85-385 Auditory Perception: Sense of Sound

9 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This course explores how our sense of hearing allows us to interact with the world. Students will learn about basic principles of sound, spatial sound, sound quality, hearing impairment, auditory perception, interactions with other modalities, and auditory cognition. Topics may also include musical acoustics, basic auditory physiology, soundsemantic associations, acoustic analysis, and soundmaking gestures. We will consider not only simple laboratorygenerated signals, but also more complex sounds such as those in our everyday environment, as well music and speech. Students will gain some inclass experience with generating sounds and analytic listening. After students reach a sophisticated level of understanding of the auditory fundamentals, they will apply their knowledge to the study of several current issues in auditory research.

Prerequisites: 85-211 or 85-102

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