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Perception Of Sound & Speech (AUDI90017)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
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Overview
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This subject covers psychoacoustics, psychophysical measurement, acoustic phonetics, and their relation to audiological practice.
Intended learning outcomes
This subject is designed to enable students to:
- understand the relationship between the psychological percepts of loudness, pitch and timbre, and the physically measurable parameters of sound such as intensity (sound pressure level), fundamental frequency, frequency spectrum and duration;
- understand the psychophysical concepts of threshold and difference limen;
- understand the main psychoacoustical methods for determining the detection and discrimination ability of the auditory system;
- understand the current physiological theories of pitch and loudness perception;
- understand binaural processing of sounds in relation to localisation and masking effects;
- understand the way in which speech sounds are produced in the vocal tract; the effect of the position of the articulators (tongue, lips, velum, etc.) on speech sounds and the acoustic principles underlying these effects;
- understand the acoustic features of different speech sounds as they relate to their production and auditory discrimination;
- understand the range of intensity, frequency and temporal components found in normal speech sounds and the effects of inter- and intra- speaker variations;
- understand the effect of intensity, background noise and reverberation on speech perception;
- understand the importance of language ability, semantic, syntactic and phonetic context in speech perception; and
- understand the effects of hearing loss on speech perception; the importance of lip-reading in speech perception.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject students should have:
- well developed problem solving skills
- an ability to evaluate and synthesise information in a flexible manner
- an ability to apply research findings to audiological practice
- a capacity to articulate the knowledge gained in both oral and written formats
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Nil
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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A short answer test | After lecture 18 | 15% |
Acoustic Phonetics Assignment of no more than 500 words
| Due after Acoustic Phonetics Practicum | 15% |
A written examination
| End of semester | 70% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Coordinator Agnes Au Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 28 hours lectures and practical classes. Total time commitment 85 hours Teaching period 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020 Semester 1 contact information
Time commitment details
85 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Nil
Recommended texts and other resources
Moore BCJ. (2003) An Introduction to the Psychology of Hearing, 5th edition, Academic Press (out of print) is recommended reading.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Clinical Audiology - Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022