Auditory Perception

Overview

This module focuses on the methods required to answer novel questions about the perception of sound, using specialised experiment design and literature-based scholarship. The module explores key topics in auditory perception (how our senses work, pitch, loudness, timbre, spatialisation, auditory scene analysis, masking, speech perception and deafness) with an emphasis on how we know what we know about auditory perception in order to tackle psychoacoustical questions that have not yet been answered.

Learning Objectives

i) Outline a specialist psychoacoustics topic in some depth
ii) Draw on general knowledge of auditory perception and digital-signal processing
iii) Use a programming language to generate psychoacoustics-grade auditory stimuli
iv) Solve key problems in digital signal processing

Skills

i) Mathematical manipulation
ii) Identify, analyse and solve problems by prioritising tasks, coping with complexity, setting achievable goals and taking action
iii) Work with information and handle a mass of diverse data, assess risk and draw conclusions (analysis, attention to detail, judgement)
iv) Apply subject knowledge and understanding from the degree pathway
v) Have the ability and desire to learn for oneself and improve one's self-awareness and performance, to uphold the values of lifelong learning and demonstrate emotional intelligence
vi) Demonstrate confidence and motivation to start and to finish the job, adaptability/flexibility, creativity, initiative, leadership, decision-making, negotiating and the ability to cope with stress
vii) Demonstrate the knowledge and experience of working with relevant modern technology
viii) Apply and exploit information technology
ix) Demonstrate critical evaluation of the outcomes of professional practice
x) Reflect on and evaluate their own practice

Assessment

None