CSD 3105

Class alias: csd3105-1-S2003@d.umn.edu

Required Textbooks:

Fundamentals of Hearing-Fourth Edition, William A. Yost

Speech Science: An Integrated Approach to Theory and Clinical Practice, Carole T. Ferrand

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

Discuss traditional and current issues of acoustics and how the relate to speech production, speech perception, and sound transmission.

Describe important physiological processes related to respiration and phonation.

Describe normal auditory capabilities with respect to auditory sensitivity, loudness, frequency analysis, pitch perception, and binaural hearing.

Discuss current theories of speech acoustics.

Describe measures of acoustical features of voice and speech production.

Discuss clinical applications of acoustic measures of speech production.

Course Requirements:

Quizzes (50%): there will be a total of twelve quizzes over the course of the semester. They will be closed book, closed notes, and non-comprehensive. Quizzes will be equally weighted and worth a total of 50% of your final grade.

Labs (25%): There will be 5 lab write-ups. Each is worth 5%.

Research Assignment (10%): Choose a speech disorder (e.g., apraxia of speech, flaccid dysarthria, spastic dysarthria, etc). Find 5 refereed journal articles that include respiratory, phonatory, and/or articulatory (acoustic) descriptions of your chosen speech disorder. Descriptions can include instrumental measures and observations of respiration, pitch, resonance, and articulation. Write an abstract for each article. More details to follow.

Classroom participation for auditory experiments (5%)

Final Exam (10%): There will be a final comprehensive exam on Tuesday, May 13^th, 2003 from 2-3:55pm.

COURSE SCHEDULE FOR SPPECH HEARING SCIENCE

(Subject to change)

Day	Unit/Topic	Reading		Other
HEARING SCIENCE
1/22	Introduction Unit 1/Acoustics	Ch. 1 Ch. 2 Ch. 3 Ch 4 (39-42) Appendix b (275-276) Appendix c (277-280)	“Dynamic Acoustics”
1/24
1/27

1/29	Unit 2/Auditory Sensitivity	Ch. 10 (149-152)	Quiz Unit 1
1/31			Lab 1

2/3	Unit 3/Loudness, Temporal Integration, Intensity Discrimination, Weber’s Law	Ch. 13 (193-196) Ch 10. (154-156) Ch. 10 (156-158)	Quiz Unit 2
2/5			Lab 2
2/7
2/10
2/12

2/14	Unit 4/ Adaptation and Fatigue	Ch. 16 (253-259)	Quiz Unit 3
2/17

2/19	Unit 5/Frequency Analysis, Masking, and the Critical Band	Ch. 11 (165-172)	Quiz Unit 4
2/21			Lab 3
2/24
2/26	Unit 6/Frequency Discrimination and Pitch	Ch. 10 (156) Ch. 13 (196-199)	Quiz Unit 5
2/28
3/3

3/5	Unit 7/Space Perception	Ch. 12 (179-191)	Quiz Unit 6
3/7
SPEECH SCIENCE
3/10	Attributes of Sounds and Resonance	Ferrand pp. 30-48
3/12	Clinical Application of Frequency and Intensity	Ferrand pp. 49-65
3/14	Literature search skills-	Go to library
3/17-3/21	SPRING BREAK
3/24	The Respiratory System/ Respiratory Breakdowns that affect speech	Ferrand Chapters 4 & 5 (pp.66-76 optional)	Quiz-Resonance/ Clin Ap of Hz and dB
3/26
3/28
3/31	The Phonatory System/ Clinical Application	Ferrand Chapters 6&7 (pp. 116-125 optional)	Quiz - Respiratory System
4/2
4/4
4/7	The Articulatory System: Vocal Tract Resonance	Ferrand Ch.8 pp. 183-199	Quiz - Phonatory System
4/9
4/11			Vocal Tract Lab-4
4/14	Spectrographic Analysis of Vowels and Consonants	Ferrand Ch. 8 pp. 200-218	Quiz - Vocal Tract Resonance
4/16
4/18
4/21	Finish Sound Spectrography Breakdowns in Articulation	Ferrand Ch. 8 and 9 pp. 219-224 pp. 225-240
4/23
4/25
4/28	Speech Perception/ Clinical Application	Ferrand Ch. 10 & 11 pp. 252-264 pp. 277-289	Quiz - Sound spectrography/ artic. breakdowns
4/30
5/2			Research Abstracts Due
5/5	Models and Theories of Speech Production and Perception		Quiz-Speech Perception/Clin Ap
5/7
5/9			Models Lab-5
5/13	Final Exam 2:00 to 3:55pm

*Option readings are reviews of anatomy. It is assumed you know this information from last semester. However, it’s there if you’d like to review it, but you will not be tested directly on it.

Course and Instructor Policies:

Disability: If you have any disabilities, either permanent or temporary, which might affect your ability to perform in this course, please let us know at the start of the semester. We will do our best to adapt methods, materials, or testing procedures to provide for you equitable participation in this course.

Attendance: It is expected that you will attend class and come on time. If you are unable to make it to class, please inform the instructor via email or a message on voice mail. YOU are responsible for obtaining lecture information and handouts presented on the days you miss. You are required, however, to be present on days when an in-class quiz is scheduled.

Reading Assignments: Reading assignments come from the required textbook. It is helpful to read assignments before class meetings. Use the course outline to help you determine what readings correspond with the lecture topic of the day.

Office Hours: Our office hours for this semester are listed at the top of the syllabus. We take our office hours very seriously and do our best to be in our office during those times. If we happen not to be in, we will leave a note on our door telling you where we are and/or when we will be back. We also let Michelle know where we are. We both have schedules for the week posted on our office door. Feel free to sign up for an available time, if these hours aren’t convenient for you. YOU have precedence over our time during these hours. Please feel free to drop by any time during our office hours.

Quizzes: You are required to take quizzes on the day scheduled, during class time. If you need to take the quiz at a different day and/or time, you must notify us at least three days in advance, if possible, and arrange for an alternate quiz date/time. Approval of alternate quiz dates/times is at the discretion of the instructors

Grading:

All course requirements will be weighted and averaged as described above. Final grades will be determined using the following averages:

CSD 3105

FUNDAMENTALS OF HEARING & SPEECH SCIENCE

SPRING SEMESTER 2003

COURSE SCHEDULE FOR SPPECH HEARING SCIENCE