Acoustics and Speech Perception

3 units

Topics include principles of acoustics, with applications to speech and hearing. Basic physics of sound -- including simple harmonic motion, wave propagation in air, resonance, sound measurement and spectral analyses, filtering, and digital sound processing -- are discussed. Principles will be applied to the production and physical properties of speech. An overview of the acoustic characteristics of individual speech sounds and of suprasegmental speech patterns will be provided. Perceptions of speech and non-speech sounds are discussed.