Richard H. Lyon
MIT and RH Lyon Corp., Cambridge, MA 02139
A quiet and tranquil environment may seem an unreachable goal, but this profession has a responsibility to assist in the striving for it. The ASA has the disciplinary strengths in engineering, standards, perceptual science, environmental control, and physiological and psychological health studies that are required for the effort. As an international scientific and engineering organization with strong constituencies in academia, industry, and government, the ASA has the credibility to provide the balanced leadership in education, technical developments, and policy analysis that is needed. The ASA needs to assemble and organize these resources to provide assistance to society at large in this complex area.
(inverted question mark)(inverted question mark)(inverted question mark)Working groups will be organized around the following areas of interest, as expressed by persons responding to the workshop announcement or at meeting registration. Working groups will develop presentations on problems, solutions, and recommended actions.(inverted question mark)(inverted question mark)(inverted question mark)(1) ASA's role in Environmental Noise Control(inverted question mark)(inverted question mark)(inverted question mark)(2) ASA's role in Industrial Noise Control(inverted question mark)(inverted question mark)(inverted question mark)(3) ASA's role in Product Noise Control(inverted question mark)(inverted question mark)(inverted question mark)(4) ASA's role in Prevention of Hearing Loss (occupational and nonoccupational)(inverted question mark)(inverted question mark)(inverted question mark)(5) ASA's role with Government(inverted question mark)(inverted question mark)(inverted question mark)(6) ASA's role in Education(inverted question mark)(inverted question mark)(inverted question mark)Each working group discussion will focus on (1) what has the ASA done in the past, (2) what should be done now, and (3) how could the ASA accomplish this?
(inverted question mark)(inverted question mark)(inverted question mark)Working group discussions will continue, focusing on (1) what has the ASA done in the past, (2) what should be done now, and (3) how could the ASA accomplish this? There may be some realignment of the participants in the groups.