References

Sound Reproduction

Articles by Edgar Villchur

Villchur, E. (1954) “Revolutionary Loudspeaker and Enclosure,” Audio 38, October 1954, p. 25-27, 100.

Villchur, E. (1957) “Problems of Bass Reproduction in Loudspeakers,” Journal of the Audio Engineering Society Vol. 5, No. 3, July 1957, pp. 122-126.

Villchur, E. (1958) “New High-Frequency Speaker,” Audio 42, October 1958, p. 38.

Villchur, E. (1961) “High Fidelity to What?” Saturday Review, November 25, 1961.

Villchur, E. (1962) “A New Turntable-Arm Design,” Audio, September and October 1962.

Villchur, E. (1962) “Reproduction of Sound in High-Fidelity,” rev. ed., New York: Dover Publications, 1965; 1st published in Cambridge, Mass.: Acoustic Research, 1962.

Villchur, E. (1964) “Techniques of Making Live-Versus-Recorded Comparisons,” Audio, October 1964.

Villchur, E. (1986) “Comments on ‘Theory, ingenuity, and wishful wizardry in loudspeaker design—A half-century of progress?’” [Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 77, No. 4, April 1985, p. 1303-1308] Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 79, No. 1, January 1986 [Letter].

Villchur, E. (2000) “A Short History of the Dynamic Loudspeaker,” Voice Coil, July 2000, p. 26-32, paper presented at the 133rd meeting, Acoustical Society of America, June 1997.

Articles mentioning Edgar Villchur

Augspurger, George L. (1987) “Theory, Ingenuity, and Wizardry in Speaker Design,” Audio, April 1987 p. 51-55, originally published (1985) as “Theory, ingenuity, and wishful wizardry in loudspeaker design—A half-century of progress?” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 77, No. 4, April 1985, p. 1303-1308.

Augspurger, George L. (1986) “Reply to ‘Comments on ‘Theory, ingenuity, and wishful wizardry in loudspeaker design—A half-century of progress?’” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 77, No. 4, April 1985, p. 1303-1308.

Birchall, Steve. (1993) “Acoustic Suspension,” Journal of the Audio Engineering Society 41, November 1993, p. 970-971.

Articles About Loudspeakers, other

Rice, Chester W. and Edward W. Kellogg (1925) “Notes on the Development of a New Type of Hornless Loudspeaker,” Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers 44, pp. 461-475.

 

Hearing Aids

Articles by Edgar Villchur

Villchur, E. (1973) “Signal processing to improve speech intelligibility in perceptive deafness,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 53, No. 6, 1646-1657.

Villchur, E. (1974) “Simulation of the effect of recruitment on loudness relationships in speech,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 56, 1601-1611. (Recording bound in with article). Online at: Etymotic.com.

Villchur, E. (1977) “Electronic models to simulate the effect of sensory distortions on speech perception by the deaf,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 62, 665-674.

Villchur, E. (1987) “Multichannel Compression processing for profound deafness,” Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development 24, 135-138.

Villchur, E. and Waldhauer, F. (1988) “Full Dynamic Range Multiband Compression in a Hearing Aid,” The Hearing Journal, Sept. 1988.

Villchur, E. (1989) “Comments on ‘The negative effect of amplitude compression in multichannel hearing aids in the light of the modulation-transfer function,’” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 86, 425-427 [Letter].

Villchur, E. (1993) “A Different Approach to the Noise Problem of the Hearing Impaired” American Journal of Audiology July 1993, 47-51. Transcription of a presentation made at the Mayo Clinic.

Villchur, E. (1996) “Multichannel Compression in Hearing Aids,” in Hair Cells and Hearing Aids, C. Berlin ed., Singular Publishing Group, Inc. San Diego, 1996.

Villchur, E., (1997) “Clear Scientific Writing,” Bulletin of the American Auditory Society, 1997. Etymotic

Villchur, E. (2004) “Elements of Effective Hearing-Aid Performance,” Audiology Online, February 2004. Online at: Audiology Online.

Villchur, E. (2008) “Compression in Hearing Aids: Why Fast Multichannel Processing Systems Work Well.” Hearing Review, June 2008.

Articles mentioning Edgar Villchur

Levitt, Harry (2006). “Digital Hearing Aids: From Wheelbarrows to Ear Inserts,” presentation at the 4th ASA/ASJ Joint Meeting, November 30, 2006, Honolulu, HI.

Killion, Mead C., PhD. (2004). “Myths About Hearing Aid Benefit and Satisfaction,” Hearing Review. Online at Etymotic.com.

 

Books by Edgar Villchur

Villchur, Edgar (1999). Acoustics for Audiologists. Singular Publishing Group.

Villchur, Edgar (1965). Reproduction of Sound. Dover Publications.

Villchur, Edgar (1957). Handbook of Sound Reproduction. Radio Magazines.

 

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