SLHS8805: Hearing Science Foundations of Audiology
3 Credits
Physiological/psychological acoustics. Emphasizes hearing loss. Acoustics of the middle and external ear, cochlear mechanics, neural codes for perception, frequency selectivity, loudness, temporal resolution, clear speech, attention, prediction of speech understanding ability using stimulus measures, and binaural hearing.
prereq: Knowledge of acoustics, basic anatomy/physiology of ear, intro coursework in hearing/speech science