THOSE IN CHARGE OF PLANNING AND COSTING HAVE FOUND FAVOR WITH CARPET AS A PRACTICAL, ACOUSTICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL MATERIAL. CARPET FITS WELL INTO IMPROVED AND DESIRABLE DESIGN IN TODAY'S COLLEGE BUILDINGS. CARPET PLAYS THE ROLES OF SEVERAL MATERIALS, PERFORMING SIMULTANEOUSLY, ACOUSTICAL, THERMAL, AESTHETIC, SAFETY, AND POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL…

This report summarizes a series of studies on the ability to structure acoustic material as a measure of musical aptitude. It is divided into two sections. Section one explains the general approach of the study. Behavioralism as a research approach which rejects inner states of being in favor of studying concrete operations, the importance of…

This report deals with research presently being done dealing with the acquisition of musical skills. In an attempt to create a self-paced, independent music study approach, investigators have formulated two main hypotheses: (1) that perception and cognition are inextricably intertwined - not discrete quantities; and (2) that learning behavior in…

This study was designed to compare children and adults on their initial ability to identify and reproduce novel speech sounds and to evaluate their performance after receiving several training sessions in producing these sounds. The novel speech sounds used were two voiceless fricatives which are consonant phonemes in Arabic but which are…

The primary objective of this study was to find out if young (normal-hearing) children could be taught a novel vowel sound by means of visual information alone, that is, without benefit of auditory presentation of the sound or instructions on the shaping of the vocal tract for its production. A second objective was to find out whether the rate and…

The fundamental physical concepts needed in any appreciation of acoustical problems are discussed by a scientist and an architect. The major areas of interest are--(1) the nature of sound, (2) the behavior of sound in rooms, (3) the design of rooms for speech, (4) the design of rooms for music, (5) the design of studios, (6) the design of high…

A collection of 20 essays on creative problem solving in advertising and sales promotion considers the relationship between client and agency and the degree of creativity that is necessary or desirable for each side to bring to their collaboration. The different essays are fully illustrated and specifically focus on such areas as creativity in…

Offered in this teacher's guide are activity suggestions, research ideas, discussion questions, and problems to solve dealing with aviation education. Topical areas consider sound and the environment, changes and adjustments in sounds, planning and control of noise, communications, economics, and mathematical and scientific aspects of sound and…

Eleven classrooms for hearing impaired children were evaluated with respect to noise levels and acoustic treatment to minimize reverberation. (LS)

Describes a physics course about acoustics as applied to the practice and experience of music. The course has no prerequisites and is being offered to students with diverse backgrounds, such as music, engineering, business administration, and physics majors. (Author/GA)

Lists several ideas for experiments for the amateur scientist to try or design. The list covers a wide range of topics; sound, mechanics, thermodynamics, fluids, optics, and electrostatics. (GA)

Results support the concept that perception of a missing fundamental is based on periodic neural activity. Suggests that the pitch of the missing fundamental is mediated by elements sensitive to frequencies other than those within the band of the masking noise. (Author/MA)

One hundred twenty kindergarten, second, third and combined fifth and sixth grade children were asked to cross out the letter "e" while silently reading appropriate prose passages. The children's ability was dependent upon grade level and whether the "e" was silent, pronounced, or in the word "the". (BD)

A spectrographic investigation was carried out on the speech of normal hearing and deaf speakers; the research attempted to answer questions concerning formant transitions, coarticulation and neutralization of vowels in the speech of the deaf adults. (Author/RM)

Spectrographic measures of voice onset time (VOT) were made for three phonologically disordered children with an emerging voicing contrast. These measures were related to adult listeners' perception of voicing of the initial stop consonant. Results showed that VOT's utility for predicting perceived voicing was not high. (Author/JDD)