Acoustical engineering | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-07-04

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00:01:14 1 Acoustic engineer (professional)
00:02:47 2 Subdisciplines
00:03:07 2.1 Aeroacoustics
00:03:37 2.2 Audio signal processing
00:04:33 2.3 Architectural acoustics
00:05:13 2.4 Bioacoustics
00:05:47 2.5 Electroacoustics
00:06:20 2.6 Environmental noise
00:07:13 2.7 Musical acoustics
00:07:48 2.8 Noise control
00:08:42 2.9 Psychoacoustics
00:09:24 2.10 Speech
00:10:06 2.11 Ultrasonics
00:10:36 2.12 Underwater acoustics
00:11:12 2.13 Vibration and dynamics
00:11:52 3 Fundamental science
00:13:29 4 Associations
00:14:01 5 See also



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Acoustical engineering (also known as acoustic engineering) is the branch of engineering dealing with sound and vibration. It is the application of acoustics, the science of sound and vibration, in technology. Acoustical engineers are typically concerned with the design, analysis and control of sound.
One goal of acoustical engineering can be the reduction of unwanted noise, which is referred to as noise control. Unwanted noise can have significant impacts on animal and human health and well-being, reduce attainment by students in schools, and cause hearing loss. Noise control principles are implemented into technology and design in a variety of ways, including control by redesigning sound sources, the design of noise barriers, sound absorbers, suppressors, and buffer zones, and the use of hearing protection (earmuffs or earplugs).

But acoustical engineering is not just about noise control; it also covers positive uses of sound, from the use of ultrasound in medicine to the programming of digital sound synthesizers, and from designing a concert hall to enhance the sound of an orchestra to specifying a railway station's sound system so announcements are intelligible.