Acoustics in Hearing, Speech and Language Sciences: An Introduction, 1st edition

Published by Pearson (August 8, 2013) © 2014
Ian R. A. MacKay

Title overview

  • Analogies and everyday examples apply scientific methods to commonplace experiences, making them easier to comprehend.
  • Multiple examples of mathematical calculations, with explicit steps, help students work through the problems in depth to ensure understanding.
  • Questions and Problems sections in most chapters focus on often-misunderstood areas.
  • Closer Look sections examine material covered within several chapters in greater depth or from a different angle.
  • Refreshers follow a number of chapters and briefly review relevant material students may have studied previously.
  • Non-conventional explanations of certain phenomena help students learn traditionally taught ideas from a new perspective.

Table of contents

Table of Contents

  1. Preview
  2. The Nature of Sound Part I
    • Refresher A Graphs
    • Refresher B Atmosphere
  3. The Nature of Sound Part II
    • Refresher C Scientific Notation
    • Refresher D Significant Digits
  4. Analog Signals and Digitization
    • Refresher E Binary Numbers
  5. Complex Waves
  6. Recording
  7. Spectra
  8. Analysis
    • Refresher F Measurement
    • Refresher G Estimate Answer
  9. Decibels and RMS
    • Refresher H Numerical Scales
    • Refresher I Logs
  10. Filters
  11. Resonance
  12. Vowels and the Source-Filter Theory
    • Refresher J Phonetics
  13. Consonants
  14. Suprasegmentals
  15. Psychoacoustics

Appendices

  1. Formulas
  2. Values
  3. Units
  4. Abbreviations

Glossary

Author bios

Ian R. A. MacKay has been teaching general acoustics and the acoustics of speech to future speech-language pathologists and audiologists, as well as to students of Linguistics and Psychology, for several decades. Over this same time period, he has been teaching phonetics and speech production (speech science in its various manifestations). His research interests include the phonological acquisition of a second language (the learning of the sound system of a second language). He has recently become interested in issues in the biological evolution of the human capacity for speech and language. MacKay is the author of two editions of a general phonetics textbook, the first edition entitled Introducing Practical Phonetics, and the second, much revised edition entitled Phonetics: the Science of Speech Production. MacKay has degrees in Linguistics and Speech Science. He lives with his wife Jo-Anne and an aging standard poodle.

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