Page 4 - Fall 2008

Acoustics Today
A Publication of the Acoustical Society of America
Volume 4, Issue 4 October 2008
Cover: Paris—the City of Light and Sound as seen from the Panorama Bar on the 33rd floor of the Concorde Lafayette Hotel. Photograph by Charles E. Schmid, Executive Director of the Acoustical Society of America.
Articles:
5 Acoustics’08 Paris—Charles E. Schmid and Manell E. Zakharia
The second joint ASA/EAA meeting, like the first, pro- vided an important avenue for advancing the many fields of acoustics.
12 Wave Propagation in Arrays of Scatterers: Tutorial Part 1—Julian D. Maynard
An understanding of wave propagation in periodic or other arrays of scatterers can inspire novel applications.
22 Evaluating the Hospital Soundscape—Erica E. Ryherd, James E. West, Ilene J. Busch-Vishniac, and Kerstin Persson Waye
A comprehensive series of studies is being conducted on the hospital acoustical environment, including how it should be quantified, how it impacts occupants, and how it might be improved.
Departments:
30 Standards: Speech Privacy: Momentum Grows in Healthcare—David M. Sykes and Gregory C. Tocci
The need can be no better highlighted than by recogniz- ing that hospitals have been cited by the Joint Commission (on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) for having insufficient speech privacy.
34 National News—Elaine Moran
Acoustical news from around the country.
38 International News—Walter G. Mayer Acoustical news from around the world.
40 Books and Publications—Dick Stern
New and recent publications, reports, and brochures on acoustics.
41 Instrumentation—Dick Stern
New and recent acoustic instrumentation and news about acoustic instrument manufacturers.
42 Passings—Dick Stern
A farewell to colleagues.
Business Directory
46 Business card advertisements
47 Classified
Classified advertisements, including positions offered and positions desired.
48 Index to Advertisers
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