Acoustics in Hearing, Speech and Language Sciences: An Introduction (The Allyn & Bacon Communication Sciences and Disorders Series)

By Ian R.A. MacKay

KEY BENEFIT This comprehensive look at acoustics and the acoustics of speech gives readers a clear understanding of often challenging topics through examples and analogies from everyday life and general experiences. KEY TOPICS Fundamentals of sound, sound propagation, and the parameters of sound; complex waves and the notion of the Fourier Transform; signals and the conversion of analog to digital signals; the recording of sound in digital media; spectra, including the composition of sound itself and the graphical representation of its composition; decibels and rms; filters and filtering; resonance; the source-filter theory; consonants of American English; psychoacoustics, with particular attention to the nature of dB HL. MARKET Designed primarily for upper undergraduate or graduate students of audiology, speech-language pathology, linguistics, and cognitive science/psychology.

• Format: Loose Leaf
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0132897083
• ISBN13: 9780132897082
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 10.8"