SLP816/817/818 TOPIC: Speech Perception and Psychoacoustics
| Availability: | Semesters 1 and 2 |
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Convenors: | Robert Mannell |
Unit Description
This unit is a detailed examination of speech perception and psychoacoustics.
Outcome Statements
At the end of this unit you should be able to:
- Be able to relate the functioning of the central auditory system to the theoretical themes of feature detection, hierarchical processing, functional localisation and attention.
- Understand some of the issues that have shaped the study of speech perception
- Understand the principles behind speech intelligibility and tests of speech intelligibility
- Describe how the auditory system processes speech and non-speech sounds
- Understand and be able to describe tests of frequency discrimination and selectivity and of auditory temporal acuity
Navigating These Pages
To return to the main Linguistics Department web site click on "LINGUISTICS HOME" in the menu bar just above each page's main content. There are several links in that menu bar that will take you to various pages relating to this unit. The "RESOURCE INDEX" link takes you to a page that provides links to a large number of on-line materials relating to Phonetics and Phonology and Speech Science (and to a much lesser extent, some aspects of hearing). The "HELP PAGES" link takes you to help pages that tell you how to install appropriate phonetic fonts (if required), installing a browser that properly supports phonetic fonts, as well as software for playing sound and video files.