Vol. 40 No. 3 (2012)

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Editorial

Guest editorial

Stan Dosso, Roberto Racca

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Proceedings of the Acoustics Week in Canada

Perception of speaker age in children's voices

Peter F. Assmann, Terrance M. Nearey

10-11
The association between speaker-dependent formant space estimates and perceived vowel quality

Santiago Barreda, Terrance M. Nearey

12-13
To reduce or not to reduce: Evidence from sencoten storytelling

Sonya Bird, Ewa Czaykowska-Higgins, Janet Leonard

14-15
Prosodic phrasing in NXA?AMXCÍN (Salish) declarative clauses

Marion Caldecott, Ewa Czaykowka-Higgins

16-17
Preliminary statistical pattern recognition methods in the study of vowels produced by children with and without speech sound disorders

Hyunju Chung, Terrance M. Nearey, Megan Hodge, Karen E. Pollock, Benjamin V. Tucker

18-19
Dentals are grave

Darin Flynn, Sean Fulop

20-21
Aerotactile acuity as a predictor of sibilant contrast

Naomi Francis, Ma. Jamie, Bryan Gick

22-23
From quantal biomechanics to whole events: Toward a multidimensional model for emergent language

Bryan Gick

24-25
Familiar talker advantages in formant-based and concatenative synthetic speech

Jacqueline Jones

26-27
Llnguopalatal contact differences between Japanese geminate and singleton stops

Alexei Kochetov

28-29
Analysis of tongue shapes during the production of kannada consonants

Alexei Kochetov, N. Sreedevi, Kasim Midula

30-31
Emotion co-exists with lexical effects: A case study

Tatiana V. Kryuchkova, Benjamin V. Tucker

32-33
Predicting accentedness: Acoustic measurements of chinese-accented english

Vincent Porretta, Benjamin V. Tucker

34-35
Modelling vowel inherent spectral change in spontaneous speech

Michelle Sims, Benjamin V. Tucker, Terrance M. Nearey

36-37
Consonantal duration scaling in accented words

Richard Yanaky

38-39
The vocal signature of the male northern elephant seal

Caroline Casey, Colleen Reichmuth, Brandon Southall, Isabelle Charrier, Nicolas Mathevon

40-41
Understanding the masking effects of noise on communication in natural environments

Robert Dooling, Sandra Blumenrath, Ryan Simmons, Kurt Fristrup

42-43
Underwater passive acoustic localization of pacific walruses in the northeastern chukchi sea

Brendan Rideout, Stan E. Dosso, David Hannay

44-45
Noise and blood pressure: A cross sectional and longitudinal study of the effects of exposure to loud noise on residents of Calabar, Nigeria

Ubon Asuquo, Michael Onuu, Aniefiok Akpanand, Affiong Asuquo

46-47
Effects of exposure to loud noise on the hearing of the residents of calabar, nigeria

Ubon Asuquo, Michael Onuu, Affiong Asuquo

48-49
Effects of exposure to loud noise on the hearing of the residents of Calabar, Nigeria

Ubon Asuquo, Michael Onuu, Affiong Asuquo

50-51
On the use of smartphones for occupational noise monitoring: Instrumentation

Romain Dumoulin, Jérémie Voix

52-53
A comparison of ISO 9613-2 and advanced calculation methods: Predictions versus experimental results

Panos Economou, Richard J. Peppin

54-55
Industrial application of simplesilence technology: Evaporator fan noise control

Anthony Gérard, Michel Pearson

56-57
Measurements of propagation of sound over water at low to mid frequencies applicable to wind turbine noise calculation

Tim Kelsail

58-59
60-61 Performance evaluation of lined duct bends -Experiment vs. theory

Ramani Ramakrishnan, Romain Dumoulin

60-61
Near field sound of a HRSG

Werner Richarz

62-63
Nose conedevice and built-in calibration check as essenti al features of a standalone instrument for unattended mid- And long-term noise measurements

Daniel Vaucher De La Croix, Erik Aflalo

64-65
Downtown montreal noise control- Challenges on the rise with mixity and urban density

Frederic Bouchard, Daniel Vaucher De La Croix, Charles Gagné

66-67
Variation of astc ratings due to flanking transmission within a residential conversion

Clair W. Wakefield, Andrew P. Williamson

68-69
Nonlinear geoacoustic inversion via parallel tempering

Stan E. Dosso, Charles W. Holland

70-71
Efficient bayesian multi-source localization

Stan E. Dosso, Michael J. Wilmut

72-73
The evolution of an acoustic homing system for underwater vehicles

Garry J. Heard, Nicos Pelavas, Carmen E. Lucas, R. Fleming, D. Watson

74-75
Structural analysis of multi-fluid shell systems subjected to an external acoustic pulse

Serguei Iakovlev, Garrett Dooley, Kyle Williston, Jonathan Gaudet

76-77
Accurate modeling of the structure of the acoustic field radiated by a submerged cylindrical shell responding to an external pulse

Serguei Iakovlev, Hugo A. F. A. Santos, Kyle Williston, Robynne Murray, Martin Mitchell

78-79
A bayesian framework for geoacoustic inversion of wind-driven ambient noise in shallow water

E. Quijano Jorge, E. Dosso Stan, Jan Dettmer

80-81
Simulation study of joint trans-dimenstional bayesian inversion of scattering and reflection data

Gavin Steininger, Jan Dettmer, Charles W. Holland, Stan E. Dosso

82-83
Auv localization in an underwater acoustic positioning system

Dugald Thomson, Stan E. Dosso

84-85
Underwater sound measurements of high frequency sonars using a seabedmounted recorder

Graham Warner, Andrew McCrodan, Jeff MacDonnell, Eric Lumsden

86-87
Alternative source for marine geophysical exploration

Paul Yeatman, Sara Stout-Grandy, Bruce Armstrong

88-89
Management of amplified sound generated by band-shell performances in a dynamic urban setting

Ellen Buchan

90-91
An empirical comparison of three audio fingerprinting methods in music and feature-length film

Thanh Pham, Matthew Giamou, Gerald Penn

92-93
How to modify a tested fire-rated wall to improve its stc sound rating, while maintaining its official fire-rated qualification

Harold Forester

94-95
Acoustical Challenges in Long Term Care facilities

Zohreh Razavi

96-97
Sound isolation upgrade of existing performing arts classrooms - Design challenges and the pusuit of sound flankingpaths

Erwin Rebke

98-99
Acoustic metrics for classroom performance- A literature review

Setareh Shams, Ramani Ramakrishnan

100-102
Lost in translation: A study of musical language and engineering design

Colin Spohr

104-105
Can age related declines in sensory processing alter the nature of multisensory integration in the presence ofenergeticand informational masking?

M. Avivi-Reich, K. Puka, B.A. Schneider

106-107
Hearing loss in classical orchestra musicians

Alberto Behar, Frank Russo, Marshall Chasin, Stephen Mosher

108-109
On the influence of the material properties of the external ear on occlusion effect simulations

Martin K. Brummund, Franck Sgard, Yvan Petit, Frédéric Laville

110-111
Evolution of audiometry: Clinical testing of a new tablet audiometer

NicolasN Ellaham, Guy-Vincent Jourdan, Sandra Champagne, Jeff Yeung, Matthew Bromwich

112-113
Human cochlear maps

Reinhart Frosch

114-115
Analysis of human tone-burst-evoked otoacoustic emissions

Reinhart Frosch

116-117
Auditory spatial attention in a complex acoustic environment while walking: Investigation of dual-task performance

Sin Tung Lau, Jacob Maracle, Dario Coletta, Gurjit Singh, Jennifer Campos, M. Kathleen Pichora-Fuller

118-119
A comparison of spatial listening in a soundbooth versus an immersive virtual environment

Jacob Maracle, Sin Tung Lau, Dario Coletta, Gurjit Singh, M. Kathleen Pichora-Fuller, Jennifer Campos

120-121
Estimation of noise levels and hpd attenuation in the workplace using microphones located in the vicinity of the ear

Hugues Nelisse, Cécile Le Cocq, Jérome Boutin, Fréderic Laville, Jéremie Voix

122-123
The Development of VOT perception in school-aged children

Nicole Netelenbos, Fangfang Li

124-125
Do urban soundscapes influence visual attention?

Tristan D. Loria, Frank A. Russo

126-127
The effect of aging on cochlear amplifier: A simulation approach using a physiologically-based electro-mechanical model of the cochlea

Amin Saremi, Stefan Stenfelt

128-129
Construction vibrations in the city of edmonton

Qep Clarence Stuart

130-131
CSA S304 technical committee on occupational hearing conservation

Tim Kelsall

132-133
Communication headset use and noise measurement in the workplace

Flora Nassrallah, Christian Giguère, Hilmi R. Dajani

134-135