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The Library
Dick Stern
Applied Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University State College, Pennsylvania 16804
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Series Title: Engineering in the National Academies
Book Title: Noise and Military Service: Implications for Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Agency: Medical Follow-up Agency, Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Pages: 338
Binding: Paper
Hearing loss, tinnitus, and other auditory problems are common, costly, complaints among military veterans. In 2003, there were more than 75,000 cases of auditory impairment among new recipients of Veterans Administration compensation, and estimated payments at the end of 2004 amounted to an annual rate of $850 million to veterans whose major disability was hearing loss and/or tinnitus. This study, mandated by Congress and spon- sored by the US Department of Veterans Affairs, assesses issues related to noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus associated with service in the Armed Forces since World War II.
Web: www.nap.edu
Series Title: Engineering in the National Academies
Book Title: Assessment of Department of Defense Basic Research
Agency: Air Force Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences Publisher: National Academies Press
Pages: 70
Binding: Paper
The US Department of Defense (DOD) supports basic research to advance fundamental knowledge in fields important to national defense. Over the past six years, several groups have raised concerns about changes in the nature of DOD- funded basic research, funds being spent for research that does not fall under DOD’s definition of basic research, reporting requirements that have become cumbersome and onerous, and differences in the way basic research is handled by the three services.
Web: www.nap.edu
Book Title: Sound Ideas: Acoustical Consulting at BBN and Acentech Author: Deborah Melone and Eric W. Wood
Publisher: Acentech Incorporated Pages: 365
Binding: Hard Cover
Copyright 2005
This is a collection of personal reminiscences by and about people who came to Bolt Beranek and Newman to practice acoustical consult- ing. The book highlights the unique culture they established within the firm as well as accounts of clients and proj- ects that benefited from their consult- ing. Sound Ideas includes noteworthy professional contributions made by the staff, tracks various spin-off acoustical consulting firms, and ultimately, the transition of the acoustical consulting practice to Acentech Incorporated.
Web: soundideas@acentech.com
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