| April 21, 2011 | Chapter Meeting is held at the UF CityLab Facility at the University of Central Florida Center for Emerging Technologies in Orlando, Florida.
"Hydrometeor Size Distribution Measurements Using Acoustic Impact Transducers" by John Lane (Kennedy Space Center) and Takis Kasparis (UCF)
This [p] is more distinct than that [p]: description of a quantitative measure of the distinctiveness of speech by Mark D. Skowronski and Rahul Shrivastav, Dept. of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
"Background noise and transfer function analysis of room acoustics" by Sang Bum Park School of Architecture, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
"The Role of Amplitude Modulation Frequency in Roughness Perception" by Lisa Kopf, M.A., Rahul Shrivastav, Ph.D, & David A. Eddins, Ph .D, Dept. of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
"Can musicians hear differences in qualitative attributes of music in different rehearsal room" by Lucky Tsaih, School of Architecture, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
"The comparison of different acoustical characteristics of an acoustic event with different sound paths using data analysis of the acoustic parameters in classrooms" by Sangbong Shin, School of Architecture, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| March 17, 2011 | Informal Chapter Meeting. Particpants enjoyed dinner at El Rancho Grande and a concert: Philip Glass: Etudes and Other Work for Solo Pianoat at the New World Symphony in Miami, Florida. |
| October 14, 2010 | Chapter Meeting is held at the University of South Florida Department of Communications Sciences and Disorders.
Keynote address “Innovative technology to improve speech perception in noise.” David A. Eddins,Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Global Center for Hearing and Speech Research, University of South Florida.
A Technical Paper session was also held in which the following were presented:
"Pitch-ranking of electric and acoustic stimuli by cochlear implant users with the HiRes and Fidelity120 speech processing strategies.” Benjamin A. Russell and Gail Donaldson, University of South Florida, Communication Sciences and Disorders.
“Pitch Strength of normal and dysphonic voices.” Supraja Anand, M.A. 1, Rahul Shrivastav PhD 1, David Eddins PhD 2, 1University of Florida, Communication Sciences and Disorders, 2 University of South Florida, Communication Sciences and Disorders.
“Soundscapes of worship spaces.” Sang Bum Park. University of Florida, School of Architecture.
“Using Speech as Test Signal for Classroom Acoustics Measurement.” Lucky Tsaih. University of Florida, School of Architecture.
“RT and STI in courtrooms.” Cory Nickchen, University of Florida, School of Architecture.
“A MEMS Ultrasonic Sensor Design for Early Ovarian Cancer Detection.” Onursal Onen 1, Patricia A Kruk 2, Rasim Guldiken. 1 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, USF, 2Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, USF Health.
Source Playback Loudspeaker Comparison for Reverberation Time Measurements in Classrooms.”
“A Pitch Error Model for Stringed Instruments (or Why Some Guitars Can’t Be Tuned.” John Lane.
“Fish Passive Acoustics in the Gulf of Mexico, Knowing the Unknown.” Carrie Wall, Peter Simard and David Mann.
“The Vowel Tango: Rethinking Vowel-Inherent Spectral Change.” Catherine L. Rogers, University of South Florida, Communication Sciences and Disorders. |
| April 1, 2010 | Chapter Meeting is held at the Univesity of Florida Department of Communicative Disorders in Gainesville, Florida.
New Officers are elected.
Chair - James Harnsberger (University of Florida) Vice Chair - Ed Dugger (Edward Dugger + Associates) Secretary - Lana S. Cheshire (Siebein Associates, Inc.) Treasurer - Ed Dugger (Edward Dugger + Associates) Chapter Representative - Catherine L. Rogers (University of South Florida) Member at Large - Gary W. Siebein (University of Florida & Siebein Associates, Inc.) Member at Large - Rahul Shrivastav (University of Florida Member at Large - John Lane (NASA)
Keynote Address “The use and abuse of speech science in national security and forensic applications collaboration.” Presented by James Harnsberger, University of Florida Department of Communicative Disorders.
A Technical Paper session was also held in which the following were presented:
“Qualitative Study of Acoustic Rooms in Ichetucknee Springs State Park” by Sang Bum Park, University of Florida School of Architecture
“Soundscape of a Band Rehearsal Room” by Lucky Tsaih, University of Florida School of Architecture
“Statistical Analysis of measurement variables for STC and IIC Field Tests based on ASTM Standards’ measuring protocol” by Keely M. Siebein, Sang Bong Shin, Cory Nickchen, Adam Bettcher and Lucky Tsaih, University of Florida School of Architecture
“ Pilot Study of the Soundscape of a Natural Environment: Ichetucknee ” presented by Keely M. Siebein, University of Florida School of Architecture
“A method for individualized ranking of aural components of a soundscape ” presented by Adam Bettcher, Steven Tenzel, and Jordan Caylor , University of Florida School of Architecture |
| December 3, 2009 | Royster Student Poster Competition is held at the University of South Florida Department of Coummunication Sciences and Disorders. |
| October 8, 2009 | Chapter Meeting is held at the Univesity of Florida Department of Communicative Disorders in Gainesville. A Technical Paper session was also held in which the following were presented:
"Voice, Articulation, and Prosodic Correlates to Chronologic Age in Speakers" by James Harnsberger "Acoustical Education for Architecture and Music Major Students" by Lucky Tsaih and Sang Bum Park "The State-of-the-Art in Automatic Speech Fluency Evaluation" by Garima Srivastava, John G. Harris and Ken Logan "Tunable IIR Filters for Digital Audio and Speech Applications" by John Lane "Acoustical Design Criteria and Design of Audio Recording Suites" by Reece Skelton "Perception of Falling and Rising Pitch Contour Contrast: Effects of L1 Background" by Ratree Wayland, Edith Kaan, Tegan Buin, and Mingzhen Bao "Effects of Stimulus Variability on the Perception of Lexical Tones" by Donreuthai Laphasradakul and Ratree Wayland "The Transportation Soundscape of the Future" by Gary W. Siebein, Chris Jones, and Gary W. Siebein, Jr. |
| April 17, 2009 | Chapter Meeting is held at the University of South Florida Department of Communications Sciences and Disorders. A Technical Paper session was also held in which the following were presented:
"The Soundscape of a Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit" by Reece Skelton "An Architect's Perspective on Acoustics" by Gary W. Siebein, Reece Skelton, and Threcia Robinson "Explicit Formulas for Tunable Digital 2nd Order IIR Filters" by John Lane "Within-Subjects Comparison of the HiRes and Fidelity120 Speech Processing Strategies: Vowel and Consonant Recognition" by Patricia K. Dawson and Gail S. Donaldson "Vowel-Inherent Spectral Change and the Second-Language Learner" by Catherine L. Rogers and Merete M. Glasbrenner "Voice, Articulation and Prosodic Correlates to Chronologic Age in Speakers of American English" by James Harnsberger "Edgetrak Analysis of Speech Error Data: Comparison to Manual Measures" by Stefan A. Frisch and Stephanie Karidas |
| February 29, 2008 | Chapter Meeting is held at Florida State University Don Veller Golf Course in Tallahassee, Florida. A Technical Paper session was also held in which the following were presented:
"Acoustic Impulse Measurement Using Joint Time Frequency Analysis" by John Lane, Immer, C.D. and Starr, S. O. "Possibilities for Designing Soundscapes" by Joshua Fisher "Soundscape Analysis Methods to Allow Perceptual Distinction between Sounds and Relatively Similar Levels" by Reece Skelton "Measurement and Mapping of Environmental Noise" by Gary W. Siebein, Robert M. Lilkendey, and Hyun Paek "Mapping the Aural Environment" by Adam Bettcher, Selena Patterson, and Threcia Robinson "Acoustical Analysis and Multiple-Source Auralizations of Charismatic Worship Spaces" by R. Lee "A Statistical Method for Quantifying Songbird Phoonology and Syntax Using Automated Measurement of Syllable Acoustic Features" by W. Wu, R. Bertram, J.A. Thompson,, and F. Johnson |
| October 12, 2007 | Chapeter Meeting is held at the Carnival Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida. A tour of the facility is conducted. |
| May 11, 2007 | Chapter Meeting is held at the University of South Florida Department of Communication and Sciences Disorders. The following Officers were elected:
Chair - Gary W. Siebein (University of Florida & Siebein Associates, Inc.) Vice Chair - Richard Morris (Florida State University) Secretary - Lana S. Cheshire (Siebein Associates, Inc.) Treasurer - Ed Dugger (Edward Dugger + Associates) Chapter Representative - Catherine L. Rogers (University of South Florida) Member at Large - James Harnsberger (University of Florida) Member at Large - Rahul Shrivastav (University of Florida Member at Large - John Lane (NASA)
A Technical Paper session was also held in which the following were presented:
"Acoustic Study of Conductor Preferred Chorister Arrangement" by Richard Morris, Brenda K. Fauls, and Archie Harmon "Developing a Computational Model for Breathiness" by Arturo Camacho, Sona Patel, and Rahul Shrivistav "Analysis of s Severe Hail Event using Didrometer Array Data" by John Lane "Cast Study of Soundscape Assessment and Design Methods" by Gary W. Siebein, Robert M. Lilkendey, and Hyun Paek "Ultrasound as a "New" Tool in Speech Production Rsearch: Issues and Findings" by Stefan A. Frisch and Sylvie M. Wodzinkski "Predicting the Discriminability of Non-Native Speech Sounds: The Perception of Hindi Voice Contrasts by Native Speakers of American English" by James Harnsberger "Clear Speech Effects for Vowels Produced by Monolingual and Bilingual Talkers" by Teresa DeMasi, Catherine L. Rogers, and Jean C. Krause "Acceptable Noise Levels in Normal Hearing Listeners: Effect of Instruction Set and Relation to Speech Recognition in Noise" by Katie J. Ketter, Gail S. Donaldson, and Jean C. Krause
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| September 21, 2006 | Chapter Meeting is held at the University of Florida. There was discussion regarding potential executive committee members. A Technical Paper session was also held in which the following were presented:
"Effects of Native Language and Training on Lexical Tone Perception: An Event-Related Potential Study" by Christopher Barkley, Edith Kaan, Ratree Wayland, and Mingzhen Bao "Effects of Native Language and Training on Speaker Normalization in Lexical Tone Perception: An Event Related Potential Study" by Ratree Wayland, Edith Kaan, Christopher Barkley and Mingzhen Bao "A Prelminary Analysis of the Relationship between Foreign Accentedeness and Perception of Silent Center Vowels by Spanish-English Bilinguals" by Catherine L. Rogers, Katie E. Crawford, and Alexandra S. Lopez "A Dynamical Systems Approach to Phonological Learning" by Betty Tuller "Methods for Automatically Quantifying Speaker-Dependent Distortion between Phrase Utterances" by Kwansun Cho, Savyasachi Singh, and John G. Harris "Recent Research Design in Architectural Acoustics" by Gary W. Siebein "Spectral Analysis of the Female Voice Following Six Months of Oral Contraceptive Use: A Case Study" by Mary Gorham-Rowan, Richard Morris and Archie Harmon "Acoustic Indicators of Healthy Signing Techniques Among Teen-Aged Singers" by Richard J. Morris, Jeanette LoVetri, Dianne Berkun, Archie Harmon and Brenda K. Fauls "Effects of Severe Intoxication on Speech Suprasegmentals" by Harry Hollien "Measuring Emotional Arousal in the Voiced Sounds of Two Mammals, the Rhesus Monkey and African Elephant" by Joseph Solitis, Christina Wesolek, and Anne Savage "The Perception of Stress in Speech in the Visual Modality" by James Harnsberger and Harry Hollien "A Spectral-Based Pitch Estimation Algorithm for Harmonic and Inharmonic Sounds" by Arturo Camacho and John G. Harris "Spectral Shape Discrimination for Speech-Like and Non-Speech Stimuli and their Contribution to Speech Understanding in Older Hearing Impaired Listeners" by Mini N. Shrivastav "Noise Robuts Cell Phone Speech Processing for the Hard of Hearing" by Meena Ramani and John G. Harris "Acoustic Characteristics of English[n] and [l]" by Bin Li and Raytree Wayland |
| January 18, 2006 | Chapter Meeting is held at the Kravis Center in Palm Beach, Florida to discuss re-activating the Florida Chapter and to tour the facility. |
| 1992 - 2005 | Various chapter meetings held throughout the state. |
| February 15, 1991 | Chapter Meeting is held at the Naples Philharmonic Center Black Box Theater. Gary W. Siebein was elected as President and Dave Fagen was elected as Treasurer. Addtional members to be elected at future meeting.The following Technial Papers were also presented:
"The Acoustical Design of the Center" by Robert H. Tanner "Performance Measurements" by Rich Cervone "The Sound Sytems" by L.W. Mac McGowan |
| 1979-1990 | Inactive |
| April 27, 1978 | Spring Chapter Meeting is held at the Holiday Lodge in Panama City, Florida. Officers were selected for the year.The following Technical Papers were also presented: "Brain Stem Audio Potential" by Dr. Mosko |
| May 12-13, 1977 | Spring Chapter Meeting is held at the Sheraton Jet Port Inn in Orlando. |
| October 15, 1976 | Fall Chapter Meeting is held at the University of Florida Reitz Union honoring State Senator John Vogt. The following technical papers were also presented: Musical Acoustics by Dr. Michel Lunch |
| May 22-23, 1975 | Chapter meeting is held at the Don Ce-Sar Resort in St. Petersburg. The following Technical Papers were also presented: "Status of Local Noise Programs in Florida" by S. Jane Kirksey, Florida Department of Pollution Control |
| November 21-22, 1974 | Chapter meeting is held at the Sheraton Hotel in Orlando. The following Technical Papers were also presented:
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| June 7-8, 1974 | Chapter Meeting is held at the Carillion Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. Keynote address was presented by Mr. Daniel Flynn, Chief, Applied Acoustics Section, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C. The following Technical Papers were also presented: "Problems of Preparing a Community Noise Ordinance" by W.A. Smith |
| November 1973 | The Florida Regional Chapter is officially established by the ASA Executive Council. |
| May 10 -11, 1973 | First meeting is held; and Officers are selected. Chair: Joseph .E Blue
The following Technical Papers were presented: "Instant Recording Studio Using Prefabricated Acoustical Panel" by Allan Smith, Naval Training Device Center A panel discussion was held on Industrial and Community Noise |
| February 6, 1973 | An organizational meeting is held at Horne's Motor Lodge in Orlando with an attendance of 37. |
| July 1972 |
Dr. Gerard B. Ventre of Florida Technological University in Orlando, Florida sends a letter of inquiry to ASA in regards to establishing a Florida Chapter. |
