This article is from the Acoustics FAQ, by Andrew Silverman with numerous contributions by others.
news groups
news:alt.sci.physics.acoustics - started by Angelo Campanella - now the principal group for discussion of acoustics topics. Ang's CV is at URL http://www.Point-and-Click.com/Campanella_Acoustics/angelo.htm
news:sci.physics - general physics but occasionally acoustics related questions are posted.
news:rec.audio.tech - includes discussion on audio equipment, speakers etc. There are other rec.audio groups which may be of interest. news:alt.support.hearing-loss and news:alt.support.tinnitus - groups for sufferers of these complaints
news:bionet.audiology - matters relating to hearing and hearing loss
news:bit.listserv.deaf-l news:uk.people.deaf news:alt.society.deaf - usenet seems an ideal communication medium.
news:comp.dsp - the group for people interested in computing digital signal processing solutions, FFTs FIRs IIRs etc.
news:comp.speech - speech recognition and simulation
news:comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.misc - various discussion of use of internal soundcards in IBM compatible computers.
** FAQs
The main archive site for all usenet FAQs is ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/
A list of sites (including html) for the Acoustics FAQ is at http://super.zippo.com/~consult/Acoustics_FAQ_mirrors.html
The Active Noise Control FAQ by Chris Ruckman is at http://www.xis.com/~ruckman/
The Tinnitus FAQ deals with a range of hearing disorders. It is maintained by Mark Bixby and available at http://www.cccd.edu/faq/tinnitus.html
The Audio FAQ, with everything you ever wanted to know about the subject, from preamplifiers to speakers and listening room acoustics. It is located in the pub/usenet/rec.audio.* directories
The comp.speech faq maintained by Andrew Hunt has information on speech processing and some software links http://www.speech.su.oz.au/comp.speech/
 
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