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Acoustics
A Publication of the Acoustical Society of America
TABLE OF CONTENTS
6 From the Editor
7 From the President
8 From the Executive Director
Featured Articles
11 The Acoustics of Marine Sediments
– by Megan S. Ballard and Kevin M. Lee
For biologically active sediments, under- standing geoacoustic properties is a multi- disciplinary undertaking, involving both the measurement of acoustic properties and the quantification of biological effects.
19 Animal Psychoacoustics – by Micheal L. Dent
Animal psychoacoustics is an instrumental tool for our understanding of how nonhu- mans perceive the world around them.
27 Improving Academic Mentoring Relation- ships and Environments
– by Kent L. Gee and Arthur N. Popper
Mentoring, and being mentored, is important at all stages of a person’s career.
36 Imaging the Listening Brain – by Adrian KC Lee
Different neuroimaging tools can help us discover how our brains selectively listen to one voice in a crowded environment.
44 Otoacoustic Emissions: Can Laboratory Research Improve Their Clinical Utility?
– by Brenda L. Lonsbury-Martin, Barden B. Stagner, and Glen K. Martin
Marine mammals exploited acoustic proper- ties of the ocean for tens of millions of years before human acousticians.
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52 A Report from the Treasurer: Acoustical Society Finances – by David Feit
55 Acoustical Society Foundation Fund – by Carl Rosenberg
58 Standards Program of the Acoustical Soci- ety of America – by Christopher J. Struck
63 Technical Committee Report: Signal Processing – by Paul J. Gendron
67 Le Semaine du Son – by Ernesto Accolti Departments
69 ASA Press Book Announcements:
• Bat Bioacoustics - M. Brock Fenton,
Alan D. Grinnel, Arthur N. Popper, and Richard R. Fay
Review by Whitlow W. L. Au
• Finite Element and Boundary Methods in Structural Acoustics and Vibration
- Noureddine Atalla and Franck Sgard Review by Ahmad T. Ahawi
72 Classifieds, Business Directory, Advertisers Index
About The Cover
Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) wearing headphones (attached by holder
on the head) in an operant chamber in the Dent laboratory. The bird is required to peck a left key to start a variable waiting interval and to peck the right key when
it detects a signal presented through the headphones for a millet reinforcer. Graphic copyright © 2017 Mark B. Weinberg, Potomac, MD. All rights reserved. More of the artist's work can be seen at https://www. facebook.com/lordofretirement/
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