News

History of the IOA published

A book on the history of the first 40 years of the IOA has been published.

Thu, 31/03/2016 - 11:11

IOA joins CaSE

The Institute of Acoustics has joined the Campaign for Science & Engineering (CaSE), an independent organisation dedicated to raising the political profile of science and engineering.

Thu, 17/03/2016 - 14:58

Details of ProPG workshops announced

Details of two planned ProPG (Professional Practice Guidance on Planning and Noise) consultation workshops have been announced.

Fri, 05/02/2016 - 09:54

New guidance on noise sensitive development

The Institute of Acoustics, the Association of Noise Consultants and the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health have produced a Professional Practice Guidance (ProPG) focussing on noise sensit

Thu, 21/01/2016 - 08:43

Launch of IOA blog

The IOA has today launched a new blog which will be written by a member of its Young Members’ Group (YMG) or Publications Committee each month.

Tue, 12/01/2016 - 15:51

Design guide for schools acoustics published

The Institute of Acoustics and the Association of Noise Consultants have jointly published a new design guide for the acoustics of schools.

Mon, 30/11/2015 - 16:00

IOA research award for Liverpool professor

Wed, 28/10/2015 - 09:55

Autumn issue of Sound Bites out

The autumn 2015 issue of Sound Bites, the IOA's student e-zine, is out.

Wed, 14/10/2015 - 10:17

'Woeful underestimation' of value of aural environment

The economic value of the protection and enhancement of our aural environment is 'woefully underestimated', the IOA has told the Government.

Tue, 06/10/2015 - 13:13

Top IOA award for Ying-Tsong Lin

Wed, 16/09/2015 - 13:15

Amplitude modulation application released

The Institute’s Amplitude Modulation Working Group (AMWG) has released its software which implements the three proposed methods of rating amplitude modulation (AM) as recently published in the cons

Thu, 28/05/2015 - 16:31

Spring issue of student e-zine out

The spring 2015 issue of Sound Bites, the IOA's student e-zine, is now out. As usual, it's full of a mixture of news about acoustics-related items and career advice.

Fri, 24/04/2015 - 09:46

Launch of amplitude modulation discussion

The IOA has published today a discussion document on methods for rating amplitude modulation (AM) in wind turbine noise. The document proposes a definition of AM for wind turbine noise and de

Thu, 23/04/2015 - 09:09

Institute's Engineering Council licence renewed

The Institute's Engineering Council licence to offer registration at Chartered and Incorporated Engineer levels has been renewed for a further five years.

Thu, 29/01/2015 - 15:26

IOA issues wind farm noise statement

The Institute of Acoustics has issued a statement today which explains in detail its role in respect of the assessment of wind farm noise.

Fri, 19/12/2014 - 09:42