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Signals and Systems for Speech and Hearing

  • 1st Edition - November 13, 1990
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Stuart Rosen, Peter Howell
  • Language: English

This novel book introduces speech and hearing sciences students to the principles of "signal" and "system" analysis. Beginning with an examination of what signals and systems are,… Read more

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Description

This novel book introduces speech and hearing sciences students to the principles of "signal" and "system" analysis. Beginning with an examination of what signals and systems are, the book develops a thorough background from which many of the most important issues in speech and hearing can be tackled. Numerous illustration

Key features

@introbul:Key Features
@bul:* The first dedicated text on this subject
* Presents techniques for speech and hearing analysis and experiments
* Contains minimal mathematics in describing a highly technical field
* An introductory text for students in speech, hearing and psychology

Readership

Undergraduate and graduate students in the speech sciences as well as audiologists, speech therapists, psychologists, and phoneticians.

Table of contents

Introduction. Signals in the Real World.
Introduction to Signals.
Introduction to Systems.
A Preview.
The Frequency Response of Systems.
The Frequency Characterization of Signals.
Signals Through Systems.
The Time Characterization of Systems.
The Relationship Between the Time and Frequency Domains.
The Sound Spectrograph: Practical Short-term Spectral Analysis.
Application to Hearing.
Applications to Speech Production.
An Introduction to Digital Signals and Systems.
Exercises.
Appendix.
Subject Index.

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 2, 1991
  • Language: English

About the authors

SR

Stuart Rosen

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Speech and Hearing Science, Dept of Phonetics & Linguistics, University College London, UK

PH

Peter Howell

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Experimental Psychology, Department of Psychology, University College London, UK