022A
Scott Quad
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio 45701
Phone: 593-2681
Fax: 597-2707
E-mail: cte@ohio.edu |
Uniquely Human: The Science of Speech Communication
(Winter/Spring 2007)
Using speech for communication appears effortless. However,
the mechanisms underlying speech production and perception are far from
straightforward. Humans evolved a vocal tract that enables the production of a
rich yet universal inventory of speech sounds. Humans are also endowed with an
auditory system capable of discriminating speech sounds at only a few weeks of
age. The ability to use speech for communication is implicated in our cognitive
and linguistic capacities, which make us uniquely human.
The series of two courses will explore the science behind
speech communication. The first course will introduce the anatomy and
physiology of speech production and the physical properties of speech
sounds. Students will learn to design
and execute a speech perception experiment.
These courses should be of interest to students of
psychology, linguistics, biology, physics, computer science, electrical engineering,
speech-language pathology and audiology, and anyone with an interest in the
science of speech. In the second course, students will be graded on their
research article presentations and final paper, which is a literature review on
a topic of their choice.
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