AT Collections – Discovery of Sound in the Sea (DOSITS) Underwater sound can be a difficult topic to explain to the general public, teachers, or the media. The Discovery of Sound in the Sea (DOSITS) project is dedicated to providing peer-reviewed information about...
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 Defense Applications of Acoustic Signal Processing – Brian G. Ferguson Snap, Crackle and Pop: Theracoustic...
A recent publication in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA) caught the attention of several major news outlets this past Tuesday. From Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Killer Whales Learn to Communicate Like Dolphins Killer...
Acoustics Today is very pleased that the Spanish language science magazine Ingenierías is translating select articles from AT as parts of its celebration of the International Year of Sound (ISY). These translations will take place over the coming months, and we are...
Norman C. Pickering passes on at 99. Norman C. Pickering, an engineer, inventor and musician whose pursuit of audio clarity and beauty helped make phonograph records and musical instruments sound better, died on Nov. 18 at his home in East Hampton, N.Y. He was 99. ...
To view or download the full issue, click the cover image. To read an individual article, click its title. From the President and the Executive Director From the Web Office Manager Featured Articles The Invention and Evolution of the Piano – Nicholas Giordano...
AT Collections – Computation and Acoustics Computational methods play a prominent role in all areas of acoustical research. They are used, for example, to model sound waves propagating in complex environments and interactions between sound waves and vibrating...
To view or download the full issue, click the cover image. To read an individual article, click its title. From the Editor Featured Articles Acoustical Horizontal Array Coherence Lengths and the “Carey Number” – James F. Lynch, Timothy F. Duda and John A. ColosiHow...
Measuring Sound Absorption: The Hundred-Year Debate on the Reverberation Chamber MethodAcoustics Today, Vol. 19, Iss. 3, pgs. 13-21 Jamilla Balintjba@akustik.rwth-aachen.de Institute for Hearing Technology and AcousticsRWTH Aachen University52074 Aachen, Germany...
2-reidenberg VIDEO CAPTIONS Video 1. Excerpt from Inside Nature’s Giants: Big Cats, Windfall Films, showing laryngoscopic demonstration of human vocal folds in action (Ariella Reidenberg, patient, and Dr. Peak Woo, laryngologist in New York), and an explanation of how...
Dr. Ilene Busch-Vishniac, a member of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) since 1977 and a fellow since 1987, served as ASA Vice President from 1996-1997 and ASA President from 2003-2004. As a fellow of ASA in 1987, she received the R. Bruce Lindsay Award for her...
Vick Multimedia Multimedia 1: Vick-phonation.mp4 – In this sample, the 2-month-old infant is vocalizing in a pseudo-dialogue with her mother. The productions sound like vowels, but there is no intentional shaping of the sound by the jaw, lips, or tongue. The...
To view or download the full issue, click the cover image. To read an individual article, click its title. Featured Articles SOUNDSCAPE- AN APPROACH TO RELY ON HUMAN PERCEPTION AND EXPERTISE IN THE POST-MODERN COMMUNITY NOISE ERA – Brigitte Schulte-Fortkamp...
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 Measuring Sound Absorption- The Hundred-Year Debate on the Reverberation...
Become a Member of the Acoustical Society of America The Acoustical Society of America (ASA) invites individuals with a strong interest in any aspect of acoustics including (but not limited to) physical, engineering, oceanographic, biological, psychological,...
Video 1. Helmholtz string wave excited by slip-stick mechanism of moving bow (University of New South Wales, courtesy of Joe Wolfe). Audio 1 Audio 2 Audio 3 Video 2. Visualisation of empty shell modes in vacuum before...
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COVID Pandemic and Its Impact on ASA Members COVID Pandemic and Its Impact on ASA Members Over the past year, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has redefined daily work and life circumstances for Acoustical Society of America (ASA) members around the world. In February 2021,...
“Listening to the Beat of New Ocean Technologies for Harvesting Marine Energy.” Acoustics Today, Vol. 19, Iss. 4, pgs. 23-31. Contact Information Joseph Haxeljoseph.haxel@pnnl.gov Coastal Sciences DivisionPacific Northwest National Laboratory1529 W. Sequim Bay...
Multimedia legend file Multimedia 1: Lung Ultrasound. Lung ultrasound in B-mode shows reverberation artifacts (white horizontal lines) originating from the pleural line (thin tissue that covers the lungs). The pleural line slides back and forth as the patient...
The variability of sound propagation in the atmosphere has actually long been recognized. King (1919; see also the account by Beyer [1999]) refers to the “…capricious behavior of sound-waves propagated in the open atmosphere [which] has been attributed to the...
AT Collections – Science Communication STEM professionals are accustomed to communicating their research and activities to peers. However, the standard conference or lecture approach for communicating usually is not the best way to educate someone with little to no...
Entry Requirements2019 International Student Challenge Problem in Acoustic Signal Processing The Acoustical Society of America Technical Committee on Signal Processing in Acoustics is again sponsoring an International Student Challenge Problem in Acoustic Signal...
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 Communicate Your Science: Engaging Public Audiences with Acoustics – Allison B. Coffin As the Wind...
AT Collections – Biomedical Acoustics of Ultrasound High frequency sound is used in the diagnosis of medical conditions and in treating medical issues. Indeed, its use is increasing and many members of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) are engaged in the...
Reflected Sound: Friend or Foe? Multimedia 1. A recording of a string quartet playing an excerpt from the third movement of the Summer of the Four Seasons by Vivaldi in an anechoic chamber (Thery and Katz 2019). Multimedia 2. The anechoic excerpt from the third...
AT Collections – Underwater Acoustics Underwater acoustics is the study of sound in the sea. It encompasses a huge range of topics including the physics of acoustic propagation and the effects of the oceanographic features. the rough surface, the ice canopy in polar...
AT Collections – Noise Effect and Criteria – Underwater Sound and Marine Mammals Acoustics touches a wide range of our lives and the world. Occupational and recreational noise exposure is the primary cause of hearing loss among humans. Just like terrestrial,...
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...
Historical Biographies in Acoustics: Carleen Maley Hutchins Elle O’Brien Acoustics Today Intern 2018 Carleen Maley Hutchins, winner of the Acoustical Society’s Silver Medal in Musical Acoustics (1981) and an Honorary Fellow of the Society (1998), stands apart in her...
Historical Biographies in Acoustics: Katherine Safford Harris Elle O’Brien Acoustics Today Intern 2018 Reading through the Acoustical Society of America’s list of honors, Katherine Safford Harris is a notable name: she appears twice, as the winner of the ...
NEWS ARCHIVES archives of past news and events... Notes from a Year as a Congressional Science Fellow Nov 21, 2016 Rachel Carr 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Building 26-570, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USAr ecarr@mit.edu By the time this issue of Acoustics Today is...
PASS at the Summit: Report of the 2014 Physical Acoustics Summer School Joseph R. Gladden and George Atkins National Center for Physical Acoustics, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS Kent L. Gee and Tracianne B. Neilsen Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham...
