The aim of the society is the promotion of acoustics in Switzerland by supporting studies and research, by exchange of experience between experts, by taking position to questions of noise control legislation and by strengthening the cooperation of acousticians over the language borders in this multilingual country. Therefore the official name of the Society is "Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Akustik - Société Suisse d'Acoustique SGA - SSA".

The most important services offered to the society's members are each year the two conferences: the spring conference usually held in the French-speaking part of Switzerland and the autumn conference with the general assembly. Two times a year the society newsletter - bilingual in French and German - informs the members about news and topics in acoustics in Switzerland and abroad, refers to lectures, courses, congresses, new publications, and interesting webpages. Moreover actual informations are distributed several times to the members by E-Mail.