Abstract submitted to ICSV27 in Prague

An abstract has been submitted to the delayed ICSV 27 conference to be held in Prague.  11-15 July 2021. The paper is entitled, "The Quiet Project - The UK Acoustic Community's response to COVID 19". The paper highlights the process and methodology behind the nationwide noise survey created with KSG Acoustics. See you in Prague!

The Quiet Project restarts for Lockdown 2.0

 

The Quiet Project has restarted, just in time for Lockdown 2.0. It was restarted in Scotland on 9th October 2020 when central Scotland reintroduced restrictions. As of 5th November 2020 England will have full restrictions, with the exception of education. This is precisely in line with our predictions, in mid April 2020, when the Quiet Project was started. Anyone who has acoustic instrumentation is welcome to take part by registering here. This will allows us to assess of the effectiveness of Lockdown 2.0. 

Paper accepted for Reproduced Sound Conference

An scientific paper submitted to the Institute of Acoustics (IOA) conference Reproduced Sound 2020  has been recently accepted for the conference proceedings. The paper is entitled “Suitability of Hi-Fi loudspeakers in measurements of Reverberation Time in domestic multi-media rooms”. It was written by former IOA Diploma student Chris Adair with Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina. This national conference focus on all aspects of electro-acoustics and will take place virtually online in the afternoons of 17,18 and 19^th November 2020. Luis and Chris hope to meet you online at the conference.

Masters' Students doing Lab at Home experiments

This year's Masters' students have been taught on-line. They have had access to "The Lab in a Box" so experiments can be taken at home. We welcome them all and hope that we can all meet in person in 2021!
 

Masters studentJosie Nixon presents at International conference on Drones

 
INCE-Europe held the inaugural conference on Drone Noise, Quiet Drones 19-21st October 2020 on-line. Masters student Josie Nixon presented a paper based on her thesis entitled, "Sound of the Drone Uprising- An exploration of the aero-acoustic performance of drone blades". Josie answered questions at the end of her session on Noise Generation and Mitigation on how a 4 dBA reduction was possible through optimisation based on noise rather than of flight performance.    

Paper published in Applied Acoustics on Treating a Music Rehearsal Space with Airbed

 On 21st October 2020, the scientific journal Applied Acoustics published a paper by PhD candidate Douglas Shearer on his research on low frequency acoustic treatment for music spaces. The paper entitled, "Flexible control of acoustic conditions in a music rehearsal space using airbeds" can be read here until December 2020. 

New Path Medical - Hearing Coach OAE Hearing Test

 

The new method of testing hearing has arrived! Path Medical with Hearing Coach have created a system which can assess personal hearing damage objectively using Otoacoustic Emissions. This system will be used in parallel with traditional health surveillance to provide greater understanding of the hearing acuity of musicians. In 2021 Prof Dance with the full cooperation of the Royal Academy of Music will undertake a pilot study to demonstrate the new technology.