Vol. 38 No. 3 (2010)

Editorial

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  Stan Dosso

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Proceedings of the Acoustics Week in Canada

• The Marine Soundscape and the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Mammals

  Christine Erbe

  20-21

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• Passive Classification of Marine Mammal Vocalizations Using an Automatic Aural Classifier

  Carolyn Ward, Paul Hines

  22-23

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• Assessing the Effects of Mid-Frequency Sonar on Cetaceans in Southern California

  Mariana Melcon, Amanda Cummins, Sean Wiggins, John Hildebrand

  24-25

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• Bias in Estimates of Numbers of Marine Mammals Affected by Underwater Noise

  David Bain

  26-27

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• Underwater 3-D Passive Acoustic Bayesian Tracking of Pacific Walrus

  Brendan Rideout, Stan Dosso, David Hannay

  28-29

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• Detection of Precise Time Events for Marine Mammal Clicks

  Tin Ma, Nicole Collison, James Theriault, Joe Hood, Sean Pecknold, Ben Bougher

  30-31

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• Automatic Signal Detection in Noise Using Entropy

  Christine Erbe

  32-33

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• Acoustic Diversity and Mating Signals in the Psylloidea (Hemiptera)

  Diana Percy

  34-35

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• The Effect of Fibril Erection on Hearing in Male Aedes togoi: an Open and Shut Case

  Melanie Hart, Peter Belton, Gerhard Gries

  36-37

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• Modeling the Effect of Shell Thickness on High Frequency Ultrasound Scattering from Ultrasound Contrast Agents

  Omar Falou, Amin Jafari Sojahrood, Carl Kumaradas, Michael Kolios

  38-39

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• Multiple Source Localization in an Uncertain Ocean Environment

  Michael Wilmut, Stan Dosso

  40-41

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• Estimating Geoacoustic Parameters of Gassy Sediment Using Low-Frequency Sound in St. Margaret’s Bay, Nova Scotia

  Marie-Noel Matthews

  42-43

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• Determining Acoustic Scattering Properties of Marine Sediments through Bayesian Inversion

  Gavin Steininger, Stan Dosso, Charles Holland

  44-45

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• Multifrequency Classification and Characterization of Single Beam Echosounder Data Offshore Ireland

  Stephen Bloomer, Xavier Monteys, Ross Chapman

  46-47

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• The Role of Echo Duration in Acoustic Seabed Classification and Characterization

  Ben Biffard, Steve Bloomer, Ross Chapman, Jon Preston

  48-49

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• Seabed Sediment Classification and Seafloor Bathymetry Using Single Beam Hydro-Acoustic Echo Backscatter

  Ian Murfit

  50-51

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• A Comparison of Measured Ocean Acoustic Ambient Noise with Estimates from RADARSAT Remote Sensing

  Sean Pecknold, John Osler, Brendan DeTracey

  52-53

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• Measurements and Modelling of Atmospheric Acoustic Propagation over Water

  Emma Murowinski, Cristina Tollefsen

  54-55

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• Multiple Shock Loading on Fluid-Filled Shell Structures

  Serguei Iakovlev, Adrien Lefieux, Jean-Francois Sigrist, Kyle Williston

  56-57

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• Effect of Structural Enhancement on the Acoustic Response of a Submerged Fluid-Filled Cylindrical Shell

  Serguei Iakovlev, Kyle Williston, Jean-Francois Sigrist, Adrien Lefieux

  58-59

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• Comparison of Sound Speed Profile Interpolation Methods with Measured Profiles; Effects on Modelled and Measured Transmission Loss

  Cristina Tollefsen, Sean Pecknold

  60-61

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• Evanescent Liquid Sound-Pressure Waves Near Underwater Resonators

  Reinhart Frosch

  62-63

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• Performance Prediction via the Java Acoustic Model Interface

  Gary Brooke, Steven Kilistoff, David Thomson, Dale Ellis

  64-65

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• Bayesian Acoustic Source Tracking and Track Prediction with Environmental Uncertainty

  Stan Dosso, Michael Wilmut

  66-67

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• Verification of a Bubble Curtain Model Using an Impulse Response Function for a Towed Source

  Caitlin O’Neill, Graham Warner, David Hannay

  68-69

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• Temporal Robustness of an Automatic Aural Classifier

  Stefan Murphy, Paul Hines

  70-71

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• Range-Dependent Reverberation and Target Echo Calculations Using the DRDC Atlantic Clutter Model

  Dale Ellis, Sean Pecknold

  72-73

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• Ocean Bottom Reflection Loss from Elastic Solid Materials: Reflections on reflectivity

  Ross Chapman

  74-75

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• Musical Noise Limits to Speech Enhancement

  Brady Laska

  76-77

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• Signal Characterization of Occluded In-Ear versus Free-Air Voice Pickup on Human Subjects

  Antoine Bernier, Jérémie Voix

  78-79

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• Predicting the Intelligibility of Speech Corrupted by Nonlinear Distortion

  Anthony Brammer, Gongqiang Yu, Eric Bernstein, Martin Cherniack, Jennifer Tufts, Donald Peterson

  80-81

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• Ear Cup Selection for Feedforward Active Noise Reduction Hearing Protectors

  Eric Bernstein, Anthony Brammer, Gongqiang Yu, Martin Cherniack, Donald Peterson

  82-83

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• Noise Levels in Pubs and Nightclubs in Vancouver

  Eric de Santis, Mark Gaudet

  84-85

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• Occupational Noise Exposure in Nightclubs

  Andrew Dobson, William Gastmeier

  86-87

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• Analysis of Human Oto-Acoustic Emissions

  Reinhart Frosch

  88-89

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• Fit Testing of Hearing Protectors

  Alberto Behar, Willy Wong

  90-91

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• Shift Work, Noise Exposure and Hearing Loss

  Tim Kelsall, Alberto Behar

  92-93

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• Noise Modelling Versus Reality Under Worst-Case Meteorological Conditions

  Gordon Reusing, Tim Wiens

  94-95

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• CSA and Hearing Conservation

  Tim Kelsall, Alberto Behar, David Shanahan

  96-97

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• The New CAA Acoustical Standards Committee

  Tim Kelsall, Christian Giguère

  98-99

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• Movement, Memory & the Senses in Soundscape Studies

  Jennifer Schine

  100-101

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• Relocating the Ear: A Cross-Cultural Exploration of the Electrified Soundscape

  Vincent Andrisani

  102-103

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• The Sounding Museum: Two Weeks in Alert Bay

  Hein Schoer

  104-105

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• Mobile Soundscape Mapping

  Milena Droumeva

  106-107

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• Sound Matters: Mediation, Mimesis, and Embodiment in Soundscape Music

  Andrew Czink

  108-109

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• Use of Pitch for Processing Emotions

  Masako Hirotani

  110-111

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• Constraints on Durational Increase in Boundary Positions : A Cross-Linguistic Study of Languages with Contrastive Quantity

  Zita McRobbie-Utasi

  112-113

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• Examining Vocal Affect in Natural versus Acted Expressions of Emotion

  Barbra Zupan, Madeline Shiah

  114-115

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• Processing of Speech and Non-Speech Tonal Information by Native and Nonnative Tone Language Speakers: an Event-Related Electrophysiological Study

  Yang Zhang, Angela Cooper, Yue Wang

  116-117

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• An Ultrasound Investigation of Possible Covert Contrasts in First Language Acquisition: The Case of /sp ~ sw ~ sm/ > [f] Mergers

  Sonya Bird

  118-119

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• Production and Perception of Laryngeal Constriction in the Early Vocalizations of Bai and English Infants

  Allison Benner

  120-121

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• The Effect of Task Type on Native Speaker Judgments of L2 Accented Speech

  Ron Thomson, Paris Campagna

  122-123

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• How the Role of F3 in Vowel Perception May Be Influenced by Listener Expectations

  Santiago Barreda, Terrance Nearey

  124-125

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• Perceptual Effects of Visual Evidence of the Airstream

  Connor Mayer, Bryan Gick, Tamra Weigel, Douglas Whalen

  126-127

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• Two Phonological Segments, One Motor Event: Evidence for Speech-Motor Disparity from English Flap Production

  Donald Derrick, Bryan Gick, Ian Stavness

  128-129

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• A Look into the Plosive Characteristics of Japanese /r/ and /d/

  Thomas Magnuson

  130-131

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• An Acoustic and Auditory Comparison of Implicit and Explicit Phonetic Imitation

  Meaghan Delaney, Soraya Savji, Molly Babel

  132-133

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• Gender Differences in Automatic Phonetic Accommodation

  Alexis Black

  134-135

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• Speaker-Specific Place of Articulation: Idiosyncratic Targets for Japanese Coda Nasal

  Noriko Yamane, Bryan Gick

  136-137

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• Examining the Acoustic Contributions of the Epilaryngeal Tube to the Voice Source and Vocal Tract Resonance

  Scott Moisik, John Esling

  138-139

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• Pitch Estimation from Noisy Speech based on Residual-Temporal Information

  Celia Shahnaz, Wei-Ping Zhu, M. Omair Ahmad

  140-141

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• Voice Acoustic Analysis of Taiwanese Adults with Dysarthria Following Stroke

  Yu-Tsai Wang, Yuh-Mei Chung, Hsiu-Hsien Chen, Lin-Yang Chi, Hsiu-Jung Lu

  142-143

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• Contrast Salience and Talker Normalization in Nonsibilant Fricative Perception

  Molly Babel, Grant McGuire

  144-145

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• Effect of Age on Lexical Decision Speed When Sentence Context Is Acoustically Distorted

  Marianne Pelletier, Huiwen Goy, Marco Coletta, Kathy Pichora-Fuller

  146-147

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• Noise Reduction Potential of Green Roofs

  Ramani Ramakrishnan, Zarko Sopkic

  148-149

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• Measurement of the Sound Absorption Characteristics of Vegetative Roofs

  Maureen Connelly, Murray Hodgson

  150-151

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• Measurement of Speech Privacy of Closed Rooms Using ASTM E2638 and Setting Criteria in Terms of Speech Privacy Class

  Bradford Gover, John Bradley

  152-153

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• Case Study About Speech Privacy of Integrated Furniture in an Open-Plan Office

  Jean-Philippe Migneron, Jean-Gabriel Migneron

  154-155

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• Reverberation Measurement and Prediction in Gymnasia with Non-Uniformly Distributed Absorption: The Importance of Diffusion

  Kevin Packer, Clifford Faszer

  156-157

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• Design and Testing of an Antenna Array for Sound-Source Localization

  Murray Hodgson, Vincent Valeau

  158-159

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• Acoustical Challenges for a Hospital Chiller Room Addition

  Zohreh Razavi

  160-161

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• Evaluation of the Noise-Masking System in a Community Health-Care Facility

  Ahmed Summan, Musarrat Nahid, Murray Hodgson

  162-163

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• Location of Horn Speakers in a Reverberation Room

  Ramani Ramakrishnan

  164-165

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• Characterization and Improvement of Scattering and Absorption by Architectural Surfaces Without the Use of Specialized Facilities

  Chris Bibby, Murray Hodgson

  166-167

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• Acoustical Evaluation of Temporary Performance Facilities

  Ben Gaum, Ramani Ramakrishnan

  168-169

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• Effect of Some Floor-Ceiling Construction Changes on Flanking Transmission

  Frances King, Stefan Schoenwald, Brad Gover

  170-171

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• Effects of a Concrete Topping and Modified Resilient Interlayers on Sound Transmission through a Concrete Floor

  Johannes Klein, Berndt Zeitler, Bradford Gover

  172-173

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• Beam-tracing Model For Prediction of Impulse Responses, and Effects of Surface-Reaction Modelling and Edge Diffraction in Rooms

  Behrooz Yousefzadeh, Murray Hodgson

  174-175

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• A Nonlinear Geometrical Acoustic Model for Sonic Boom Propagation

  Marco Berci, Luigi Vigevano

  176-177

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• Validation of COMSOL Multiphysics and Acoustical Performance of Splitter-Silencers

  Ramani Ramakrishnan

  178-179

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• Field Impact Insulation Class (FIIC) Testing of Hardwood Flooring on a Variety of Resilient Underlayments in a Concrete Condominium Building

  Andrew Williamson

  180-181

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• Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Absorptive Surfaces on the Acoustical Performance of a Barrier in an Anechoic Chamber

  Shira Daltrop, Murray Hodgson, Clair Wakefield

  182-183

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• Features of Low Frequency Wind Turbine Sound

  Werner Richarz, Harrison Richarz

  184-185

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• Post Construction HVAC Noise Control

  Werner Richarz, Harrison Richarz

  186-187

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• Air Injection Vacuum Blower Noise Control

  Tyler Mose, Andrew Faszer

  188-189

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• Prediction of Flow-Induced Noise in Aircraft Cylindrical Cabins

  Joana da Rocha, Afzal Suleman, Fernando Lau

  190-191

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• A Laser Position-Sensing System for the Study of Vibration Shaker Tilting

  Lixue Wu

  192-193

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• Experimental and Numerical Comparison of Viscoelastic Material Damping to Equivalent Mass as Acoustic Treatment to Aircraft Composite Fuselage Structure under Various Excitations

  Esen Cintosun, Tatjana Stecenko

  194-195

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• Brazils’s First Undergraduate Course in Acoustical Engineering

  Stephan Paul, Andrey da Silva, Erasmo Vergara, Dinara da Paixao

  196-197

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• An Ultrasound Investigation of Didgeridoo Articulations

  Kostas Zolotas, Sonya Bird

  198-199

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• Whale Song or Whale Music? From a Composer’s Perspective

  Lisa Walker

  200-201

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• Abstracts for Presentations without Summary Papers

  202-209

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