding what the X-59 will sound like. We will examine the goals and mission of the X-59, and how the co-authors created and are using the “Impulsive Noise Perceived Level thermometer.”

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 X-59 webpage link

Updated PL scale graphic

Impulsive noise database

 
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]]> “How loud is X-59’s shaped sonic boom?”
Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 36, 040005 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001265
Authors: William Jeffrey Doebler and Jonathan Rathsam
Published Online: 17 June 2020

 How loud is X-59’s shaped sonic boom? In this episode, we speak with co-authors from NASA Langley Research Center, Will Doebler, and Jonathan Rathsam. We will discuss NASA's X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology low boom flight demonstrator aircraft, built to generate a 75 dB Perceived Level (PL) shaped sonic boom or "sonic thump". As most members of the public have never heard a sonic boom, NASA realized a communication challenge in relaying how to describe the unique sound of a “sonic thump”. Due to this fact, the co-authors created a thermometer of acoustic levels or an “Impulsive Noise Perceived Level thermometer” to assist the public and media in understanding what the X-59 will sound like. We will examine the goals and mission of the X-59, and how the co-authors created and are using the “Impulsive Noise Perceived Level thermometer.”

 Read more from Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics (POMA).

 X-59 webpage link

Updated PL scale graphic

Impulsive noise database

 
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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-8034640 Fri, 26 Feb 2021 09:00:00 -0500 1510 2 full false Rapid quantitative imaging of high intensity ultrasonic pressure fields. Rapid quantitative imaging of high intensity ultrasonic pressure fields. “Rapid quantitative imaging of high intensity ultrasonic pressure fields”

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 148, 660 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0001689

 Authors: Huiwen Luo, Jiro Kusunose, Gianmarco Pinton, Charles F. Caskey, and William A. Grissom.

 In this episode, we speak with authors from Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Huiwen Luo, Research Assistant, William Grissom, Associate Professor of Biomedical Imaging, and Charles Caskey, Associate Professor of Radiology & Radiological Sciences. We will discuss their research on rapid quantitative imaging of high intensity ultrasonic pressure fields, and the rapid projection imaging method they have created for mapping ultrasonic pressure fields. We will examine their conception of this method, and the future applications of this work.

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]]> “Rapid quantitative imaging of high intensity ultrasonic pressure fields”

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 148, 660 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0001689

 Authors: Huiwen Luo, Jiro Kusunose, Gianmarco Pinton, Charles F. Caskey, and William A. Grissom.

 In this episode, we speak with authors from Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Huiwen Luo, Research Assistant, William Grissom, Associate Professor of Biomedical Imaging, and Charles Caskey, Associate Professor of Radiology & Radiological Sciences. We will discuss their research on rapid quantitative imaging of high intensity ultrasonic pressure fields, and the rapid projection imaging method they have created for mapping ultrasonic pressure fields. We will examine their conception of this method, and the future applications of this work.

Read more from The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA).

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]]> ASA Publications' Office Buzzsprout-7290832 Thu, 14 Jan 2021 09:00:00 -0500 1816 1 full false