Developing and Communicating Acoustics Standards

This article is intended to help increase understanding and participation of users with others involved in acoustics standards. Issues that have come into focus include: a) Lack of awareness in much of the industrial community about standards status and activity and what mechanisms could exist for industrial users of standards to be aware of and participate actively in standards development; b) How to achieve balanced multi-directional participation and information flow via full, open communications and discussion from all perspectives with all interested parties at the table; c) How industrial users can influence management to participate directly in the standards process (including operational imperatives such as paying to participate); and d) How awareness can be improved in and between the standards offices of different professional organizations about important standards that may be undergoing a change?