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SouLheasLern Chlo has long been a venue for lnnovaLlon and Lhe ploneerlng splrlL. 8ecenLly one of Lhe
mosL novel Loplcs Lo come ouL of Lhls area has been acknowledged by anoLher glanL, A1&1, who
recenLly announced LhaL bloacousLlcs ls Lhe medlclne of Lhe fuLure"
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1he Albany area lnsLlLuLe of 8loAcousLlc 8lology & Sound PealLh opened lLs door Lo Lhe publlc ln 1991 ln
Lhe Spencer 8ulldlng on LasL SLaLe SLreeL. 1he CenLer soon ouLgrew LhaL space and moved Lo Pocklng
College properLy ln nelsonvllle and laLer Lo Lake Snowden near Albany. ln 2006, Lhe educaLlonal
research faclllLy moved Lo lLs presenL locaLlon ln Lhe old Albany School whlch also houses Lhe Albany
ollce SLaLlon, Lhe vlllage Mayor's offlce and Lhe new, Cld School Pouse Cafe.
1hroughouL Lhe years, Lhe CenLer's research has been lnvolved wlLh such dlverse pro[ecLs as helplng
LlLon !ohn's sound manager and band members aL Madlson Square Carden, Lo conducLlng a uS Army
sponsored pro[ecL deallng wlLh 1raumaLlc 8raln ln[ury and osL 1raumaLlc SLress ulsorder. veLLlng
pollLlcal flgures and famous people ls one of Lhelr mosL requesLed servlces.
1housands of people from around Lhe Clobe have Lravelled Lo Lhe ALhens area Lo aLLend classes and
conferences and Lo become research sub[ecLs aL Lhe 8loAcousLlc Cllnlc. More Lhan a few have bopped
ln on Lhelr prlvaLe [eLs Lo Lhe nearby Cu alrporL.
Many physlclans have worked wlLh Lhe lnsLlLuLe and are feaLured ln Lhe documenLary, !"#$%&'( *+ ,*-.
!'/"%"-'0 whlch ls avallable Lo Lhe publlc for download from
SoundPealLhCpLlons.com/secreLsLash.hLml.
A currenL pro[ecL on cell slgnallng, parLlcularly arklnson's, was recenLly compleLed. Some of Lhe resulLs
were publlshed ln 1$#2"-(*-3( 4'%*5'#6 by 8oberL 8odgers, hu. 8odgers new book 78' !$-6 9$%'( *+
1$#2"-(*-3( wlll be co-auLhored wlLh Lhe lnsLlLuLe's ulrecLor, Sharry Ldwards, MLd.
!ohn Apsley, Mu has been followlng Lhe developmenL of 8loAcousLlc 8lology as a sclence for many
years. Pe sLaLes, Sharry Ldwards' work deflnes and demonsLraLes Lhe unlfylng fleld Lheory LhaL defled
LlnsLeln."
Apsley and Lhe lnsLlLuLe have Leamed up Lo creaLe and dlsLrlbuLe publlc sofLware and classes deallng
wlLh radlaLlon exposure. Sound PealLh has worked wlLh local physlclans and rehablllLaLlon cllenLs who
have suffered sLroke and muscle Lrauma.
A local pro[ecL belng conducLed by Lhe lnsLlLuLe ls a research sLudy deallng wlLh Lhe ellmlnaLlon of gouL
paln. Several physlclans have Lravelled Lo souLheasLern Chlo Lo wlLness Lhe sLudy resulLs LhaL wlll soon
go publlc. !onaLhan Murphy, Mu, a sLudenL ln one of Lhe professlonal semlnars, was lncredlbly
lnLrlgued" when hls gouL paln was ellmlnaLed wlLhln a few mlnuLes of low-frequency sound
presenLaLlon.
A recenL book by !lll MaLLson, :*;-/ :'%#'<(= >&<"?$<' @'$&"-A, abouL Lhe developmenL of 8loAcousLlcs
over Lhe lasL Lhree decades here ln ALhens CounLy, ls avallable from Amazon. MaLLson Lravelled Lo
ALhens Lo do a book slgnlng aL Lhe ALhens 8ook CenLer and Lhe Albany Llbrary.
WlLh mega glanLs llke A1&1, flzer, Cog SLaLe and noLed unlverslLles beglnnlng Lo sLudy Puman
8loacousLlcs, maybe Lhe long-awalLed, one-of-a-klnd, School of 8loAcousLlcs and local resldenLlal faclllLy
can be reallzed. Work wlLh sLroke vlcLlms and muscle Lrauma has been parLlcularly beneflclal for local
resldenLs and LhaL ouLreach program needs Lo be expanded because lL could slgnlflcanLly reduce Lhe
cllenL load and resources of agencles LhaL supporL Lhe populaLlons ln need of rehablllLaLlon servlces.
Ldwards ls a llfe-long resldenL of Melgs CounLy, a graduaLe of Chlo unlverslLy's College of
CommunlcaLlon and Lhe College of LducaLlon. She has been Lhe sub[ecL of Lwelve lndependenL
documenLarles, crews from Lngland, Cermany and !apan have vlslLed Lhe Albany faclllLy. Ldwards also
aLLended Pocklng College wlLh an emphasls ln dleLeLlcs and buslness. She has been awarded a
PumanlLarlan Award ln Medlclne along wlLh !ohn nash, of B C'$;<"+;& !"-/ fame. 8elng awarded Lhe
SclenLlsL of Lhe ?ear ls only one of Lhe awards LhaL are dlsplayed ln Lhe lnsLlLuLe's hall of fame.


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