NEW ORLEANS, May 6, 2025 – The Acoustical Society of America will host three press conferences, available both in-person and virtually, Tuesday, May 20, in the Bachus Room on the fourth floor of the New Orleans Marriott Hotel. The ASA and ICA joint meeting will be held May 18-23 at the New Orleans Marriott, and reporters are invited to join technical sessions.
ASA and ICA will offer in-person sessions throughout the week and host livestreamed press conferences. The press conferences will feature a wide range of newsworthy sessions from the upcoming meeting. Media can listen to presentations on the sounds of flowers and pollinators, clinical artificial intelligence for speech disorders, coral reef preservation, and more.
Press releases for a selection of topics will be shared under embargo the week of May 12, and conference highlights can be found on social media by searching the #ASA188 hashtag.
Journalists may pre-register at
https://live.webcastplatform.com/go/asa, and video recordings of the press conference sessions will be available upon request.
ASA188 Press Conference Schedule – Tuesday, May 20
Learn more about all meeting sessions via ASA’s
meeting page and in the
technical program. (topics/times subject to change)
Tuesday, May 20, 9 a.m. CT
- Laying the Groundwork to Diagnose Speech Impairments in Children with Clinical AI – Marisha Speights, Northwestern University
1aCA2: Transforming child speech data into clinical-grade artificial intelligence pipelines for speech-language impairment detection, Monday, May 19, 8:20 a.m. CT
- Remotely Moving Objects Underwater Using Sound – Dajun Zhang, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2pPAb7: Metamaterial-assisted acoustic manipulation of large objects in water, Tuesday, May 20, 3:20 p.m. CT
- Sound Insulation Tiles To Help Calm Crying Kindergarteners – Ikuri Matsuoka, Kumamoto University
5pAA3: A field experiment on the effect of sound absorption on acclimation of new children to kindergarten – Part 1: Analysis of crying children and indoor noise levels, Friday, May 23, 1:40 p.m. CT
- Reducing Underwater Noise When Installing Subsea Structures – Junfei Li, Purdue University
2pSA1: Foldable Acoustic Metamaterial for Underwater Broadband Low-frequency Noise Mitigation, Tuesday, May 20, 1 p.m. CT
Tuesday, May 20, 11 a.m. CT
- Sounding Out Coral Larval Settlements – Océane Boulais, University of California, San Diego
4aAB6: Field demonstration of enhanced coral larvae settlement using acoustic enrichment, mesoscale artificial structures, and engineered biofilms, Thursday, May 22, 9:20 a.m. CT
- Can Plants Hear Their Pollinators? – Francesca Barbero, University of Turin
3aAB1: Vibroacoustic signals produced by flower visitors and their role in plant-insect interactions, Wednesday, May 21, 9 a.m. CT
- Here Comes the Boom! Studying the Effects of Rocket Launch Sonic Booms on Neighboring Communities – Kent Gee, Brigham Young University
1pNS4: Falcon-9 ascent sonic boom measurements in Ventura County, California, Monday, May 19, 2:20 p.m. CT
- Lay Language Paper Highlights – Keeta Jones, Acoustical Society of America
Acoustics Lay Language Papers (LLPs) are 300–500-word summaries of meeting presentations written by scientists for a general audience. A sampling of LLPs will be discussed (with multimedia provided).
Tuesday, May 20, 2 p.m. CT
- Helping Noisy Data Centers Fit Into Residential Neighborhoods – Gregory Miller, Cerami and Associates
1aAAa4: Noise control strategies for Data Centers near residential communities, Monday, May 19, 8:05 a.m. CT
- Using Sound To ‘See’ Unexploded Munitions on the Seafloor – Connor Hodges, University of Texas at Austin
1aUW2: Acoustic scattering from inert underwater munitions with severe corrosion damage, Monday, May 19, 8 a.m. CT
- ASA Jam Session Preview
Join ASA for a special event on Wednesday, May 21, 8 p.m. CT.
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