Sound effect

Annotated Bibliography Ashley Raybon & Regine Yaites COMP 357 Abilene Christian University Annotated Bibliography Question: How do hormones affect the voice? Amir, O., Kishon-Rabin, L., & Muchnik, C. (2002). The effect of oral contraceptives on voice. Journal of Voice, 16(2), 267-273. doi: 10.1016/s0892-1997(02)00096-6 A group of ten women were evaluated in this study. They were divided into two groups, five who use birth control pills and five who do not use birth control pills. The…

Before embarking on my soundwalk, I had a few basic expectations of sounds I would encounter, mostly based on prior memories of wandering MIT’s campus. I knew what the soft, low murmurs should sound like when traversing the corridors. I knew to expect the clip-clop of hard stepping walkers in the silent tunnels, and the high pitched buzzing and whining of electrical components overhead. Outside, the wind would make soft, mid pitched whuuu and shhh noises, which would serve as background for…

Take a moment and imagine that you are in a class listening to a biology lecture. For many of you, the sound of the instructor’s voice is your main point of focus, as it should be. As a normal functioning person, you are able to drown out unnecessary noises and focus your attention. Now, I want you to imagine hearing the instructor’s voice, a humming bird in the window, a pen clicking, a person whispering in the back of the class, a siren from outside, and the pitter patter of footsteps in the…

music seems to be more available and used more often. Hearing loss due to exposure is a growing concern. To combat this growing concern, should a limit be set on how loud headphones are allowed to go? The recommended level of unprotected exposure for sound is 8 hours a day at 85, decibels, as recommended by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Overexposure to loud noise can cause loss of hearing in everyone. Some music players can go up to 105 decibels at which the maximum…

In the middle to late 1900’s Phil Spector was an American producer, musician, and songwriter whose popularity spiked to the top after developing the Wall Of Sound also called Spector’s Sound. Withstanding establishment of the common stereo and preferring to have various instruments combined in a single monaural track, Spector composed this technique at the Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles. Conforming relatively facile equalizations aided in his popularity because his approach was crucial to…

training rooms. This modality mainly used in the athletic training setting as a therapeutic agent and not a diagnostic tool. Ultrasound uses acoustic energy at high frequencies. The goal of this could be to achieve thermal or non-thermal physiological effects. In this case review ultrasound was used as a non-thermal healing agent. This acoustic energy is caused by an electrical current that causes the mechanical vibration of a crystalline material that is in the head of the machine. It is this…

Being in a band has let me see some great compositions by Tyler Grant, and Robert Smith. The amount of joy I, and my friends have gotten from playing this music has inspired me to want to compose music. This experience highlights that composing music brings many people joy, helps, and inspires them. As a music composer, one could compose for animation, video games, or movies, to have fun composing while affecting humanity. One profession that involves composing music is an animation score…

Using Ordinary Headphones to hear Dolby Digital 5.1/ 7.1 Surround Sound One of the fun goodies we have obtained from the technological vending machine of science is surround sound. This three dimensional palette of aural bliss makes our movies more immersive, gives our music new depth and makes gaming more addicting than ever. When looking at the handful of speakers in a surround sound system, one could offer a rough guess at how all of those tones are delivered from every direction to…

what is An Audiologist? Audiologists are healthcare experts who examine, diagnose, deal with, and manage to listen to loss and to listen to conditions like tinnitus and stability disorders. An audiologist holds at the least a master's diploma in Audiology. specialists seeking training in Audiology who do no longer currently maintain a grasp’s diploma need to now pursue a Doctoral diploma in Audiology (Au.D). Audiologists should be certified within the kingdom in which they exercise, and are…

inestimable instrument. It is breathtaking. As the years went by, instruments came along with different sizes, shapes and sounds. It it amazing what can someone make when combining vocal music with instrumental music. In today’s society we can see divergent musical genres and even different interpretations of music. It ranges from the gentle sound of Classical music, to the thunderous sound of rock. During this era, instrumental music was very significant and many people were able to enjoy…