Wednesday 17 October 2012

Acoustics Group in Iceland


The Acoustics Group was represented at a conference on The damaging effects of noise on hearing, voice and well-being in children’s learning environment at the National University Hospital of Iceland.
Professor Bridget Shield presented two papers on school acoustics including Nick Durup giving an update on his current research. The conference was well attended with an international range of speakers from the Speech Therapy, Phoniatric and Acoustics fields and appeared on Icelandic TV.
The visit included a concert at the Harpa concert hall in Reykjavik where the acoustics complemented the music of the Iceland Symphony orchestra impressively! 

Sunday 14 October 2012

Students off to Reproduced Sound, Brighton

Ten MSc and PhD students from the Acoustics Group are off to support fellow student and presenter Lorenzo Morales at the Institute of Acoustic's Reproduced Sound Conference in Brighton. Luxury accommodation at the local Travelodge has been arranged. Should be fun!