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...ty, amplitude and frequency data. The beauty of acoustics is that it can tell you whats going on within a mi... to biological processes, this backscatter-transit acoustics methodology has been used in lab testing to characterize industrial processes and products such as p...Young meerkats learn the emotion before the message in threat calls
...his suggests a more basic, hard-wired link between acoustics and "emotion" than the link between acoustics and external objects. "This would parallel the developmental pattern in young children," says Dr. Ho...Dinosaur hearing, listening to muscle noise, quieter cubicles
...nd the frequency range of 2 kHz, according to some acoustics textbooks, yet some skilled trumpet players are ab... LESSONS INTO A SCIENCE Drawing from knowledge of acoustics and human anatomy, researchers in session 2pMUa will discuss the latest ideas for teaching voice stu...Listening to gunshots may save lives and wildlands
...ng project for Maher, not only because it involves acoustics one of his specialties but also because he came into the project knowing almost nothing about guns. "I'm not a hunter," he said. "But fortunately in Montana I've had no trouble finding lots of knowledgeable help."...US hearing health, better telephone speech
...e speakers and topics are listed below. The entire acoustics meeting takes place from June 5-9, 2006. Reporters who wish to attend the luncheon, the meeting, or both, should reply to this message and fill out the form at the end of this release. WEB PRESSROOM WITH OVER 25 LAY-LANGUAGE PAPERS Even if you can...Whale bubble nets, saxophone sounds, ultrasonic laser
...eatures that endow the instrument with distinctive acoustics (2aMU4). To study the bowing technique of violini... Elko ( gwe@mhacoustics.com ) and Jens Meyer of mh acoustics LLC in Summit, NJ will present an "electronic windscreen," a signal-processing algorithm that reduce...Birdsong sounds sweeter because throats filter out messy overtones
...irds' sound production, however, was unknown. The acoustics of sound-making are complicated. Most tones produced in nature are accompanied by a complex series of higher-pitched, quieter tones called overtones. When the loudness of these overtones is high, the tone sounds more complex. Birds can control the lo...Warbling whales speak a language all their own
...ho specializes in signal processing and underwater acoustics at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and Tyack is a biologist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. Suzuki, who began the project as an electrical engineering undergraduate at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, w...Talking robots, green buildings, and shockwave healing
...rs will be presented, making it one of the largest acoustics meetings to date. ASA ( http://asa.aip.org ) is t...ssional, interdisciplinary organization devoted to acoustics in Canada. WORLD WIDE PRESS ROOM We encourage you to visit ASA's "World Wide Press Room" (located ...New insight into brain and speech promises help for learning disabilities
...t time ever have linked the source-filter model of acoustics with the cerebral cortex's "what" and "where" pathways via the auditory brainstem. The research they present in "Trends" represents the theoretical underpinning for BioMAP, the simple neurophysiological test that can identify children with sound proc...Elephants imitate sounds as a form of social communication
...OI said. Tyack has studied the social behavior and acoustics signals of marine mammals, especially dolphins and whales, for decades. "It is exciting to see that African savannah elephants follow a pattern we've seen in other terrestrial and aquatic species capable of vocal learning, "Tyack said. "Vocal learnin....... This is like using the Hubble telescope of ocean acoustics right now, says Clark. The Navy had heard the whales for years but hadnt focused on the significance of their low voices. To me it was like ohmygawd! Access to the U.S. Navys underwater listening systems took researchers from fixed-point observation...Secrets of whales' long-distance songs are being unveiled
...hristopher Clark -- together with former U.S. Navy acoustics experts Chuck Gagnon and Paula Loveday -- has been trying to answer these questions by listening to whale songs and calls in the North Atlantic using the navy's antisubmarine listening system. Instead of being used to track Soviet subs as they move t......n July 24, 2003. Steve Thompson wins the award for acoustics professionals for his "Tutorial on Microphone Tech...isingly overlooked in many schools, good classroom acoustics means that a student can hear the teacher and classmates clearly without having to filter out excess...