Acoustical Society of America

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Using music and acoustics to motivate math learning https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0002239

JASA-EL EDITOR'S PICK

This study explores a pruning technique based on the singular value decomposition for both real- and complex-valued recurrent neural networks: https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0042761

JASA-EL EDITOR'S PICK

Evidence for spatial variability in the geoacoustic parameters of the Atlantis II seamount flanks https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0042408

🎨🔊 Call for Submissions: Gallery of Acoustics (ASA)
Submit a short video to the 20th Gallery of Acoustics at the 190th ASA Meeting and showcase the art & science of computational acoustics.
🗓 Apr 13 (intent) | Apr 27 (final)
Details at https://acousticalsociety.org/philadelphia-gallery-of-acoustics/

JASA EDITOR'S PICK

Two-dimensional flexural wave vortices based on ring-shaped and partitioned acoustic black hole metasurface https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0042754

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Researchers from Germany’s Technical University of Berlin found that the color of a concert hall has an impact on the sound perception of a listener.

https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0042275

The predicted maximum OASPL map for Saturn-V launches, adapted from Fig. 20 of Guest and Jones (1967).

Saturn V space vehicle lift off for the Apollo 11 mission. Credit: NASA

People still ask: Was Saturn V really that loud?
ASA researchers broke it down - decibels, distance, and why it still matters today.
https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0013216

#RocketSound #Goddard100

JASA EDITOR'S PICK

A physics-based low-order filter approximation for scattering from a rigid sphere https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0042226

Congratulations to the new Fellows elected at the Fall 2025 Meeting!
https://acousticalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Fall_2025_fellows.pdf

Happy #WorldWildlifeDay! The theme is Medicinal and Aromatic Plants 🌿

In “Bearing Fruit – Plant Bioacoustics is Blossoming” (Winter 2019), author Aaron M. Thode explores the growing field of research asking: Do plants transmit, generate, or respond to sound?
https://doi.org/10.1121/AT.2019.15.4.47

The image comes from the article, "Development of a device for simultaneous observation of piezoelectric and ultrasound signals in cancellous bone"

JASA EXPRESS LETTERS

The February JASA-EL cover features a diagram of a piezoelectric cell for observing a piezoelectric signal generated in cancellous bone by ultrasound irradiation with a device for observing an ultrasound signal propagated through the bone. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0042394

On March 16, 1926, Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket. That 41-foot flight sparked a century of innovation and some of the loudest sounds humans have ever made.

https://acousticstoday.org/from-sputnik-to-spacex-60-years-of-rocket-launch-acoustics-caroline-p-lubert/

#Goddard100

Cover of a book titled 'Sonic Interactions in Virtual Environments' edited by Michele Geronazzo and Stefania Serafin, part of the Human-Computer Interaction Series.

ASA PRESS

This open access book tackles the design of 3D spatial interactions in an audio-centered and audio-first perspective, providing the fundamental notions related to the creation and evaluation of immersive sonic experiences.

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-04021-4

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New cover! The feature image was created by Tyce Olaveson, the lead author of the article, "Sound power from a collection of monopoles with arbitrary coherence: Theory and application to aeroacoustic noise sources." You can read the article at https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0042361!

🎓✨ Students — This One’s for You! ✨🎓

Are you planning to attend the 190th ASA Meeting in Philadelphia? Don’t let travel costs hold you back, there are funding opportunities available to help you get there!
https://acousticalsociety.org/philadelphia-funding-opportunities/

POMA

Performance of a random forest classifier on auditory brainstem responses to echo glint structure https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0002246

Register for Sonic Connexions - Listening at Scale: Edge and Cloud Computing for Large Bioacoustic Datasets with Dr. David Mann, Loggerhead Instruments

🗓️ Date: Thursday, March 5, 2026
🕒 Time: 4:00 PM (Brazil/Argentina time, UTC -3)

https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/Td2bKuFKQCGVxSnlP4zyuA

The James E. West Fellowship supports graduate-level study in acoustics. West's career, driven by his own experience with systemic barriers, embodies ASA’s commitment to broad and accessible inquiry into acoustics. Application due 23 March.
https://acousticalsociety.org/fellowships-and-scholarships/

REFLECTIONS

Don't miss the seminal article that's the subject of this month's Reflection,"Sound Transmission through Double Panels Using Statistical Energy Analysis," by A. J. Price and M. J. Crocker! https://doi.org/10.1121/1.1911951

ACOUSTICS TODAY

Musical psychoacoustics has the ambitious goal of reverse engineering music perception by relating the perceptual implications of music to the acoustical properties of music signals. Read Musical Psychoacoustics: The Science of Sound Artifice https://doi.org/10.1121/AT.2025.21.2.59

The Committee on Women in Acoustics is offering $500 subsidies to help offset dependent care costs for the Philadelphia meeting.

Deadline: March 27, 2026
Eligible: Presenters or ASA leaders (all genders)
One award per dependent/group
https://acousticalsociety.org/philadelphia-funding-opportunities

POMA

These work presents a matched pair of acoustic holograms for therapy and monitoring in transcranial ultrasound. This passive beamforming strategy offers a practical route to localized, low-cost monitoring of cavitation-based therapies. https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0002196

Let’s make the ASA meeting accessible together!

If you have accessibility needs, send them by 30 March 2026 so we can plan support. Include your name, contact info, and details, and we’ll work with you directly: asa@acousticalsociety.org

Should AI tell you how to talk? - Across Acoustics With the development of automatic speech recognition has come a new type of technology, designed to give the user advice on how to speak better. In this episode, we talk with Nicole Holliday (Universi...

ACROSS ACOUSTICS

Can AI teach people how to speak better? In this episode, we talk with @mixedlinguist.bsky.social about some issues that can arise with the use of new technologies that are designed to evaluate users' speech. www.buzzsprout.com/1537384/epis...

POMA

Hemoglobin microbubbles enable ultrasound to sense oxygen levels, paving the way for real-time, acoustic blood oxygen level dependent imaging using clinical scanners. https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0002224

ASA PRESS

Understanding Acoustics: An Experimentalist’s View of Sound and Vibration is an open access book that provides graduate-level treatment of acoustics and vibration suitable for use in courses, for self-study, and as a reference
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-44787-8

JASA EXPRESS LETTERS

Clear speech led to shorter reaction times—but not improved intelligibility—in Mandarin fricative perception, highlighting processing speed as an important yet underrecognized dimension of clear-speech's benefit.
https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0042407

JASA EXPRESS LETTERS

A Bayes factor high-frequency broadband active sonar discriminant expansion via depth invariant modes https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0042317

The Daoma and Murray Strasberg Scholarship awards one scholarship to a U.S.-enrolled PhD student researching naval-relevant ocean acoustics, related physical or marine structural acoustics, or signal processing. Apply by 23 March 2026. https://acousticalsociety.org/fellowships-and-scholarships/

JASA EXPRESS LETTERS

Development of a device for simultaneous observation of piezoelectric and ultrasound signals in cancellous bone https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0042394