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Imagine you’re eating with your friend, when you both get distracted by someone angrily arguing with their date. The conversation captured your attention due to its emotional nature, but this attention-grabbing experience may intensify for those with anxiety disorders, so we sought to explore how. The post What Emotion Catches Your Ear’s Attention? How anxiety affects what you hear first appeared…

Media are invited to join livestreamed press conferences for presentations on baseball bat geometry, the effect of fireworks on bat behavior, and vocal learning in birds and babies. The post ASA Press Conference Schedule for Tuesday, May 12 #ASA190 first appeared on Acoustics.org .

More comfortable earplugs mean increased use and lower rates of hearing loss. The post Meta-Earplugs Reduce Booming Voice Effect, Low-Frequency Rumbling Sounds first appeared on Acoustics.org .

Only a few seconds of sampling is enough to create an AI copy of a person’s voice, and researchers are unsure why they are so intelligible. The post AI Voices Are Easier to Understand than Human Voices first appeared on Acoustics.org .

In-person sessions and livestreamed press conferences highlight the latest advancements in the science of sound #ASA190 The post ASA Invites Media to Acoustics Meeting in Philadelphia, May 11-15 first appeared on Acoustics.org .

In noisy environments, study participants with their eyes closed struggled to hear faint sounds audible to their open-eyed counterparts. WASHINGTON, March 17, 2026 — Most people will close their eyes when trying to concentrate on a faint sound. Many of us have been told that keeping our eyes closed helps us hear better — that it frees up our brains’ processing abilities and increases our auditory…

Melville, March 9, 2026 – The Acoustical Society of America proudly announces the winners of the 2025 Science Communication Awards, recognizing excellence in the presentation of acoustics related topics to a popular audience. This year’s winners demonstrate the power of storytelling, technology, and creativity to make acoustics accessible, immersive, and unforgettable. Each winner receives a $2,5…

Brighter colors lead to a warmer ‘tone,’ according to listeners. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, 2026 — Live music can engage more than just one sense, despite it being an auditory medium. Lighting and visual effects can enhance the listening experience, but it is unclear if they can also affect the impression of the sound. In JASA, published on behalf of the Acoustical Society of America by AIP Publishing,…

Little is known about how sensitive the Kemp’s ridley sea turtle is to human noises. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2026 — Kemp’s ridley sea turtles are among the most endangered species of sea turtles in the world. They reside along the east and Gulf coasts of North America, alongside some of the world’s most active shipping lanes. While the threats from fishing, pollution, and vessel collisions are well u…

Science Communication Awards 2023-2025 The 2025 awards include content created between 1 March 2023 and 1 October 2025. Each award recipient will receive a cash prize of $2500 and travel support to attend an ASA meeting where the awards will be presented. Short Multimedia Category Winner: A Cathedral of Sound Authors: Madeleine Schwartz, Malika Khurana, Mika Gröndahl and Yuliya Parshina-Kottas Ne…

Akira Takeuchi – takeuchi.akira@studio-infinity.co.jp Instagram: @akira_reference_ Studio Infinity Tokyo, Minato-ku, 107-0061 Japan Additional Authors Yixuan Huang, Miki Morinaga, Satoshi Tsuboya, Yuto Hosoya, and Sungyoung Kim Popular version of 1pCA5 – Evaluating speech quality for automatic transcription in videoconferencing Presented at the 189th ASA Meeting Read the abstract at https://eppro…

Sara Aghazadeh – saghaza1@binghamton.edu Instagram: @saraaghazadeh1016 Department of Mechanical Engineering Binghamton University (SUNY) Binghamton, NY, USA Aishwarya Sriram – asriram@binghamton.edu Instagram: @sriram.aishwarya Department of Biological Sciences Binghamton University (SUNY) Binghamton, NY, USA Prof. Carol Miles – cmiles@binghamton.edu Department of Biological Sciences Binghamton U…

Simón Montoya-Bedoya – simonmontoyabedoya@gmail.com Bluesky: @simontoyabe.bsky.social Instagram: @simontoyabe Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 78712-1591 United States Prof. Michael R. Haberman (Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin) Other contributors to the research: Donal P. Finegan (National La…

In disaster situations where visibility is limited, sound that can penetrate through rubble is the key to finding trapped victims quickly. #ASA_ASJ2025 #ASA189 HONOLULU, Dec. 5, 2025 — When a natural disaster strikes, time is of the essence if people are trapped under rubble. Conventional methods use radar-based detection or employ acoustics that rely on sounds made by victims. Since most people …

The Hearing Protection Optimization Tool translates the complexities of how humans perceive sounds to personalized situational hearing protection recommendations. #ASA_ASJ2025 #ASA189 HONOLULU, Dec. 4, 2025 — The world is loud. A walk down the street bombards one’s ears with the sound of engines revving, car horns blaring, and the steady beeps of pedestrian crossings. While smartphone alerts to e…

New technique uses ultrasonic signals that mimic bat calls to deter wax moths from beehives #ASA_ASJ2025 #ASA189 The post Ultrasonic Pest Control To Protect Beehives first appeared on Acoustics.org .

Understanding acoustic propagation within the Martian environment helps scientists understand the planet and will inform future missions. #ASA_ASJ2025 #ASA189 The post How Sound Moves on Mars first appeared on Acoustics.org .

Made from common aluminum and steel, this metamaterial allows sound transference between air and water. #ASA_ASJ2025 #ASA189 The post A Metamaterial That Bridges Air and Water first appeared on Acoustics.org .

Even though timber requires extra material to insulate noise, it can still be more climate-friendly than steel or concrete. #ASA_ASJ2025 #ASA189 The post Evaluating Building Materials for Climate Impact and Noise Suppression first appeared on Acoustics.org .

Proposed model filters and verifies signals among a network of microphones to reduce false positives for gunshot detectors #ASA_ASJ2025 #ASA189 The post Neural Network Helps Detect Gunshots From Illegal Rainforest Poaching first appeared on Acoustics.org .