Arthur N. Popper, Editor From the Editor (Full Article) The Future of Acoustics Today As you have no doubt heard, D. Keith Wilson will be the new editor of Acoustics Today (AT) starting January 1, 2025. I am a bit saddened to be giving up the magazine but delighted...
To view or download the full issue, click the cover image. To read an individual article, click its title. From the EditorFrom the President Featured Articles Speech Synthesis: Toward a “Voice” for All – H. Timothy BunnellHuman Hearing in the Underwater...
To view or download the full issue, click the cover image. To read an individual article, click its title. From the Editor – Arthur N. PopperFrom the President – Stan Dosso Featured Articles Free Reeds: An Intertwined Tale of Asian and Western Musical Instruments...
Select Acoustics Today Articles in Spanish Acoustics Today is pleased to share Spanish-language translations of a number of its articles. We include the articles in Spanish as part of the interest of the Acoustical Society of America to reach out to a broader...
From the Editor From the President Featured Articles When Speech Goes Wrong: Evidence from Aphasia – Sheila E. Blumstein Electric Vehicles Get Alert Signals to be Heard by Pedestrians: Benefits and Drawbacks – André Fiebig The Evolution of Bat Robots...
To view or download the full issue, click the cover image. To read an individual article, click its title. From the EditorFrom the President Featured Articles Acquired Hearing Loss: Is Prevention or Reversal a Realistic Goal? – Colleen G. Le Prell U-boat...
To view or download the full issue, click the cover image. To read an individual article, click its title. From the Editor – Arthur N. PopperFrom the President – Peggy Nelson Featured Articles Weakly Electric Fishes and Auditory Processing – Bruce A....
Sound files and descriptions from Dennis H. Klatt (1987), “Review of text-to-speech conversion for English” J. Acous. Soc. Amer. 82, 737-793 Part A: Development of speech synthesizers Part A: Development of speech synthesizers 1. The VODER of Homer...
Entrevista con la Profesora Débora Barretto. Bienvenidos a la cuarta entrega de Entrevistas con Acústicos Latinamericanos. Las entrevistas anteriores se pueden encontrar en http://acousticstoday.org/entrevistas-con-acusticos-sudamericanos/. Nuestra...
Speech: It’s Not as Acoustic as You Think Author: Matthew B. Winn Address:* Department of Speech & Hearing Sciences University of Washington 1417 NE 42nd Street Seattle, Washington 98105 USA Email: mwinn83@gmail.com ...
Modelling Violin Modes Introduction In Figure S1 we first describe how the modes of the initially freely supported plates are transformed, when coupled together around their edges by the ribs, into those of the empty body shell. This relationship is of considerable...
COVID Pandemic and Its Impact on ASA Members Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic on Acousticians - By Traci Neilsen and Bonnie Lau Full Report can be found...
This page is for authors and potential authors of articles for Acoustics Today. AT is interested in articles on any aspects of acoustics. However, articles are by invitation only and so if you are interested in doing an article please first contact the editor with...
Bienvenidos a la segunda entrega de Entrevistas con Acústicos Sudamericanos. Puede encontrar otras entrevistas en http://acousticstoday.org/entrevistas-con-acusticos-sudamericanos/ en español y en http://acousticstoday.org/interviews-south-american-acousticians/ en...
Welcome to the second installment of Interviews with South American Acousticians. You can find other interviews at http://acousticstoday.org/interviews-south-american-acousticians/ in English and at http://acousticstoday.org/entrevistas-con-acusticos-sudamericanos/ in...
Volume 16 - 2020Volume 15 - 2019 Vol 16, Issue 1 Spring 2020 To view or download the full issue, click the cover image. To read an individual article, click its title.From the Editor Featured Articles American Luthier: The Art and Science of Carleen Hutchins – Quincy...
Welcome to the first installment of “The World Through Sound.” In this series of monthly articles on the Acoustics Today web site, we will look at interesting phenomena that you might not have noticed and show how these concepts relate to acoustics, sometimes in...
2009 Volume 052008 Volume 042007 Volume 032006 Volume 022005 Volume 01 Minneapolis, Eagan, and Richfield vs. the Metropolitan Airports Commission – Paul Schomer and Jack Freytag Designing and Building a Low-noise Hemi-anechoic...
Welcome to the third installment of “The World Through Sound,” the Acoustics Today web series that shows how understanding just a few concepts in acoustics can change the way you see the world around you. Last time we considered frequency and how the relationship...
The World Through Sound: Reflection, Refraction, and the Principle of Least Time Welcome to another installment of The World Through Sound. Last time, we talked about mode shapes and the blurry line between things that are discrete and distinct and things that are...
Permítanme presentar brevemente a nuestro primer acústico. Es el profesor Alberto Behar, uno de los fundadores y primer presidente de la Asociación de Acústicos Argentinos. A lo largo de su carrera en acústica, el profesor Behar ha investigado la precisión de los...
Bienvenidos a la quinta entrega de entrevistas con Acústicos Latinoamericanos. Pueden encontrar las entrevistas anteriores en http://acousticstoday.org/entrevistas-con-acusticos-sudamericanos/.Hoy entrevistamos al Profesor Pablo Luis Rendón de la Universidad Nacional...
Dr. Gilles Daigle, ASA’s President from 2007-2008, has been a fellow of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) since 1988. He served as ASA Vice President from 2000-2001 and has played an active role in the Society’s many committees[1]. He received ASA’s R. Bruce...
Welcome to our final installment of The World Through Sound. Last time, we learned about linearity, non-linearity, and how linearization allows scientists to treat complicated systems like much simpler analogs through approximation. In this article, we will explore...
Bienvenidos a la tercera entrega de Entrevistas con acústicos sudamericanos. Pueden encontrar las entrevistas anteriores en http://acousticstoday.org/entrevistas-con-acusticos-sudamericanos/. En esta entrega la entrevistada es una joven acústica de Venezuela llamada...
Welcome to the fifth installment of The World Through Sound. Last time, we discussed the concepts of equilibrium and acoustic pressure, and how almost any variation around equilibrium can bear a striking resemblance to the behavior of sound. Today, we are going to...
Where the Decibels Hit the Water- Perspectives on the Application of Science to Real-World Underwater Noise and Marine Protected Species Issues -Amy R....
Welcome to the sixth installment of The World Through Sound. Last time we discussed one of the most popular units for measuring sound, the decibel , and gave a few rules of thumb to help even a non-scientist make sense of decibel values. In this edition instead of...
To view or download the full issue, click the cover image. To read an individual article, click its title. From the Editor Featured Articles American Luthier: The Art and Science of Carleen Hutchins – Quincy WhitneySynthesis of Musical Instrument Sounds: Physics-Based...
Bienvenido a la sexta entrega de entrevistas con Acústicos Latinoamericanos. Puede encontrar las entrevistas anteriores en http://acousticstoday.org/entrevistas-con-acusticos-sudamericanos/.En esta entrega, vamos a hablar con el Profesor Gustavo Basso de La Plata,...
Unaltered sound-source files that illustrate the recorded music and speech that were processed to simulate the off-world sounds. Table 1. Audio/video sound-source files 94dB Calibration “Organ” “Mars” “Titan” “Venus” Table 2. Organ music, as heard on the location...
Dr. Lawrence Crum, a member of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) since 1965, served as ASA Vice President from 1995-1996, and President from 1997-1998. He has received ASA’s awards for best magazine article on acoustics by a professional for “Sonoluminescence”...
from PRI’s Environmental News Magazine Sounds of the Sea / Jennifer Jerrett (stream / mp3) The ocean is a noisy place and human activity is making it worse. Jennifer Jerrett reports that biologists studying the role sound plays in the sea are making surprising...
Welcome to the fourth installment of Interviews with Latin American Acousticians. You can find the previous interviews at http://acousticstoday.org/interviews-south-american-acousticians/.Our interviewee of this installment is the Professor Débora Barretto from...
Sound files and descriptions from Dennis H. Klatt (1987), “Review of text-to-speech conversion for English” J. Acous. Soc. Amer. 82, 737-793. Part B: Segmental synthesis by rule 15. Creation of a sentence from rules in the head of Pierre Delattre,...
Sound files and descriptions from Dennis H. Klatt (1987), “Review of text-to-speech conversion for English” J. Acous. Soc. Amer. 82, 737-793 Part C: Synthesis by rule of segments and sentence prosody Rules to control a low-dimensionality...
From the Editor | Arthur N. Popper by Dan Farrell | Jun 11, 2019 | Volume 15, Issue 2 - Summer 2019 | 0 CommentsFrom the Editor | Arthur N. Popper From the President | Lily Wang by Dan Farrell | Jun 11, 2019 | Volume 15, Issue 2 - Summer 2019 | 0 Comments From the...
Welcome to another installment of The World Through Sound. Previously we learned about the acoustic medium, and how sound can even move through the seeming vacuum of space, and shape entire galactic structures in the process. Today’s article is a direct follow-up to...
To view or download the full issue, click the cover image. To read an individual article, click its title. From the Editor From the President Featured Articles An Introduction to Speech Privacy: Can You Hear Me Now? – Kenneth W. Good Jr. and Neil A. Shaw Public...
Speech communication across the lifespan Aim of this multimedia demo The aim of this multimedia demo is to illustrate the changes in voice fundamental frequency (also called ‘voice pitch’) that occur as a function of age and talker sex. The recordings are taken from...
Welcome to the second installment of “The World Through Sound,” the Acoustics Today web series that shows how understanding just a few concepts in acoustics can change the way you see the world around you. Last time, we considered sound speed, and how sound speed...
Dr. David M. Green served as President of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) from 1981-1982. In his tenure as an active member[1] of the Society, Dave was awarded the R. Bruce Lindsay Award (1966) for his role in demonstrating the relationships between detection...
To view or download the full issue, click the cover image. To read an individual article, click its title. From the Editor Featured Articles The Mammalian Ear: Physics and the Principles of Evolution – Geoffrey A. Manley, Andrei N. Lukashkin, Patrício Simões, George...
Welcome to another installment of The World Through Sound. Last time, we talked about resonance and why some things ring while others don’t. In this article, we will go deeper into that concept and explore normal modes, the patterns of motion that are created when...
Welcome to another installment of The World Through Sound. Last time, we talked about reflection and refraction, and the principle of least time that governs them. This week we will discuss linearity, superposition, and how science uses approximations to make the...
Volume 20 – 2024 To view or download the full issue, click the cover image. To read an individual article, click its title. From the EditorFrom the President Featured Articles Passive Acoustic Sensing of the Ocean – David R. BarclaySoundscapes in the...
Allen, C. H. and Rudnick, I. (1947). A powerful high frequency siren. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 20(1), 857-865. Bardeen, J., Cooper, L. N., and Schrieffer, J. R. (1957). Theory of Superconductivity. Physical Review 108(5), 1175-1204....
Read the Special Issue, Click the Cover Welcome to this special issue of Acoustics Today to celebrate the International Year of Sound 2020. This special issue has been produced by the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) for students, teachers, and leaders in...
To view or download the full issue, click the cover image. To read an individual article, click its title. From the EditorFrom the PresidentFrom the Executive DirectorA Tribute to the Acoustical Society of America Featured Articles Acoustic Cloaking – Andrew N....
Meet Past President of ASA, Dr. Patricia Kuhl Dr. Patricia Kuhl on the night she was awarded ASA’s Gold Medal in Paris, France in 2008. Dr. Patricia Kuhl, Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America since 1982, was the vice president of the Society from 1996-1997...
