Ecophon Acoustic Bulletin http://www.acousticbulletin.com/EN/ A forum for Ecophon partners in room acoustics en Copyright 2010 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:29:01 +0100 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss It's ok for kids to fully enjoy themselves - outdoors, at least! According to the German noise law, in future it will be possible to set up kindergartens and playgrounds in residential areas without special permission.

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Photograph: Alamy

]]> http://www.acousticbulletin.com/EN/2010/08/its_ok_for_kids_to_enjoy_thems.html http://www.acousticbulletin.com/EN/2010/08/its_ok_for_kids_to_enjoy_thems.html ACOUSTICS MISCELLANEOUS Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:29:01 +0100 ISSA 2010 symposium on sustainability - Early bird closure date! ISSA2010_small.jpg
Early Bird closure date extended until: Midnight Wednesday 14 July!

The New Zealand Acoustical Society is delighted to invite you to attend the International Symposium on Sustainability in Acoustics (ISSA 2010) being held in Auckland, New Zealand 29-31 August 2010.

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Colin Campbell spoke with the organisers preparing Inter-noise 2011 in Osaka, Japan. He spoke with Congress President Ichiro Yamada, Head of Aviation Environment Research Centre, Airport Environment Improvement Foundation and Congress Secretary General Yamamoto Kohei, the Managing Director of Kobayasi institute of Physical Research who is also President of the Acoustical Society of Japan .
Click on the link to hear the interview.

]]> http://www.acousticbulletin.com/EN/2010/06/internoise2011_interview_with.html http://www.acousticbulletin.com/EN/2010/06/internoise2011_interview_with.html LIVE @ Inter-noise 2010 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:09:32 +0100 Noise in warehouses and open plan solutions Pierre Chigot made an interview with Nicolas Trompette, who is working at INRS. INRS is a French Institute competent in the area of occupational risk prevention.
Nicolas, presented a paper about noise in warehouses and also has a specific interest in sound in open plan solutions.

]]> http://www.acousticbulletin.com/EN/2010/06/pierre_interview_with.html http://www.acousticbulletin.com/EN/2010/06/pierre_interview_with.html LIVE @ Inter-noise 2010 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:55:12 +0100 Dr. Maria Klatte - focusing on specific needs for young listeners Dr. Maria Klatte had a lecture named "Effects of classroom acoustic on performance and well being in elementary school Children: A field Study". She presented the interesting results and had a great response after her lecture.
Holger Brokmann took the chance to talk with her about the results and the importance of acoustic treatments in school buildings for children.

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Dr. Maria Klatte

Listen to the Interview in german.
(SOUNDFILE)

]]> http://www.acousticbulletin.com/EN/2010/06/interview_with_maria_klatte.html http://www.acousticbulletin.com/EN/2010/06/interview_with_maria_klatte.html LIVE @ Inter-noise 2010 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:45:52 +0100 Interview with Valtteri Hongisto from the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health Pauli Pallaskorpi caught up with Valtteri, a Senior Research Scientist, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health during the conference at Inter-noise 2010. Click here for more about Valtteri's work

]]> http://www.acousticbulletin.com/EN/2010/06/interview_with_valtteri_hongis.html http://www.acousticbulletin.com/EN/2010/06/interview_with_valtteri_hongis.html LIVE @ Inter-noise 2010 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:55:51 +0100 "The 24th April Bridge" creates a unique acoustic experience at conference Vitor%20lisbon%20ab.jpg
Within 1km of the Congress centre the imposing road and rail bridge over the Tagus "Ponte sobre o Tejo"

Listen to the unique soundfile which characterises the popular area surrounding the bridge.

Colin Campbell spoke with Vitor Rosao Director at Doutorando Environmental Acoustics who explained....

]]> http://www.acousticbulletin.com/EN/2010/06/the_25_april_bridge_creates_a.html http://www.acousticbulletin.com/EN/2010/06/the_25_april_bridge_creates_a.html LIVE @ Inter-noise 2010 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:11:35 +0100 Interview with Claus Lynge of Odeon Carsten Svensson caught up with Claus at the Odeon stand to discuss their latest developments.



]]> http://www.acousticbulletin.com/EN/2010/06/interview_with_claus_lynge.html http://www.acousticbulletin.com/EN/2010/06/interview_with_claus_lynge.html LIVE @ Inter-noise 2010 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:48:42 +0100 Caught up with Kerstin Persson-Waye One hour before she is expected to chair the session on sound in healthcare envrionments, we catch up with Kerstin Persson Waye, professor in occupational and environmental medicine with Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. We ask her to discuss the upcoming session and her lecture in particular.

]]> http://www.acousticbulletin.com/EN/2010/06/caught_up_with_kerstin_persson.html http://www.acousticbulletin.com/EN/2010/06/caught_up_with_kerstin_persson.html LIVE @ Inter-noise 2010 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:21:52 +0100 Interview with Jesper Kristiansen Per Larsen spoke with Jesper at Inter-Noise about his research project in Copenhagen regarding "Risk factors of noise annoyance in teachers in schools with classrooms characterised by different reverberation times"

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]]> http://www.acousticbulletin.com/EN/2010/06/interview_with_lau_nijs_from_t.html http://www.acousticbulletin.com/EN/2010/06/interview_with_lau_nijs_from_t.html - EVENTS Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:52:48 +0100 Lotta Johansson about ICU delirium In the atrium of the conference building, Katrin met up with Lotta Johansson, who is a PhD study with Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenbrug University. Lotta will make a presentation on the relation between sound and ICU delirium in intensive care units.(ICU). Katrin is particularly interested in her lecture and Lotta likes to share her experience from the study with Acoustic Bulletin. Listen to the interview with Lotta.

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An interview with prof. Anna Preis, Departament of Environmental Acoustics, Institute of Acoustics, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland.

You presented at Internoise 2010 a paper entitled “Speech intelligibility as an annoyance index”. What’s the reason of such idea?

- Noise annoyance is very subjective matter and individual estimations can vary a lot depending on mood or personal tolerance to noise of subjects. Moreover...

]]> http://www.acousticbulletin.com/EN/2010/06/interview_with_anna_preis.html http://www.acousticbulletin.com/EN/2010/06/interview_with_anna_preis.html - EVENTS Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:46:56 +0100 Healing environments in intensive care units Berit Lindahl is one of the two projectleader for a research programme called healing environments in intensive care units. The programme is a cooperation between Borås University College and Sahlgrenska Academy, both in Sweden.

We asked Berit to give us a little bit of insight in the different studies that are planned.

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It's hard to not have heard the sound of vuvuzela's, to some the most annoying sound in the world. Judge yourself and listen here

Read here the explanation of an acoustic expert on how the Vuvuzela's make their sound.

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