AUDITORY PERCEPTION
PSY 4930

General Information

Instructor: Edward W. Large

Office: Behavioral Sciences Building, Room 327

Phone: 561.297.0106

Email: large@ccs.fau.edu

Office Hours: TBA

Required Reading

Yost, W. A. (2000). Fundamentals of Hearing: An Introduction. Cambridge, MA: Academic Press

		ISBN: 0127756957 Title: Fundamentals of Hearing Author: YOST Cover: CaseBound Published: July 2000 US Price: $44.95 Used: @$35.95

Addditional reading materials will be handed out in class or made available on the web.

Topics

• Introduction to Auditory Perception (lecture1.pdf )
• The Auditory Stimulus
  • Sinusoids (lecture2.pdf )
  • Sound Transmission (lecture3.pdf )
  • Complex Stimuli (lecture4.pdf )
  • Sound Analysis (lecture5.pdf )
  • Trigonometry and Logarithms

• Peripheral Auditory Anatomy and Physiology
  • Outer and Middle Ear (lecture6.pdf )
  • Structure of the Inner Ear and Its Mechanical Response (lecture7.pdf )
  • Fourier Analysis
  • Peripheral Auditory Nervous System and Hair Cells (lecture8.pdf )
  • The Neural Response and the Auditory Code (lecture9.pdf )

• Auditory Perception of Simple Sounds
  • Psychophysics (lecture10.pdf )
  • Techniques and Tools Used to Study Hearing
  • Auditory Sensitivity (lecture11.pdf )
  • Masking (lecture12.pdf )
  • Sound Localization and Binaural Hearing (lecture13.pdf )
  • Loudness and Pitch (lecture14.pdf )

And, if time permits, we may also discuss:

• The Auditory Nervous System
  • The Central Auditory Pathway
  • Auditory Cortical Function
  • Introduction to Abnormal Processes

Grading Policy

There will be two tests and a final exam covering the material taught in the lectures. It is important to attend all lectures and ask question to understand the materials taught. An advanced notice (or for emergency, a notice ASAP) must be given to the instructor for a missed lecture with legitimate reasons (see FAU student handbook).

Test 1 30%

Test 2 30%

Final Exam 30%

Class Participation 10%