The purpose of this course is to provide students with basic information concerning the physics of sound and the scientific bases of human communication. Emphasis in the course will be placed on: a) the acoustic characteristics of sound; b) the relationship of these characteristics to speech and hearing (focus will be on the acoustic, psychological and linguistic bases of communication); and c) models of speech production and speech perception. As part of the course, students will be introduced to instrumentation that has been used to study sound and learn how to interpret displays of speech generated from these instruments.
SLP 101: Introduction to Speech Science
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