AUD 613
Psycho
acoustics
Physics of Sound
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Perception of Hearing
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Instructor
Niyazi Arslan, Ph.D.
Course Overview
How does the brain make sense of sound? This course traces the journey of a signal from its physical origins to its perceptual experience.
We follow the signal through the peripheral auditory system, examining how the ear transduces mechanical vibrations into neural signals, and finally how the brain interprets these signals to create our perception of loudness, pitch, and spatial location.
Learning Outcomes
Physics
Properties of sound: pressure, intensity, frequency.
Physiology
Outer, middle, and inner ear mechanisms.
Methods
Psychoacoustic measurement (SDT) & masking.
Perception
Loudness, pitch, and localization cues.