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Cochlear implant (CI) users experience considerable difficulty in understanding speech in reverberant listening environments. This paper looks at suppressing reverberation in CI stimulus patterns using time-frequency masks based on phoneme groups: https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001698

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I hadn't had a chance yet to reflect on my 1st in person conf since Covid (#ASA183). B/c of access and environmental cost, I think hybrid options shouldn't go by the wayside. But I enjoyed seeing my colleagues, who I've been fortunate to establish relationships w/over the years at previous confs. But the other thing I really noticed is that I got WAY more feedback in person. When people are confined in a room, they come up to you. At online confs, I usually get 1 or 2 person in my Zoom room. 1/
Ben's talk "Optimization approach to designing a bioinspired bat robot for flight and sonar integration" has been awarded First prize in the Animal Bioacoustics Best Student Paper competition of the Nashville meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Congratulations! #ASA183
Didn't know #acoustics could leave one so tired! A good week at #ASA183
Whispers from the deep sea: the subtle sounds of hydrothermal vents #ASA183 https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/973102 #SoundscapeEcology #DeepSea #LifeOnTheEdge #acoustics
Whispers from the deep sea: the subtle sounds of hydrothermal vents #ASA183

At the 183rd ASA Meeting, Brendan Smith will describe how hydrophones can listen to the sounds of deep-sea hydrothermal vents, informing the environmental impacts of deep-sea mining and assisting with interplanetary exploration. He and his supervisor David Barclay have developed noninvasive ways to study the vents that are sustainable in the long term because they work from a safe distance. Understanding the acoustics in the vicinity could help predict and prevent environmental impacts.

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On the campus of Vanderbilt University after sunset. #ASA183
Christmas tree sparkling in front of the Tennessee State Capital in Nashville, site of the #ASA183.
Ben discusses bat flight data and optimization of the bat flight robot. #ASA183
Adam presents Trinity's talk on comparing the flight of the biomimetic bat robot to the flight of bats. #ASA183
Adam talks about his work with the flapping flight biomimetic bat robot. #ASA183