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Acoustics
A Publication of the Acoustical Society of America
Volume 13 | Issue 1 | Spring 2017
TABLE OF CONTENTS 6 From the Editor
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Acoustics of Organ Pipes and Future Trends in the Research - by Judit Angster, Péter Rucz, and András Miklós
Knowledge of the acoustics of organ pipes is being adopted in applied research for sup- porting organ builders.
What Is Electromotility? - The History of Its Discovery and Its Relevance to Acoustics - by William E. Brownell
Experiments on an inner ear sensory cell revealed that it converts electrical energy directly into mechanical energy at acoustic frequencies.
Physiologically Based Predictors of Speech Intelligibility - by Ian C. Bruce
Experiments on an inner ear sensory cell revealed that it converts electrical energy directly into mechanical energy at acoustic frequencies.
Speech Communication Across the Life Span - by Valerie Hazan
What factors affect our ability to communi- cate effectively at different ages across the life span?
Clinical and Preclinical Applications of High-Frequency Ultrasound - by Jeffrey A. Ketterling and Ronald H. Silverman
High-frequency ultrasound technology is set to emerge as a common clinical tool after decades of niche applications.
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Report from the Acoustical Society Foundation Fund - by Carl Rosenberg
Notes from a Year as a Congressional Science Fellow - by Rachel Carr
ASA News
• ASA School 2016, Snowbird, Utah
- by Stan E. Dosso, Judy R. Dubno, and
Brigitte Schulte-Fortkamp
Book Announcement
The Frequency-Following Response:
A Window into Human Communication
- N. Kraus, S. Anderson, T. White-Schwoch, R. R. Fay, A. N. Popper (Eds.)
Obituaries
Ira Dyer (1925-2016)
Richard V. Waterhouse (1924-2016)
Classifieds, Business Directory, Advertisers Index
Departments
About The Cover
The cover image is from the article,
What Is Electromotility? - The History of Its Discovery and Its Relevance to Acoustics, by William E. Brownell. The drawing shows the left ear, and highlights the spiral-shaped cochlea in the human head. It is found in a cavity that forms deep in the skull during development, behind and below the level of the eyes. The cavity also contains the sensory organs of balance (vestibular organs) that have their own sensory hair cells and communicate to the brain via a bundle
of nerve fibers that terminate in different parts of the brain. For more information, please refer to the article on pages 20-27 of this issue.
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