THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF

AMERICA STANDARDS PROGRAM

Paul D. Schomer, Chair ASACOS

&
Susan Blaeser, Standards Manager
Updated Nov. 2007

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 Why Standardize?

Some reasons are obvious -

• Safety
• Assure interoperability of parts
• Benefit from “best in class” information
• Strive for quality
Some are less tangible -
• Provide basis for government regulation
• Promote product acceptance
• Facilitate entry into new markets
• Level the competitive field

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 Constituent Organizations of
the ASA Standards Secretariat

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 ASACOS
Acoustical Society of America Committee on Standards

• ASACOS – Policy, finances and program oversight

– Representative of each ASA Technical Committee
– Chairs & Vice Chairs of Standards Committees
– Ex Officio representatives from ASA, TAGs, etc.
– Acts on behalf of ASA and makes recommendations to
the Executive Council
• Executive Committee – Acts for ASACOS when quick action
is needed
– Chair, Vice-Chair & Standards Manager
• Steering Committee – Procedural matters
– Executive Committee Members
– Chairs of Committees

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Accredited Standards Committees Operating
Under ANSI Procedures

• S1- Acoustics
• S2- Mechanical
Vibration and Shock
• S3- Bioacoustics
– S3/SC 1 Animal
Bioacoustics
• S12- Noise

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 S1, Acoustics

• Acoustical terminology
• Sound level meters
• Microphones
• Acoustical calibrators
• Filters
• Physical sound measurements
• Noise dosimeters
• Surface impedance
measurement

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S2, Mechanical Vibration and Shock

• Calibration of shock and

vibration transducers
• Characteristics of resilient
mounting
• Mechanical vibration of
rotating machines
• Human exposure to
vibration
• Balancing

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 S3, Bioacoustics

• Hearing aid specifications

• Audiometry
• Speech interference levels
• Articulation index
• Threshold of hearing--
Audiometric Zero
• Calculation of loudness
levels

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 S3/SC 1, Animal Bioacoustics
NEW

• Effects of sound on
animals (aquatic and
terrestrial)
• Instrumentation
• Weighting
• Terminology

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 S12, Noise

• Environmental noise
measurement and
assessment
• Sound power
measurement
• Hearing conservation
• Factory noise • Liaison Groups (e.g., SAE, ASTM)
– motor vehicles, aircraft, construction
measurement equipment, power tools

• Noise from ships

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 ISO/IEC Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs)
Operating Under ANSI Accredited Procedures
• IEC/TC29
Electroacoustics

• ISO/TC 43 Acoustics
• ISO/TC 43/SC 1 Noise

Continued on next
slide.

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 ISO/IEC Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs)
Operating Under ANSI Accredited Procedures (con’t.)

• ISO/TC 108 Mechanical vibration, shock and condition

monitoring
– SC 2 Measurement and evaluation of mechanical
vibration and shock as applied to machines,
vehicles and structures
– SC 3 Use and calibration of vibration and shock
measuring instruments
– SC 4 Human exposure to mechanical
vibration and shock
– SC 5 Condition monitoring and
diagnostics of machines
– SC 6 Vibration and shock generating
systems

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 U.S. Technical Advisory Groups

– Organizational members
– Chair (vice chair or co-chair)
– Provides pool of experts who may participate in
ISO/IEC working groups
– Establishes U.S. position on ISO/IEC matters
more than 80 times per year
 For each ISO/IEC ballot a “coordinator” is

appointed
 Comments solicited from TAG members

 Coordinated comments and vote submitted

through ANSI (USNC in IEC)

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 ISO Secretariats Administered by ASA

• ISO/TC 108 Mechanical vibration, shock and condition

monitoring
• ISO/TC 108/SC 5 Condition monitoring and diagnostics of
machines

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 Primary Documents

• ANSI Approved Documents

– American National
Standards
– Nationally Adopted
International Standards
– Other, e.g., Technical
Reports
• ISO/IEC Approved
Documents
– ISO/IEC Standards
– Other, e.g., Technical
Reports, Technical
Specifications

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Standards Committee & Subcommittee Membership

Voting
• Organizational Members
 Companies
 Societies, Trade Assoc.
 Government agencies
Non-voting
 Individual Experts
 Working Group Chairs
• Working Group Members
 Ad hoc Groups
 Advisory Groups
 Liaison Groups, e.g., SAE, ASTM

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 ANSI Standards Development Process

• New Work Effort

– Proposal
– Ballot Approval
– Allocate to existing or new WG
• Working Group
– Develop Draft Document
– Ballot by S-Committee
– Try to Reverse Negative Votes or Positions
 Adopt
 30-day review
 Re-ballot a substantially new document
– Public review and comment
• Develop Consensus--Much more than a plurality ~90 %
• 5-year Review and Reaffirmation

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 ISO Standards Development Process

• New Work Effort

– Proposal
– Ballot Approval-- TAG Vote
– Allocate to existing or new WG
• Working Group
– Working Draft
– Develop Committee Draft (CD-1, CD-2, etc.)
 Ballot by member bodies to become a

Draft International Standard (DIS)--TAG Vote

• Committee
– Ballot DIS to become Final DIS-- TAG Vote
– Ballot FDIS to become a Standard-- TAG Vote
 67% of P-members voting; 75 % of votes

• 5-year Review and Reaffirmation

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 Summary

• National Standard (ANSI)

– Ballot to the S-Committee (or Subcommittee)
Members

• International Standard (ISO/IEC)

– Ballot to the TAG (determines U.S. position)
 TAG Members

 Liaison Groups

 USA Representative

 USA Document Coordinator

 TAG Chair

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 Result

• Impact of National and International Standards

– Health and safety – e.g. Speech Interference
– Public good – e.g. Classroom Acoustics
– Measurement – e.g. Sound Power
– Instruments – e.g., Sound Level Meter
– Trade 10064239https://doi.org/10.1121/1.2369150

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