Standards Secretariat

American National Standards Committees

• ASC S1, Acoustics
• ASC S2, Mechanical Vibration and Shock
• ASC S3, Bioacoustics

• S3/SC 1 Animal Bioacoustics

• ASC S12, Noise

U.S. Technical Advisory Groups (U.S. TAGs)

• ISO/TC 108 Mechanical vibration and shock
• ISO/TC 43, Acoustics
• ISO/TC 43/SC 1, Noise
• IEC/TC 29, Electroacoustics

Recent News Releases

New Standard Published! News Release ANSI/ASA S12.6-2008 American National Standard Methods for Measuring the Real-Ear Attenuation of Hearing Protectors. 

New Standards Subcommittee on Animal Bioacoustics Approved by ASC S3

New Benefit for ASA Members - Free Standards

New Standard Published!  News Release ANSI/ASA S12.68-2007 American National Standard Methods of Estimating Effective A-Weighted Sound Pressure Levels When Hearing Protectors are Worn

Educational Use of Standards  If you are an educator who would like to use one or more standards in your classroom, please read our  News release!  It is now easy and inexpensive to put standards in the hands of your students.

Standards Information

• Upcoming Meetings
• Open Ballots
• New Work Items (Look here for news about new projects and calls for experts.)
• E-learning opportunities available from ANSI
• Introduction to the ASA Standards Program (PowerPoint)

Tools

• Forms (Look here for comment forms, membership application, and new work item proposal form.  Please request a template if you are writing a standard.)

• Editorial Rules (PDF)
• ASC Operating Procedures (PDF)

Help wanted!

Are you a USER of standards related to acoustics and vibration?  If so, your input is needed. Learn how you can participate in the development of the standards you use.

Participation

• How you can participate  (PDF)

• Who else is involved?

This award can provide travel support to experts attending meetings of WGs under ISO/TC 43, ISO/TC 43/SC 1, and IEC/TC 29.

Applicants must be ASA members, U.S. Citizens residing in the U.S., and either self- employed, an employee of a small firm, semi-retired, or retired.

Download the application by clicking the link above for complete details.