4 January 4, 2017 at 2:22 am
Title
Worship Space Acoustics: 3 Decades of Design (Editors: Bradley, David T., Ryherd, Erica E., Ronsse, Lauren M)
Name Bradley David Emaildabradley@vassar.edu
Contact if not self http://www.springer.com/us/book/9781493930968 The upload button is not working. Here is a link to the full book: http://bit.ly/2j2oHtA
Category Acoustics Professional Entry Type Author, Creator, Producer Medium Print, On-Line Pub Venue, Date Springer-Verlag New York 2016 Circ
>400 copies sold, >1500 chapter downloads
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“This is a comprehensive compendium that far surpasses previous publications in the field in its depth, design, and information. Worship spaces of all major U.S. religions are covered. This book should be an obligatory reference for any consultant involved in church architecture and acoustics.”
-Mendel Kleiner
“All involved in their design will appreciate this presentation of recent rooms for religious worship.”
-Leo L. Beranek
“This very well-edited book, including the Editors' Preface and six excellent essays from key people involved in worship space design, provides valuable information and ideas on the aesthetic, acoustic, and liturgical design of worship spaces for a number of faiths and in several countries.”
-Robert Coffeen
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5 January 4, 2017 at 7:29 pm
Title
What is Diffraction? – ACOUSTICS
Name Wilson Mike Emailemailthepointstudios@gmail.com
Contact if not self L. Keeta Jones, kjones@staging.asaweboffice.org 516-576-2364
Category Acoustics Professional Entry Type Author, Creator, Producer Medium On-Line Pub Venue, Date YouTube, May 20, 2016 Circ
__926__ viewers of this video
__108755__ page views of the The Point Studios YouTube channel
__806__ subscribers
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YouTube, can improve and inspire learning in acoustics and related fields by reaching a very broad audience. Currently, there aren't very many YouTube videos focused on acoustics or that target such wide range of viewers. The video nominated explains diffraction both clearly and succinctly, while managing to be entertaining. This content is free and easily accessible worldwide and can be used both casually or in classroom settings. The video presents one aspect of sound and in so doing, introduces people to the field of acoustics. His channel covers a range of acoustic properties and he plans to continue creating acoustics themed videos.
A link to the video: https://youtu.be/ATl1MV20_Pk
A link to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/ThePointStudios
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6 January 4, 2017 at 7:35 pm
Title
Making Noise and Hearing Things: A linguistics blog for the non-specialist
Name Tatman Rachael Emailrachael.tatman@gmail.com
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Category Acoustics Professional Entry Type Author, Creator Medium On-Line Pub Venue, Date WordPress blog: https://makingnoiseandhearingthings.com/ Circ
(Figures between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2016)
132510 viewers
158629 page views
Description of work's significance
This blog has been active since 2012 but has only achieved wide reach (more than 50,000 readers a year) since 2015. It initially focused on introducing linguistics and acoustics concepts but has become much more popular since changing its focus to presenting original research and answering reader questions such as “how loud would a million dogs barking be?”. Research originally presented on the blog has been featured by publications such as the Daily Dot, New York Magazine's The Science of Us and the Atlantic.
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9 January 9, 2017 at 9:26 pm
Title
Sound Materials: A Compendium of Sound Absorbing Materials for Architecture and Design
Name Adams Tyler Emailechotyler@gmail.com
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Category Acoustics Professional Entry Type Author Medium Print Pub Venue, Date Frame Publishers. November 15, 2016 Circ
The first print is 3000 copies. The book is available in bookstores around the globe, Amazon.com, and directly from the publisher's website
Description of work's significance
Sound Materials is a definitive resource for architects, designers and creative professionals — the first publication of its kind to catalogue over 100 sound absorbing materials with full colour images paired with inspiring real-world applications. Fundamental technical concepts are clearly and concisely presented to provide a general understanding of how materials absorb sound and how these materials are commonly used to reduce noise and reverberation, inform our sense of space, and improve communication in everyday environments. This book not only surveys an extensive range of materials past, present and emerging, but also highlights many exciting opportunities for future innovation and collaboration at the intersections of acoustical engineering, materials science, design and architecture. A special chapter is devoted to interviews with leading designers and engineers who work with sound absorbing materials in a variety of novel and innovative ways.
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20 January 11, 2017 at 1:42 am
Title
Things that Go Bump in the Night. – The Physics of “False” Poltergeists
Name Vinokur Roman Emailromanv1991@aol.com
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Category Acoustics Professional Entry Type Author Medium Print, Web Pub Venue, Date (1) Sound and Vibration magazine, and (2) Academia.edu, April 2016. Circ
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This subject is interesting to many people. Natural vibroacoustical phenomena that are often accredited to ghosts and other paraphysical causes are reviewed and explained. Acoustical and mechanical resonances, rattling windows and doors, the canyon effect, whispering galleries, remote noises and vibration propagation, and noise emission by structures under deformation are covered. Acoustical effects created by live ghosts (people and animals) are also discussed.
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31 January 31, 2017 at 9:31 pm
Title
Half of the world’s farmed fish could have hearing loss
Name Goldman Jason Emailjasonggoldman@gmail.com
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Category Journalist Entry Type Author Medium Online Website Pub Venue, Date Conservation Magazine 6-8-16 Circ
75,000/month____ viewers
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Aquaculture, the world’s fastest growing means of food production, is currently responsible for producing more than 66 million metric tons of seafood each year. Similar farming systems are also used to restock depleted ecosystems for conservation purposes. But like terrestrial farming, aquaculture is not without its animal welfare concerns. Indeed, new research finds that perhaps half of the world’s farmed fish suffer from hearing impairments.
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32 January 31, 2017 at 9:34 pm
Title
The low-hanging fruit of marine conservation
Name Goldman Jason Emailjasonggoldman@gmail.com
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Category Journalist Entry Type Author Medium Online Website Pub Venue, Date Conservation Magazine 10-14-15 Circ
75,000 monthly visitors
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Most marine animals evolved in an ocean devoid of humans, but humans have gone and turned the ocean into a global shipping network, a military playground, and a recreational paradise. And those activities generate lots of noise.
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33 January 31, 2017 at 9:35 pm
Title
Building a Fence out of Sound
Name Goldman Jason Emailjasonggoldman@gmail.com
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Category Journalist Entry Type Author Medium Online Website Pub Venue, Date Hakai Magazine 1-21-16 Circ
82,000 monthly visitors
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Wherever human herds meet wild carnivores, conflict arises. And in these battles of life versus livelihood, it is almost always the predator that loses. Thomas Gӧtz, a marine mammalogist at the University of St Andrews, thinks there’s a better way to resolve these conflicts: loud noises.
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34 January 31, 2017 at 9:38 pm
Title
Humpback whales are being drowned out
Name Goldman Jason Emailjasonggoldman@gmail.com
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Category Journalist Entry Type Author Medium Online Website Pub Venue, Date Hakai Magazine 1-19016 Circ
82,000 visitors/month
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Each spring, eastern Australia’s humpback whales migrate south toward their summer feeding grounds in Antarctica. Like humpback whales around the world, this is a talkative bunch. The males sing out—haunting melodies that pierce through thousands of kilometers of seawater. Yet these songs are just one type of humpback communication. In addition, humpbacks will grunt and groan. They’ll bark and snort. They’ll use their bodies as mallets, slapping their tails or fins against the sea’s surface. Even the crash after a breach is thought to be a way of reaching out.
It’s an impressive communicative repertoire, but over the past century or so, whales have had an increasingly difficult time being heard. With their loud, banging motors, and twisting, thrumming propellers, ships generate noise that makes it difficult for these leviathans to keep in touch as they swim, forage, and mate.
For cetacean biologist Rebecca A. Dunlop, the next question became: which techniques do humpbacks use to overcome human noise pollution? The answer, as it turns out, is “none.”
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35 February 3, 2017 at 2:38 pm
Title
Monkey Talk
Name Zajac Linda Emaillzajac@sbcglobal.net
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Category Journalist Entry Type Author Medium Print Pub Venue, Date Highlights for Children May 2016 Circ
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By studying animal communication, scientists get insights about the evolution of human language. Some species of titi monkeys are critically endangered. Understanding how they communicate may help save them.
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36 February 6, 2017 at 6:10 pm
Title
Listen To This Noise
Name Pyzdek Andrew Emailandrew@pyzdek.com
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Category Acoustics Professional Entry Type Author, Creator, Producer Medium Online Website Pub Venue, Date Tumblr (2013-Present) Circ
12000 Pageviews
39000 Notes (Likes, favorites, reblogs, etc)
Description of work's significance
Listen to this Noise is a single-topic blog on the topic of acoustics on Tumblr. Tumblr has a large community of young users, many of whom are interested in science and engineering (the so-called “Science side of tumblr”). LTTN's goal is to engage that community and spread the knowledge of Acoustics as a field of study.
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37 February 9, 2017 at 4:19 pm
Title
Singing Ice: A Star Wars Story
Name Kellman Ryan Emailrkellman@npr.org
Contact if not self acole@npr.org
Category Journalist Entry Type Creator, Producer Medium Online Video Pub Venue, Date NPR.org, 12/21/2016 Circ
813,773 video views (Facebook), 91,461 video views (YouTube)
77,033 page views
~ 100,000 listeners (estimate based on 12.4 million weekly All Things Considered listeners)
Description of work's significance
When a YouTube star wondered aloud about a strange sound coming from his local lake, NPR's science production team — Skunk Bear — jumped in to explain acoustic dispersion. Ryan Kellman and Adam Cole created a quirky video that combines film and animation, along with a radio piece that was heard on NPR's All Things Considered. This work of creative multimedia storytelling connects acoustics to popular culture and encourages public engagement with science through participation.
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38 February 11, 2017 at 10:44 am
Title
Construction and modernization of Kundun Pentatonic xylophone
Name KEMEWERIGA TOBI Emailkemewerighatobi@yahool.com
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Category Acoustics Professional Entry Type Author, Creator, Producer Medium Online Website Pub Venue, Date ASA and ASJ 5th Joint Meeting Honolulu Circ
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This work is all about the constructional techniques and modernization of the resonant qualities of Kundun musical instrument from Birom in Plateau State of Nigeria. A discussion of the traditional Xylophone based on the field work conducted in Birom ethnic group understanding a kundun instrument maker, was made. The structure of this Xylophone highlights both the tone qualities and also the use of the cow-horn as pipes which amplifies the resonance of the slab. The construction and methods used here embodied traditional technology together with modern innovations, with the aim of improving the tone and aesthetic qualities of the instrument. This report also offered guides on the correct choice of wood and other materials for construction. Special attention was given to the acoustic behavior of kundun and the particular problems of the tropical climate conditions, to which the instrument could be exposed and to the overall tone quality of the instrument during performance. Some scientific approaches, in terms of the accurate measurements and amplification of sound, were taken into cognizance so as to enhance the knowledge of the construction of kundun musical instruments and its aesthetic quality.
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39 February 13, 2017 at 6:40 pm
Title
Nature Podcast: Audiofile: Music and the making of science
Name Smith Kerri Emailk.smith@nature.com
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Category Journalist Entry Type Author, Creator, Producer Medium Radio, Online Website Pub Venue, Date Nature Podcast, Audiofile series. Publication date: 12 March 2015 Circ
71,678 listens (= monthly average downloads per episode from RSS feed, 2015)
7049 page views of episode homepage on nature.com
Description of work's significance
Is music simply a pleasant accompaniment to thought, or a driving force behind it? This documentary examines music’s influence on the development of modern science and the foundations of acoustics, telling the story of Galileo’s father, Vincenzo Galilei, and his ground-breaking empirical demonstrations of theories of acoustics. To my knowledge, this was the first treatment of Vincenzo’s role in acoustic science outside of academic literature. It also explains, with tuneful examples, how other scientists used music as a muse. The episode was shortlisted in the Association of British Science Writers Awards 2016.
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40 February 14, 2017 at 11:22 am
Title
Real life Dr. Dolittles
Name Marsh Geoffrey Emailgeoffbobmarsh@gmail.com
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Category Journalist Entry Type Producer Medium Radio Pub Venue, Date Nature Audiofile Circ
There were 79,323 listens (of which 20,527 in first 48 hours)
Description of work's significance
This episode gained a large amount of listeners and managed to include some big personalities in the field of linguistics, namely Noam Chomsky and Shigeru Miyagawa.
It also married several fields of study together and used sounds recorded from the jungles of Borneo with self-recordings of a talking parrot (Griffin) at Harvard.
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41 February 15, 2017 at 6:54 pm
Title
Nature Podcast: Audiofile: What is it like to be a bat?
Name Smith Kerri Emailk.smith@nature.com
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Category Journalist Entry Type Author, Creator, Producer Medium Online Website Pub Venue, Date Nature Podcast, Audiofile series. Publication date: 12 January 2015 Circ
71,678 listens (monthly average for episodes published in 2015)
6,483 page views on nature.com
Description of work's significance
In the 1970s, philosopher Thomas Nagel argued that we may never understand what another’s experience “is like”. He used the example of a bat, moving around using sound. For this episode, I focused on the acoustics and the neuroscience of echolocation, using the experiences of Fiona Gameson, a blind woman who has learned to echolocate, as a backbone for the episode. There was even room for some philosophical speculation, making this episode truly interdisciplinary in addition to telling a personal story.
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42 February 21, 2017 at 8:15 pm
Title
American Luthier: Carleen Hutchins—the Art and Science of the Violin
Name Whitney Quincy Emailquincy@quincywhitney.com
Contact if not self Barbara Briggs, University Press of New England, barbara.briggs@dartmouth.edu, 603-448-1533, x233
Category Journalist Entry Type Author Medium Print Pub Venue, Date ForeEdge, an imprint of University Press of New England, April 12, 2016 publication Circ
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The first biography of Carleen Hutchins, the female pioneer who revolutionized violin acoustics and built the first violin octet.
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URL http://www.upne.com/1611685923.html
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43 February 22, 2017 at 2:09 pm
Title
American Luthier: Carleen Hutchins—the Art and Science of the Violin
Name Whitney Quincy Emailquincy@quincywhitney.com
Contact if not self Barbara Briggs, University Press of New England, barbara.briggs@dartmouth.edu
Category Journalist Entry Type Author Medium Print Pub Venue, Date University Press of New England, April 2016 publication Circ
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The first biography of Carleen Hutchins, the female pioneer who revolutionized violin acoustics and built the first violin octet.
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44 February 22, 2017 at 7:24 pm
Title
Quiet: A Soldier’s Fight for the Most Silent Place in America
Name Ostrander Madeline Emailmadeline.ostrander@gmail.com
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Category Journalist Entry Type Author Medium Print, Online Website Pub Venue, Date Seattle Met Magazine, December 2016 Circ
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This article reports on an often-overlooked health threat—noise pollution—and reflects on how quiet has become an ever-scarcer resource. The rainforests of the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, are among the quietest places left in the continental United States, but quiet could easily be drowned out as the U.S. Navy moves forward with plans to expand flight paths over the region. To capture what is at stake, I tracked down those who are the most vulnerable: military veterans who suffer intense symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder when exposed to loud noise.
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45 February 28, 2017 at 11:09 pm
Title
An Overview of the ANSI/ASA Standards Program
Name Struck Christopher Emailcjs@cjs-labs.com
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Category Acoustics Professional Entry Type Author Medium Print, Online Website Pub Venue, Date Sound & Vibration Magazine – 2015 December http://www.sandv.com/home.htm Circ
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5322 subscribers
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The ASA Standards program comprises over 500 volunteers dedicated to the purpose of creating and maintaining standards in the areas of acoustics, bioacoustics, shock and vibration, and noise, yet outside this group, its work and the standards development process remain relatively unknown. Examples of the practical benefits of acoustical standards for both participating organizations and end users are described. The voluntary consensus process from new work item proposal through final approval is detailed. The relationship between national and international standards bodies is explained. Information about how to participate in the standards process is also provided.
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46 March 1, 2017 at 3:32 am
Title
Computation of acoustic fieldcoupled modes
Name Maltsev Nikolai Emailadmion@asymptotus.com
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Category Acoustics Professional Entry Type Author Medium Print Pub Venue, Date Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics 20, 070002 (2013); Circ
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This work presents new equation for wave propagation problems and efficient numerical solution of one of difficult classic propagation problem.
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URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4864364
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47 March 17, 2017 at 1:45 pm
Title
BBC Radio 4: Compression Verses Art
Name Holmes Nick Emailnick.holmes@bbc.co.uk
Contact if not self Nominator: Professor Trevor Cox, University of Salford, t.j.cox@salford.ac.uk
Category Journalist Entry Type Producer Medium Radio Pub Venue, Date BBC Radio 4 7 Jan 2016 Circ
One million listeners is typical for the 11.30 midweek slot on BBC Radio 4
Description of work's significance
Does it matter that the public hears something different from the musicians in the studio? This radio programme examined the art and science of audio compression, reaching beyond audiophiles to the general public. Nick Holmes is passionate about sound and in recent years has produced half a dozen radio documentaries on acoustic science and audio technology. Nick came up the idea of Compression Verses Art, got it commissioned and was responsible for the production including the research, sourcing interviewees and recording interviews, developing the narrative and script (alongside the presenter), and editing.
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48 March 17, 2017 at 8:07 pm
Title
Do-It-Yourself Acoustic Tractor Beam
Name Marzo Asier Emailam14010@bristol.ac.uk
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Category Acoustics Professional Entry Type Author, Creator, Producer Medium Online Website, Online Video Pub Venue, Date Instructables and APL Circ
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123,613 page views
909 subscribers
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Description of work's significance
This is an Instructables that allows everyone to build their own acoustic tractor beam at home with components that cost less than 90$.
It is accompanying this paper: http://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/1.4972407
We thing it is a good example of bringing things out of the laboratory and straight into the homes of everyone interested in getting into acoustic levitation. More generally, it allows to observe phenomena such as standing waves in a visual manner.
So we think it could be incorporated as one of the standard acoustic demonstrations.
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49 March 22, 2017 at 1:40 pm
Title
Videos Share the Psychological Study of Language
Name McLennan Conor Emailc.mclennan@csuohio.edu
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Category Acoustics Professional Entry Type Author Medium Print, Online Website, Online Video Pub Venue, Date APS Observer – Published/posted: December 30, 2016 – see: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/videos-share-the-psychological-study-of-language#.WNJ6KLGZORt Circ
See about the APS Observer: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/about-the-aps-observer
“APS has approximately 33,000 members and includes the leading psychological scientists and academics, clinicians, researchers, teachers, and administrators.” (see: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/who_we_are)
As of March 22, 2017, the sum of the views of the videos in the series is 2,806.
Description of work's significance
The goal of the article was to bring attention to our recently produced video series – in order to make the psychology of language widely accessible. Speech communication is an important area of scientific inquiry within acoustics. The series consists of brief engaging videos featuring experts across the field. The videos can be easily viewed on electronic devices and shared on websites and social media outlets. The significance of the article is to increase the impact of the series by encouraging the 33,000 APS members to share the series with colleagues, students, and the general public.
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URL https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/videos-share-the-psychological-study-of-language#.WNJ-arGZORt
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50 March 26, 2017 at 11:01 pm
Title
two articles: Sound Bytes and Boom! Sounding Out the Enemy
Name Cowen Ron Emailroncowen@msn.com
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Category Journalist Entry Type Author Medium Print, Online Website Pub Venue, Date Scientific American, March 2015; Science News for Students, Nov. 10, 2015 Circ
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Description of work's significance
This feature article for Scientific American illustrate how converting visual data into sound can lead to news discoveries in several branches of science, including astronomy and biomedicine. The feature story for Science News for Students show how using the principles of acoustics became crucial in locating the position of enemy aircraft during World War I. Note that I am submitting the Scientific American article by uploading a pdf and submitting the Science News for Students article by URL.
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URL https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/boom-sounding-out-enemy
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51 March 29, 2017 at 4:12 am
Title
Smart People Behaving Foolishly: Lessons from a Career in Scientific Research
Name Clark Grace EmailGCSS_Grace@comcast.net
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Category Acoustics Professional Entry Type Author, Creator, Producer Medium Print, Online Website Pub Venue, Date Acoustics Today, Fall 2016, Volume 12, Issue 3 Circ
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7,000 subscribers
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Description of work's significance
The focus of this article is on things I wish someone had told me when I was a young person embarking on a career in scientific research. Although the ideas
are aimed toward science and engineering, they are also relevant to life in general. The lessons I have learned have been valuable to me, but it would have been wonderful if I had not had to learn them via the “school of hard knocks.” By sharing lessons here, my hope is that at least a few people might be saved the trouble of learning them the hard way.
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52 March 29, 2017 at 1:55 pm
Title
How Voice Pitch Influences Our Choice of Leaders
Name Klofstad (et al.) Casey Emailfsaunders@amsci.org
Contact if not self Fenella Saunders, executive editor, American Scientist, fsaunders@amsci.org
Category Acoustics Professional Entry Type Author Medium Print, Online Website Pub Venue, Date American Scientist magazine, September-October 2016 Circ
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__100,000__ subscribers
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Description of work's significance
In an election season, prospective voters take their impressions of the candidates not only from what they say but also on the basis of other aspects of their presentation, such as intonation, gestures, and appearance. Recent studies have identified another trait that contributes subtly but significantly to voters’ impressions: the pitch of a candidate’s voice. In “How Voice Pitch Influences Our Choice of Leaders,” political scientist Casey Klofstadt and biologists Stephen Nowicki and Rindy Anderson describe their interdisciplinary research, which attempts to weigh the effect of a high- or low-pitched voice on a candidate’s electoral success.
file upload https://acousticalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/6/2016-09Klofstad.pdf
URL http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/id.16525,y.2016,no.5,content.true,page.1,css.print/issue.aspx
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53 March 29, 2017 at 2:18 pm
Title
The Acoustic World of Harbor Porpoises
Name Miller Lee EmailLee@biology.sdu.dk
Contact if not self Fenella Saunders, executive editor, American Scientist, fsaunders@amsci.org
Category Acoustics Professional Entry Type Author Medium Print, Online Website, Online Video Pub Venue, Date American Scientist magazine, January-February 2016 Circ
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Description of work's significance
Wahlberg and his colleagues explore the concept of Umwelt—the comprehensive picture of the world an animal forms from all of its senses—as it relates to the acoustic abilities of the harbor porpoise. They have been studying the animals in captivity since 1997 and were the first to successfully raise a new calf. This close connection has allowed them to tease out details of how the animals produce sounds, as well as how they hear and echolocate simultaneously. They discuss the application of their work to reducing the chances of porpoises getting caught in fishing nets.
PLEASE NOTE: A connected video and animation is here: http://www.americanscientist.org/science/pub/behind-the-porpoises-echolocation
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URL http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/id.16291,y.2015,no.1,content.true,page.1,css.print/issue.aspx
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54 March 29, 2017 at 2:22 pm
Title
Do Humans Possess a Second Sense of Hearing?
Name Todd Neil Emailnpmtodd@gmail.com
Contact if not self Fenella Saunders, executive editor, American Scientist, fsaunders@amsci.org
Category Acoustics Professional Entry Type Author Medium Print, Online Website Pub Venue, Date American Scientist magazine, September-October 2015 Circ
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Description of work's significance
Before the evolution of the cochlea that centers our auditory system, organisms evolved another organ called an otolith, which probably originally developed to help aquatic organisms determine up from down. Todd discusses the otolith’s evolution, how it is used in hearing, and how we still have a similar device at the center of our vestibular system, which helps us balance. Understanding the otolith could help with diseases of the vestibular system, which are so debilitating that sufferers can’t even stand up.
file upload https://acousticalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/6/2015-09Todd.pdf
URL http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/2015/5/do-humans-possess-a-second-sense-of-hearing
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55 March 29, 2017 at 3:28 pm
Title
Audiofile: Health under the flightpath
Name Baker Noah Emailnoah.baker@nature.com
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Category Journalist, Acoustics Professional Entry Type Creator, Producer Medium Radio, Online Website Pub Venue, Date www.nature.com/nature/podcast 02/10/2015 Circ
2705 page views of episode homepage on nature.com
71,678 listens (= downloads from RSS feed. Monthly average per episode published in 2015)
Description of work's significance
Retired air stewardess Wendy Halanan loves aircraft, but could the noise they make be damaging her heart? Noise is irritating and distracting to many, but new research is pointing to more sinister impacts. In this podcast I explore whether noise might be hurting Wendy and others exposed to it – and if so what we might do about it.
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URL https://www.acast.com/nature/3a20603d-8496-45da-8939-af18f2ef8f8c
Medium Type Radio, Online Website
56 March 29, 2017 at 4:06 pm
Title
Speech forensics: when Hollywood seldom mirrors real-life court cases
Name Catanzaro Michele Emailcatanzaro.michele@gmail.com
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Category Journalist Entry Type Author Medium Online Website Pub Venue, Date http://www.euroscientist.com/ Circ
70,000 viewers per year
5,000 pageviews per month
16,000 subscribers to the newsletter mailing list (free)
Description of work's significance
This article is part of an investigative journalism project on forensic speech science (FSS): http://journalismfund.eu/hearingvoices. It relies on a database of controversial judicial cases involving FSS. It shows statistical evidence of the presence of charlatans in courts, and of the use of outdated statistics. It displays division between supporters of semi-automated and automated methods. Finally, it tracks the unsuccessful efforts of the European Union to make order in the field.
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URL http://www.euroscientist.com/speech-forensics-when-hollywood-seldom-mirrors-real-life-court-cases/
Medium Type Online Website
57 March 30, 2017 at 6:23 pm
Title
The Reading Machine
Name O'Brien Elle Emaileobrien3@uw.edu
Contact if not self
Category Acoustics Professional Entry Type Author, Creator Medium Online Website Pub Venue, Date Medium.com, December 31, 2016 Circ
____ viewers
952 page views
____ subscribers
____ listeners
Description of work's significance
This is an article for a general audience about a set of experiments carried out at the Haskins Lab in the wake of World War II that intended to help blind veterans learn to read with “acoustic alphabets”. The prototypes failed, but the researchers discovered fundamental principles of speech acoustics that essentially modernized the field. This article was circulated by readers on social media, including Facebook and Tumblr, as well as on ScienceWire.com, a science news aggregator. It includes a video demonstration, created by the author, of the early technology meant to enable listeners to “read” by sound.
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URL https://medium.com/@andronovhopf/the-reading-machine-5a7d890675b4
Medium Type Online Website
58 March 30, 2017 at 8:37 pm
Title
Our ability to speak doesn't begin with our first words. It begins in the womb.
Name Daniel Ari Emailaridanielshapiro@gmail.com
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Category Journalist Entry Type Author, Creator, Producer Medium Radio Pub Venue, Date Public Radio International's “The World,” 3 March 2016 Circ
[n/a] viewers
* 181 page views
[n/a] subscribers
* 3 million listeners
Description of work's significance
This radio story considers the unexpected notion that the first steps in language learning start inside the womb. We interviewed a Finn and a Canadian about their research exploring the role that in utero exposure to a language’s rhythm and pitch plays in a baby’s development. We decided to run this story because it offered listeners a surprising and memorable take on a phenomenon they are familiar with, making the field of linguistic acoustics relevant and accessible to them.
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URL https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-03-03/our-ability-speak-doesnt-begin-our-first-words-it-begins-womb
Medium Type Radio
59 March 30, 2017 at 11:24 pm
Title
The physics of peacock twerking
Name Thompson Helen Emailhthompson@sciencenews.org
Contact if not self
Category Journalist Entry Type Author, Creator, Producer Medium Online Video Pub Venue, Date Science News Circ
__6000__ viewers
____ page views
____ subscribers
____ listeners
Description of work's significance
This video breaks down the physics behind the male peacock's mating dance, specifically the acoustics at play when they vibrate their tail feathers. The goal was to take a complex finding and showcase its significance to the general audience on YouTube.
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URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOQNWbGv2L8
Medium Type Online Video
60 March 31, 2017 at 1:55 am
Title
Ground vibration boom – the phenomenon to be reckoned with when developing HS2 high-speed lines
Name Krylov Victor Emailv.v.krylov@lboro.ac.uk
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Category Acoustics Professional Entry Type Author Medium Online Website Pub Venue, Date Rail Professional, 2016, May issue, pp. 69-70. Circ
____ viewers
_ x_ page views
____ subscribers
____ listeners
Description of work's significance
This article is addressed to railway professionals – engineers and business planners. It briefly explains the implications of the phenomenon of ‘ground vibration boom' for development of future high-speed railway lines, in particular for the proposed HS2 high-speed railway network in the UK. The article suggests that the proposed HS2 routes should be thoroughly investigated on Rayleigh wave velocities before any construction works have started. Such investigations would reveal sensitive locations, with low values of Rayleigh wave velocities, where the occurrence of ground vibration boom and of the closely related bow wave effect is likely.
file upload https://acousticalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/6/Krylov-Rail-Professional-May-2016.pdf
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Medium Type Online Website
61 March 31, 2017 at 10:41 am
Title
Acoustic holograms
Name Levy Adam Emailadam.levy@nature.com
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Category Journalist Entry Type Author, Creator, Producer Medium Video, Online Video Pub Venue, Date Nature YouTube Channel, 9/21/2016 Circ
76301 viewers
Description of work's significance
Acoustic holograms are bizarre three-dimensional patterns that can be formed by vibrations in the air. In this video, we take a look at a ground breaking approach to creating these holograms, using a 3D printed hologram disk to levitate water droplets and propel small objects.
This is an update on a previous story on ‘ultrasonic levitation', and in this video we not only explain how the new technology works, but also clearly explain how it advances the previous approach. Despite the abstract and
complex subject matter, this film reached over 75,000 viewers and received over 98% positive feedback.
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URL https://youtu.be/z90FPL_PQ2Q
Medium Type Video, Online Video
62 March 31, 2017 at 1:31 pm
Title
Ultrasonic Levitation
Name Bundell Shamini Emailshamini.bundell@nature.com
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Category Journalist Entry Type Creator, Producer Medium Online Video Pub Venue, Date Nature, 27th October 2017 – published on nature.com and youtube.com/naturevideochannel Circ
107,351 views
175,123 subscribers to Nature Video Channel
Description of work's significance
Nature Video interviewed scientist Asier Marzo in his lab where he demonstrated the latest development in acoustic levitation. The new research used virtual holograms to create acoustic structures that can manipulate small objects. Significantly, this levitation and manipulation was achieved using a single-sided array.
While the original research was published in Nature Communications, this short film was published through Nature Magazine's various channels, gaining over a hundred thousand views on youtube – including many from shares on Facebook and Reddit.
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URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hE6KjLUkiw
Medium Type Online Video
63 March 31, 2017 at 1:51 pm
Title
Ultrasonic Levitation
Name Bundell Shamini Emailshamini.bundell@nature.com
Contact if not self
Category Journalist Entry Type Creator, Producer Medium Online Video Pub Venue, Date Nature, 27th October 2017 – published on nature.com and youtube.com/naturevideochannel Circ
107,351 views
175,123 subscribers to Nature Video Channel
Description of work's significance
Nature Video interviewed scientist Asier Marzo in his lab where he demonstrated the latest development in acoustic levitation. The new research used virtual holograms to create acoustic structures that can manipulate small objects. Significantly, this levitation and manipulation was achieved using a single-sided array.
While the original research was published in Nature Communications, this short film was published through Nature Magazine's various channels, gaining over a hundred thousand views on youtube – including many from shares on Facebook and Reddit.
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URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hE6KjLUkiw
Medium Type Online Video
64 March 31, 2017 at 8:45 pm
Title
The Man Who Opened Our Ears to the Ocean
Name Daniel Ari Emailaridanielshapiro@gmail.com
Contact if not self
Category Journalist Entry Type Author, Creator, Producer Medium Online Video Pub Venue, Date WHOI's Oceanus Magazine, 3 September 2015 Circ
[n/a] viewers
4,400 page views
[n/a] subscribers
[n/a] listeners
Description of work's significance
This video is an homage to the late William Watkins (oceanographer emeritus, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), highlighting his enormous contributions to underwater bioacoustics. It combines archival interview material, original audio recordings of marine mammals, and a new interview with Peter Tyack — a leader in the field today. Watkins created some of the first equipment for listening to sound underwater and the resulting archive democratizes online access for all in perpetuity.
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URL http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/william-watkins
Medium Type Online Video
65 March 31, 2017 at 9:33 pm
Title
Snapping shrimps make less noise in acidifying oceans
Name Ceurstemont Sandrine Emailmico.tatalovic@newscientist.com
Contact if not self Sandrine.Ceurstemont@newscientist.com
Category Journalist Entry Type Producer Medium Print, Online Website Pub Venue, Date New Scientist magazines, 16 March 2016 Circ
5 million unique monthly page views
110,000 subscribers
Description of work's significance
The article describes how a commonly known problem of global climate change will affect an intriguing aspects of ocean acoustics. Therefore it links climate change with acoustics in a fun and entertaining way.
file upload https://acousticalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/6/Snapping-shrimps-make-less-noise-in-acidifying-oceans-New-Scientist.pdf
URL https://www.newscientist.com/article/2080953-snapping-shrimps-make-less-noise-in-acidifying-oceans/Snapping%20shrimps%20make%20less%20noise%20in%20acidifying%20oceans
Medium Type Print, Online Website
66 March 31, 2017 at 9:38 pm
Title
Ocean commotion: Protecting sea life from our noise
Name ceurstemont sandrine Emailmico.tatalovic@newscientist.com
Contact if not self sandrine.Ceurstemont@newscientist.com
Category Journalist Entry Type Producer Medium Print, Online Website Pub Venue, Date New Scientist magazines, 16 March 2016 Circ
5 million unique monthly page views
110,000 subscribers
30,000 weekly newsstand sales
Description of work's significance
This was a major and timely journalistic investigation into the changing aspects of ocean acoustics, thanks mainly to human activity, and how that affects ecosystems and living organisms in the world's seas.
file upload https://acousticalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/6/Ocean-commotion-Protecting-sea-life-from-our-noise-New-Scientist.pdf
URL https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22630161-200-ocean-commotion-protecting-sea-life-from-our-noise/
Medium Type Print, Online Website
67 March 31, 2017 at 9:47 pm
Title
Fish recorded singing dawn chorus on reefs just like birds
Name Keenan Greta Emailmico.tatalovic@newscientist.com
Contact if not self @GretaKeenan
Category Journalist Entry Type Author, Producer Medium Print, Online Website Pub Venue, Date New Scientist magazines, 21 September 2016 Circ
5 million monthly unique page views
110,000 subscribers
30,000 weekly newsstand sales
Description of work's significance
This short and snappy news story took a technical journal article from Bioacoustics, DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2016.1227940 and turned it into a fun popular science piece that went viral online, getting >250,000 views in the first fews days after posting, as well as 3,000 shares on social media. It took an aspect of acoustics people know about – the bird dawn chorus – and explained how a similar phenomenon exists undersea, and backed it up with the actual sound clip embedded in the story. It was a great idea that improved ordinary people's understanding of acoustics in a fun and approachable way, while at the same time teaching them something new about marine life and biology.
file upload https://acousticalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/6/Fish-recorded-singing-dawn-chorus-on-reefs-just-like-birds-New-Scientist.pdf
URL https://www.newscientist.com/article/2106331-fish-recorded-singing-dawn-chorus-on-reefs-just-like-birds/
Medium Type Print, Online Website
68 March 31, 2017 at 9:54 pm
Title
Giraffes spend their evenings humming to each other
Name Gruber Karl Emailmico.tatalovic@newscientist.com
Contact if not self karl.gruber@research.uwa.edu.au
Category Journalist Entry Type Author, Producer Medium Print, Online Website Pub Venue, Date New Scientist magazine, 17 September 2015 Circ
5 million monthly unique page views
110,000 subscribers
30,000 weekly newsstand sales
Description of work's significance
Who knew? The story reveals a new aspect of an acoustic behaviour of an iconic animal species everyone has heard of, making the issue relatable and intriguing. It goes on to suggest that this newly found humming behaviour may explain a local mystery/urban myth in England. The story mixes in fun facts, new scientific research, photos and sound clips into one neat, fun and informational package that was extremely popular online and copied by many other media.
file upload https://acousticalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/6/Giraffes-spend-their-evenings-humming-to-each-other-New-Scientist.pdf
URL https://www.newscientist.com/article/2058123-giraffes-spend-their-evenings-humming-to-each-other/
Medium Type Print, Online Website
69 March 31, 2017 at 10:02 pm
Title
Wild gorillas compose happy songs that they hum during meals
Name Owens Brian Emailmico.tatalovic@newscientist.com
Contact if not self brian.lawrence.owens@gmail.com
Category Journalist Entry Type Author, Producer Medium Print, Online Website Pub Venue, Date New Scientist magazine, 24 February 2016 Circ
5 million monthly unique page views
110,000 subscribers
30,000 weekly newsstand sales
Description of work's significance
This story reported for the first time new singing sounds made by some of our closest evolutionary relatives, gorillas. They sing when they eat and they do so to express happiness, it seems. The story is a fun take on acoustics in nature, showing us something new about the behaviour of these majestic animals. It included pictures and sound clips and was another online hit with some 1,300 shares on social media and hundreds of thousands of online hits. People love stories about animals sounds, it seems.
file upload https://acousticalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/6/Wild-gorillas-compose-happy-songs-that-they-hum-during-meals-New-Scientist.pdf
URL https://www.newscientist.com/article/2078781-wild-gorillas-compose-happy-songs-that-they-hum-during-meals/
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70 March 31, 2017 at 10:09 pm
Title
Birds sing to their unborn chicks to warn them about hot weather
Name Benson Emily Emailmico.tatalovic@newscientist.com
Contact if not self erbenson1@gmail.com
Category Journalist Entry Type Author, Producer Medium Print, Online Website Pub Venue, Date New Scientist magazine, 18 August 2016 Circ
5 million monthly unique page views
110,000 subscribers
30,000 weekly newsstand sales
Description of work's significance
This story is a fascinating account linking acoustics of bird song to changes in climate. It resolves the mystery of why some birds sing while sitting on eggs – the eggs can actually hear them and change their behaviour once hatched based on those sounds! It's written in an informative way, breaking down difficult science into easy to understand prose.
file upload https://acousticalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/6/Birds-sing-to-their-unborn-chicks-to-warn-them-about-hot-weather-New-Scientist.pdf
URL https://www.newscientist.com/article/2101681-birds-sing-to-their-unborn-chicks-to-warn-them-about-hot-weather/
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71 March 31, 2017 at 10:12 pm
Title
German title:
Klangökologie: Die Symphonien der Natur (German multimedia piece; I am sending the English translation as well as a pdf)
English title:
Soundscape Ecology: The Symphonies of Nature
Name von Bubnoff Andreas Emailavbubnoff@gmail.com
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Category Journalist Entry Type Author, Creator, Producer Medium Online Website, Online Video Pub Venue, Date FAZ.net (web site of the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) Circ
45 million viewers (the newspaper web site has about 45 million viewers per month)
100,000 page views (the project I am submitting had approximately that many page views)
Description of work's significance
This is a massive, 6,000-word web-based multimedia project with over 70 videos and an interactive world map. It's about an emerging research field called soundscape ecology, where researchers study soundscapes of entire habitats to better understand ecosystems, and how they are affected by environmental damage and human noise. The project's most innovative aspect—a first in journalism—is the large-scale use of visualized soundscapes in the form of spectrograms. The author used them to overcome the fact that most people are dominated by their visual sense.
file upload https://acousticalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/6/English-Translation-FAZ-soundscape-ecology-multimedia-project.pdf
URL http://www.faz.net/aktuell/wissen/natursymphonie-so-knistert-ein-korallenriff-13957242.html
Medium Type Online Website, Online Video
72 March 31, 2017 at 10:19 pm
Title
Zoologger: The tiny insects that roar at each other like lions
Name Wylie Robin Emailmico.tatalovic@newscientist.com
Contact if not self @rwylie9
Category Journalist Entry Type Producer Medium Print, Online Website Pub Venue, Date New Scientist, 28 August 2015 Circ
5 million monthly unique page views
110,000 subscribers
30,000 weekly newsstand sales
Description of work's significance
This story dives into the acoustic world of tiny insects, inaudible to humans without the use of specialised technology. But amplify those sounds and you hear amazing things – calls of these creatures are reminiscent in sound and functions to roars of lions. Th.t's pretty cool, and this story conveyed it by explaining a technical paper in clear langauge with use of pictures and videos with sound,
file upload https://acousticalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/6/Zoologger-The-tiny-insects-that-roar-at-each-other-like-lions-New-Scientist.pdf
URL https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28110-zoologger-the-tiny-insects-that-roar-at-each-other-like-lions/
Medium Type Print, Online Website
73 March 31, 2017 at 10:29 pm
Title
Science Update (Series)
Name Hirshon Bob Emailbhirshon@aaas.org
Contact if not self
Category Journalist Entry Type Author, Creator, Producer Medium Radio Pub Venue, Date Syndicated and heard via NPR, PRX and on commercial talk news via Westwood One media's news show America in the Morning Circ
____ viewers
____ page views
____ subscribers
Over one million on air and 50,000 via podcast- listeners
Description of work's significance
Science Update is the longest running national science show on commercial and public radio, and is heard by an audience of over one million each day. Its primary audience is talk news radio listeners across the country– listeners of Sean Hannity, Mark Levin and Rush Limbaugh– a group largely ignored by science media. Science Update is also heard via NPR, on Armed Forces Radio and via radio news services for the blind. The show frequently covers acoustics-related topics, including many stories from the annual meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. The three included are a small sample. They are:
Vibrating Insects
Vocal Fry
Hospital Noise
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URL http://www.scienceupdate.com/2015/11/fly-4/%20;%20http://www.scienceupdate.com/2016/05/vocal-fry/%20;%20http://www.scienceupdate.com/2016/06/hospital-noise-3/
Medium Type Radio
74 April 4, 2017 at 6:09 pm
Title
Unscripted Science Series
Name Mills Allison Emailawmills@mtu.edu
Contact if not self Andrew Barnard, arbarnar@mtu.edu 906-487-2412
Category Journalist Entry Type Author, Creator, Producer Medium Print, Radio, Online Website Pub Venue, Date Unscripted: Science and Engineering Research (Michigan Tech) Circ
_100,000+___ viewers (through Michigan Tech communication channels)
____ page views
____ subscribers
____ listeners
Description of work's significance
This is a four-part series including two news stories, an audio postcard on our Unscripted blog, and guest blog featuring work from Dr. Andrew Barnard's acoustics lab at Michigan Tech. In such a visually focused digital era, we wanted people to hear cutting edge research. Most people never get to listen under the ice, ride a NOAA ship, or step inside an anechoic chamber; we wanted to bring that experience directly to their ears. Dr. Barnard also has an active outreach grant with the US Navy to recruit future acoustics engineers, an audience we hoped to inspire through our work.
file upload https://acousticalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/6/Audiopostcard_AnechoicChamber_2_01.mp3
URL http://www.mtu.edu/unscripted/stories/2016/july/sound-ships-science.html
Medium Type Print, Radio, Online Website
895 January 16, 2020 at 2:54 pm
Title
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Name czcvszcvzcv Daniel T farrell Emaildan@farrellco.com
Contact if not self
Category Journalist Entry Type Medium Radio Pub Venue, Date zdsfasdfaefa Circ
____ viewers
____ page views
____ subscribers
____ listeners
Description of work's significance
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Medium Type Radio