October PINS and Public Review Opportunities
October PINS and Public Review Opportunities ASA has submitted a PINS (Project Initiation Notification System) to ANSI for the proposed revision of the following draft standard: BSR/ASA S3.39-20XX, Specifications for Instruments to Measure Aural Acoustic Impedance and Admittance (Aural Acoustic Immittance). The PINS process announces the start of a new or revised standard. It ensures coordination across the standards community and opens a 30-day public comment period for early input. Learn more and get involved: https://bit.ly/4gWTiXS ANSI Standards Action Listing Contact Standards Office Published by: ASA Standards Published Date: October 1, 2025
September PINS and Public Review Opportunities
September PINS and Public Review Opportunities A draft of ASA/BSR S12.2-20XX, Criteria for Evaluating Room Noise, is open for public review and comment! Interested in participating? Follow the steps below! 1️⃣ Email ASA Standards (standards@acousticalsociety.org) to request the draft and official comment form. 2️⃣ ASA Standards will send the draft, the comment form, and instructions. 3️⃣ Provide feedback using the provided comment form. 4️⃣ Return completed comment form before the close of the public review period. Public comments must be submitted by October 12, 2025! ANSI Standards Action Listing Contact Standards Office Published by: ASA Standards Published Date: September 16, 2025
ANSI Expands Consumer Participation Fund Resources to Cover US Technical Advisory Group Fees
ANSI Expands Consumer Participation Fund Resources to Cover US Technical Advisory Group Fees Established in 2022, the ANSI Consumer Participation Fund has provided financial resources to support consumer participation in the development of standards, with a primary focus on health and safety standards. In recent weeks, As part of its commitment to increase consumer representation in standards development, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) had announced that it expanded its Fund to cover U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) fees: ANSI Expands Consumer Participation Fund Resource to Cover U.S. Technical Advisory Group Fees. Join as an ASA Standards Member: https://bit.ly/4h3H66f
National Academies to Assess Needs for Ocean Acoustics Expertise to Meet Demands of Growing Field
We’re delighted to share the release of a policy brief from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on the launch of a committee that will assess the “current and future demand for ocean acoustics expertise and the potential needs for additional training opportunities to meet this demand.” With ocean acoustics a growing and critical field, this National Academies brief (“Ocean Acoustics Education and Expertise”) examines the “state of ocean acoustics education; assesses the anticipated demand for acoustics expertise over the next decade; identifies competencies required across higher education and professional training programs to fulfill that demand; and presents strategies to raise the profile of careers in ocean acoustics […]
This Week’s Newly Reaffirmed Standards
We’re delighted to announce this set of newly reaffirmed ASA Standards: S1 Committee (Acoustics): ASA/ANSI S1.16-2000 (R2024) Method for Measuring the Performance of Noise Discriminating and Noise Canceling Microphones Abstract: This American National Standard describes procedures for measuring the performance of noise discriminating and noise canceling microphones. The signal-to-noise ratio is measured at 1/3 octave band intervals with the desired test source in a diffuse noise field. The noise canceling performance of the microphone is defined as the noise canceling index (NCI), a weighted summation of the signal-to-noise ratios. The NCI of the microphone under test can be compared to the required baseline NCI of a laboratory standard pressure microphone. […]