“Sounds of ASA Standards” Blog
This Week’s Newly Reaffirmed Standards
We’re delighted to announce this set of newly reaffirmed (2023) ASA Standards: ASC S2 Committee: ASA/ANSI S2.29-2003 (R2023) Guide for the Measurement and Evaluation of Vibration of Machine Shafts on Shipboard Machinery Abstract: This standard contains procedures for...
Call for Participation in S12/Working Group 29 for S12.14-1992 (R2020) Revision Project
The Acoustical Society of America (ASA) is looking for individuals to join Accredited Standards Committee S12/ Working Group 29, Field Measurement of the Sound Output of Audible Public-Warning Devices (Sirens), to participate in the revision of ASA/ANSI S12.14-1992...
ASA’s “Across Acoustics” Podcast Features ASA Standards!
We're super excited to announce ASA's "Across Acoustics" latest podcast features ASA Standards! In this new episode of "Across Acoustics," podcast host, Kat Setzer (Editorial Associate for the ASA) talks with Steve Lind (ASA Standards Director and formerly with Trane...
This Week’s Set of Newly Reaffirmed ASA Standards
We’re delighted to announce this set of newly reaffirmed (2023) ASA Standards: ASC S2 Committee: ASA/ANSI S2.72-2003/Part 4 (R2023)/ISO 2631-4-2001 (R2023) Mechanical Vibration and Shock - Evaluation of Human Exposure to Whole Body Vibration - Part 4: Guidelines for...
U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Joins As New ASA Standards Member
We're delighted to announce the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has joined ASA Standards as a new organizational Member. The BOEM's mission is to manage development of "U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) energy and mineral resources in an environmentally...
ASA Standards S12 Committee Holds Annual Meeting
ASA Standards ASC S12, Noise, held its annual meeting (hybrid) last week - led by S12 Chair Douglas Winker, PhD (ETS-Lindgren Acoustic Systems); ASA Standards Director Stephen Lind; and ASA Standards Manager Nancy A. Blair-DeLeon - as part of the 184th Meeting of the...
Elsevier’s Compendex Now Includes ASA Standards Content
Elsevier began indexing industry technical standards in Compendex (Elsevier’s flagship engineering-focused database) in 2018, starting with IEEE Standards and, subsequently, has expanded coverage and indexing of technical standards in Compendex to include 11 more...
ASA Standards Publishes Newly Adopted Standard: S3.55/Part 8
We're delighted to announce today the publication of a newly adopted ASA Standard - ASA/ANSI S3.55-2023/Part 8/IEC 60318-8:2022 titled: Electroacoustics – Simulators of human head and ear - Part 8: Acoustic coupler for high-frequency measurements of hearing aids and...
This Week’s Set of Newly Reaffirmed ASA Standards
We’re delighted to announce this new set of newly reaffirmed (2023) ASA Standards: S3 Committee: ASA/ANSI S3.6-2018 (R2023) Specification for Audiometers Abstract: The audiometers covered in this specification are devices designed for use in determining the hearing...
Our Condolences with the Passing of Sanford “Sandy” Fidell, PhD
All of us with the ASA Standards team express our condolences to the family, colleagues and friends of Sanford "Sandy" Fidell, PhD, who passed away at 77 years old in late February. Dr. Fidell was a longtime and dedicated ASA and ASA Standards Member volunteer (and...
ASA Standards Announces Set of Newly Reaffirmed Standards
We're delighted to announce this new set of newly reaffirmed (2023) ASA Standards: ASA/ANSI S1.18-2018 (R2023) Method for Determining the Acoustic Impedance of Ground Surfaces Abstract: This Standard describes procedures for obtaining the real and imaginary parts of...
Nancy A. Blair-DeLeon, ASA Standards Manager, Publishes Column in Acoustics Today
Nancy A. Blair-DeLeon, ASA Standards Manager, recently published a column in the Acoustical Society of America's Acoustics Today Winter 2022 issue on "New Efforts to Bring Acoustics Standards into the Curriculum." In her column, Nancy writes: "The challenge is that...
ASA Standards Acknowledges 2022 TAG Balloting Volunteers
We're delighted to extend our sincere thanks and gratitude to this terrific group of #ASAStandards Members who volunteered to coordinate several of our 2022 TAG #acoustics standards ballots: Rich Allen with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)...