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Acoustics of Speech and Hearing

Graduate · Historical course

Fall 2004

Topics

  • Introduction to the Course
  • Sound Measurement: Amplitude, Frequency and Phase of Simple and Complex Sounds (rms vs peak, FFT and Spectrum, Relationship between Time Waveform, FFT and Impulse Response), Lumped Elements and Waves
  • Sound Propagation in Space 1: Plane Waves, Characteristic Impedance, Traveling Waves, Trading of Time and Space
  • Demonstration of Sound Measurement, Spectral Analysis and Traveling Waves
  • Sound Propagation in Space 2: Spherical Waves, Multiple Sources
  • Diffraction of Sound, Localization Cues
  • Review of Waves and Diffraction
  • Psychoacoustics 1: Localization and Binaural Hearing
  • Psychoacoustics 2: Thresholds and Discrimination
  • Psychoacoustic and Methods
  • Circuits 1: Lumped Elements
  • Circuits 2: Combinations of Elements
  • Circuit Elements
  • Circuits 3: Equivalent Circuits
  • Circuits 4: The Loudspeaker
  • Circuit Theory
  • Circuits 5: Microphones and Middle Ears
  • The Normal and Diseased Middle Ear
  • Speakers and Microphones: Lab 2 Introduction
  • Psychoacoustics 3: Masking and Frequency Selectivity
  • Psychoacoustics 4: Frequency Selectivity and Hearing Loss
  • Demonstration of Psychoacoustics
  • Tubes 1: Dimensional Equations, Natural Frequencies
  • Tubes 2: Perturbation Theory
  • Demonstration of Natural Frequencies and Traveling Waves
  • Tubes 3: Non-Uniformities and Losses
  • Cochlear Mechanics 1: Hair Cells
  • Cochlear Models
  • Cochlear Mechanics 2: The Passive Cochlea
  • Speech Lab Prep/Cochlear Mechanics
  • Speech Production 1: Vowels
  • Cochlear Mechanics 3: The Active Cochlea
  • Speech Production 2: Fricative Sources and Consonants
  • Spectrogram Reading
  • Speech Sound Production 3: More Consonants
  • Speech Perception
  • Review and Integration
  • Psychoacoustics and Physiology: Gold 1948

Readings

  • The recommended (but not required) textbook for the course is:
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  • Denes, P. B., and E. N. Pinson. The Speech Chain: The physics and biology of spoken speech _._ 2nd ed. New York: W. H. Freeman, 1993. ISBN: 9780716722564.
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  • Kinsler, Frey, Coppens, and Saunders. Fundamentals of Acoustics _._ San Diego: Academic Press, 1982. ISBN: 9780471029335.
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  • Beranek, Leo. Acoustics _._ New York: American Institute of Physics, 1986. ISBN: 9780883184943.
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  • Buy at MIT Press Stevens, Ken. Acoustic Phonetics . Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2000. ISBN: 9780262692502 ↗
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  • Rosen, Stuart, and Peter Howell. Signals and System for Speech and Hearing _._ San Diego: Academic Press, 1991. ISBN: 9780125972314.
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  • Fletcher, Neville. Acoustic Systems in Biology _._ New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1992. ISBN: 9780195069402.
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  • Yost, William. Fundamentals of Hearing Science _._ 3rd ed. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1994. ISBN: 9780127726908.
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Sources