As more people are taking advantage of music on the go, personal audio systems are pumping up the volume to the detriment of the listener s hearing. During the 180th ASA Meeting, Daniel Fink from The Quiet Coalition and Jan Mayes will talk about current research into personal audio system usage and the need for public health hearing conservation policies. Their session, Personal audio system use can harm auditory health, will take place Thursday, June 10.
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IMAGE: During the 180th ASA Meeting, Arezoo Talebzadeh from Ghent University will show how a personalized soundscape can help those with dementia by providing clues regarding time of day and place. view more
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MELVILLE, N.Y., June 9, 2021 Designing a soundscape to improve the quality of life for an individual is centered on putting their perception at the heart of the process. It becomes trickier for people who have diminished cognitive capacities.
During the 180th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, which will be held virtually June 8-10, Arezoo Talebzadeh, from Ghent University, will show how a personalized soundscape can help those with dementia by providing clues regarding time of day and place. The session, Soundscape design for people with dementia; the correlation between psychoacoustic parameter and human perception, will take place Wednesday, June 9, at 9:35 a.m. Eastern U.S.
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MELVILLE, N.Y., June 9, 2021 The prolonged impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the interaction restrictions created widespread lockdown fatigue and increased social tension in multiunit housing. But small improvements in quality-of-life routines may help people cope with the health restrictions better than they previously could.
During the 180th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, which will be held virtually June 8-10, Braxton Boren, from American University, will discuss noise prevention techniques and the use of alterative acoustic stimulation to help those who find themselves in pandemic-related lockdowns. The session, The Soundscape of Quarantine, will take place Wednesday, June 9, at 1:45 p.m. Eastern U.S.
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IMAGE: Aggelos Tsaligopoulos from the University of the Aegean will describe how quiet could be measured in the hopes of better understanding its impact on people. The session, Towards a new. view more
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MELVILLE, N.Y., June 9, 2021 The world is filled with myriad sounds that can overwhelm a person with relentless acoustics. Noise is so prevalent in everyday life that the concept and achievement of comfortable quiet is hard to define.
During the 180th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, which will be held virtually June 8-10, Aggelos Tsaligopoulos, from the University of the Aegean, will describe how quiet could be measured in the hopes of better understanding its impact on people. The session, Towards a new understanding of the concept of quietness, will take place Wednesday, June 9, at 11:20 a.m. Eastern U.S.
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