Vol. 22 No. 3 (1994)

Topics: architectural acoustics; audio engineering; hearing accessibility; hearing in the workplace; noise control; outdoor acoustics; speech perception; speech production; underwater acoustics and vibration

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Shear membranes in wood frame party walls

D.B. Larson, R.A. Strachan

23-24
Sound transmission between columns and plates

J.A. Steel

25-26
Flanking transmission caused by fire stops in wood frame constructions

T.R.T. Nightingale

27-28
Numerical modelling of wood frame joints having fire stops

T.R.T. Nightingale, R.J.M. Craik

29-30
Practical aspects of operable wall sound isolation

A.D. Lightstone

31-31
Assessment of errors in sound pressure measurement in a large anechoic chamber

S.E. Keith, M.G. Davidson, S.H.P. Bly

33-34
Absorbent double layer material for an Olympic stadium roof

J.-G. Migneron

35-36
Occupational noise exposure in the high school music practice room

B. Gastmeier, D. Pernu, M. Chasin

37-38
Wave versus ray-based room noise models

C. Tang, K.R. Fyfe

39-40
When is diffuse-field theory accurate?

M. Hodgson

41-42
A review of objective descriptors for sound diffuseness

A. Abdou, R.W. Guy

43-44
On response measurements using deterministic types of periodic signal and FFT

W.T. Chu

45-46
Comparison of room impulse response measurement methods

S. Norcross, J.S. Bradley

47-48
Acoustical analysis of the Orpheum Theatre

J.S. Bradley

49-50
The components of spatial impression in concert halls

G.A. Soulodre, J.S. Bradley

51-52
Testing the sensitivity of stage acoustic measurement techniques

J. O'Keefe

53-54
Acoustic conditions in and propagating from orchestra pits

J. O'Keefe

55-56
Subjective evaluation of high quality audio noises

T. Grusec

57-58
Digital signal processing applied to the equalization of the loudspeaker-room interaction

C.R. Fortier, P. Cote

59-60
Reducing the variability of loudspeaker preference ratings through digital equalization

J.G. Ryan

61-62
Ambisonic sound for the masses

J.S. Bamford

63-64
An overview of audio technologies in teleconferencing; from source to receiver and back

B. Basnett

65-66
Building a recording studio in a bank! A practical examination of some of the acoustical and audio design considerations for a new multi-track digital facility for Montreal's Les Disques Star

T. Hewlings, J.-L. Louradour

67-68
Sound system modelling software

P. Giddings

69-70
Room acoustics considerations for loudspeaker systems in a large reverberant space

J. O'Keefe

71-72
How acoustical environments affect people

M. Hodgson

73-74
Perceptual and cognitive factors affecting speech understanding

B. Schneider

75-76
Engineering aspects of assistive device technologies for hard of hearing and deaf people

C.A. Laszlo

77-78
Electromagnetic interference in hearing aid T-coil applications

B. McKinnon

79-80
Building performance for hearing impaired people

J.-R. Champagne

81-81
Acoustics and technology: a hard of hearing perspective

R. Warick

82-82
Validation of masked threshold predictions among people with sensorineural hearing loss

R. Hetu, Tran Quoc Hung

83-84
Hearing accessibility in a home-for-the-aged

M.K. Pichora-Fuller

85-86
Characterization of occupational sound exposure of professional involved in highly amplified music reproduction

M. Fortin, R. Hetu

87-88
Cases of possible job discrimination based on hearing loss

C. Laroche

89-90
Finite-element modelling of the normal and surgically repaired cat middle ear

H.M. Ladak, W. Ladak, R.J. Funnell

91-92
Middle ear stapedius muscle acoustic reflex and laryngeal amplitude response

B. Orser

93-94
Controlling control valve noise: a case study

R. Ramakrishnan, R. Gaspar

99-100
Piezofilm sensors for the detection of propagating acoustic pressure in pipes

B.V. Chapnik, I.G. Currie

101-102
Reducing the noise of pressure pulp screen

R. Oddo, J. Nicolas, R. Panneton

103-104
Design of circular saw blades for quiet operation

J.-L. Wojtowicki, O. Beslin, J. Nicolas

105-106
Response of a non-baffled sandwich panel submitted to a reverberant chamber acoustic environment

H. Nelisse, O. Beslin, J. Nicolas

107-108
An analytical approach for the frequency response of a multilayer disc

B. Cournoyer, N. Atalla, J. Nicolas

109-110
Wheel squeal in rail transit systems

D. Chin-Quee

111-112
Broad-band active noise reduction in communication headsets by digital feedforward control

G.J. Pan, A.J. Brammer, R.A. Goubran, J.G. Ryan, J. Zera

113-114
The acoustical challenge of quarry design

J. Emeljanow, A.D. Lightstone

115-115
Review of physical mechanism and computational models [outdoor sound propagation]

G.A. Daigle

117-118
Effects of excess ground attenuation on aircraft noise contours

J.S. Bradley

119-120
Insertion loss characteristics of barriers and berms

C.C. Harrison, K.R. Fyfe, I.J. Cremers

121-122
The draft international standard method (ISO/DIS 9613-2) for calculating the attenuation of sound during propagation outdoors

J.E. Piercy

123-124
The estimation of the linear sound speed profiles under general meteorological conditions

A. L'Esperance

125-126
Measuring the effects of turbulence

D.I. Havelock

127-128
DSA (Digital Speech Aid) for stuttering people

M. Roland-Mieszkowski, A. Czyzewski, B. Kostek

129-130
Infant dependence on acoustic cue redundancy: discrimination of the word-final voicing contrast, /t/-/d/

M.A. Orme, L. Polka

131-132
Voice pitch as an aid to speechreading in young childen

J.D. Fagg

133-134
Building voice lineups: one method's bias problems

A.S. Laubstein

135-136
Effects of noise on identification of topic changes in discourse

G.A. Tidball, M.K. Pichora-Fuller, J.H.V. Gilbert, N. Lamb

137-138
Is the voiced-voiceless phonemic boundary influenced by an intensity level of the presentation

E.B. Slawinski, J.F. MacNeil

139-140
Acoustic and phonological factors in the perception of English /r/ and /l/ by Japanese listeners

J.S. Logan, K. BharrathSingh

141-148
Etude Acoustique Comparative des Tons "hoi" - "nga" en Vietnamien du Nord et du Sud

Nguyen Ngoc-Quang

143-144
Relachement et Abregement des Voyelles: Phonetique ou Phonologie?

F. Poire

145-146
Le Focus et l'Intonation en Francais parle a Montreal

L. Levac

147-147
Pharyngeals in Tigrinya

J. Anderson, H. Rogers

149-150
Digital Audio Laboratory Station

M. Roland-Mieszkowski, D. Roland-Mieszkowski, A. Czyzewski, B. Kostek

151-152
Accounting for musicians' superior auditory serial-order identification: audition or notation?

J.A. Lymburner, A.J. Cohen

153-154
An experimental approach to evaluation of acoustic masking of beluga communication by ship noise

C. Erbe, D.M. Farmer

155-156
Relationship of underwater acoustic intensity measurements to beamforming

G.L. D'Spain

157-158
Acoustic intensity measurements with Swallow floats

F. Desharnais, G.L. D'Spain

159-160
Minimizing instrument effects in an ocean bottom seismometer

D.J. Dodds, D.M.F. Chapman, J.C. Osler, W.C. Risley

161-162
Seismo-acoustic measurements using an ocean bottom seismometer in the high Arctic

S.E. Dosso, G.H. Brooke, D.G. Baade

163-164
Tuned mass dampers for high rise buildings- a case study

M.P. Sacks, J.C. Swallow

165-166
Multi-celled liquid dampers to eliminate annoying floor vibrations

R.L. Shope, T.M. Murray

167-168
Exercise-induced building vibrations: a modern-day happening

G. Pernica

169-170
New design criterion for walking vibrations

D.E. Allen

171-173
Forced vibration of a steel cantilever beam with thick viscoelastic damping layer

D.C. Stredulinsky, J.P. Szabo

173-174
Detection Fibroacoustique des Fissures de Fatique dans les Poutres

K. El Bikri, A. Berry, R. Gauvin

175-176
Determination of dynamic properties of nonlinear structures using thepull-release test

J.H. Rainer, G. Pernica

177-178
PC-based measurement and analysis of traffic vibrations

M.O. Al-Hunaidi, J.H. Rainer, G. Pernica

179-180
Evaluation of appropriate sample size for measurement of vibration levels induced by rail transit vehicles

M.O. Al-Hunaidi

181-182

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