Overview
Description
Fundamentals of the science of sound applied to speech and hearing.
Requirements
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall
Terms
fall
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate knowledge of pure tones, complex tones and sound transmission through reading, discussion and demonstration.
- understand and apply measures of sound pressure level, sound power, and decibels.
- explain differences between periodic, random, quasirandom and quasiperiodic energy.
- measure vocal fundamental frequency and intensity.
- understand and explain the origin of and the interpretation of formant frequencies in speech.
- explain relationship between harmonic energy and formant frequencies in speech.
- understand and explain the application of broadband and narrowband speech spectra.
- understand and explain the acoustic correlates of vocal fold vibration.