Waves in one dimension. Natural frequencies in tubes. Losses, non- uniform plane waves, horns. Sound sources and microphones. Concepts applied to speech production and hearing.
Laboratories demonstrate measurement methods, data presentation, and tests of theory.
Examines performance in processing information from acoustic stimuli. Correlations between behavior and physiology reflecting the tonotopic organization and stochastic responses of the auditory system. Mathematical models of psychophysical relations, incorporating quantitative knowledge of physiological transformations by the peripheral auditory system. Discussion of related research on diagnosis and aids for the partially deaf. The anatomical structures that are key to speech production and hearing are presented.