Acoustical Society of Americadraws professionals from a wide variety of fields, for example Physics, Oceanography, Architecture, Music, and Speech and Hearing. This diversity, along with the opportunities provided for the exchange of knowledge and points of view, has become one of the Society's unique and strongest assets. From its beginning, the Acoustical Society has sought to serve the widespread interests of its members and the acoustics community in all branches of acoustics, both theoretical and applied.