books about: speech-perception

books about: speech-perception

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Speech-perception

Speech Science Primer: Physiology, Acoustics, and Perception of Speech

Lawrence J Raphael, Gloria J Borden, ...

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006

"Speech Science" the best primer is updated
This text has, for the past 10 years, been the best and most prestigious of introductory books in our field. It is a fine lead-in for students wondering how speech is constructed. A follow-on for the more advanced student is my "Acoustics of Speech Communication: ...

Markov Models for Pattern Recognition: From Theory to Applications

Gernot A. Fink

Springer, 2007

just what I needed!!!
Though, at times, it shows that the author is German (I mean, in the construction of statements), and the use of commas is a bit slack, I'm very impressed by the clarity (and also, by the practicality) of the exposition. I have not finished the book yet, but nearing ...

The Study Guide for Memmler's The Human Body in Health and Disease, Tenth Edition: Physiology, Acoustics and ...
Barbara Janson Cohen

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005

This comprehensive textbook for speech pathology and audiology students covers the production, acoustics, and perception of normal speech. Other topics include anatomy, physiology, research methodology, and history and evolution of speech science. New to this completely revised Fourth Edition are: an updated section on computers in research, ...

Like Sound Through Water: A Mother's Journey Through Auditory Processing Disorder

Karen J. Foli

Atria, 2002

From one mom to another
My 3rd grade son was just diagnosed with auditory processing disorder and I found this book to be informative and a pleasure to read. My son's condition isn't as severe as the author's son's; however, I could identify with her frustrations before the diagnosis. The ...

Interpersonal Divide: The Search for Community in a Technological Age

Michael Bugeja

Oxford University Press, USA, 2005

Review of Interpersonal Divide: The Search for Community in a Technological Age
Michael Bugeja's presentation of the issues that surround the use of technology in todays world are clear and concise. His point of the need of face-to-face contact between individuals is vital in developing civic engagement within a civil society. However, what Mr ...

The Handbook of Speech Perception (Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics)

Wiley-Blackwell, 2007

The Handbook of Speech Perception is a collection of forward-looking articles that offer a summary of the technical and theoretical accomplishments in this vital area of research on language. Now available in paperback, this uniquely comprehensive companion brings together in one volume the latest research conducted in speech perception ...

Fundamentals of Hearing, Fifth Edition: An Introduction
William A. Yost

Academic Press, 2006

The fifth edition of this successful introductory text on hearing sciences includes auditory, anatomy, physiology, psychoacoustics, and perception content. Fundamentals of Hearing is one of only a few textbooks that covers all of hearing at an introductory level. A meaningful introduction to hearing for students and a wealth of data and facts ...

An Introduction to the Psychology of Hearing, 5th Edition

Brian Moore

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, 2003

Must-read for those interested in auditory perception
This is the standard text for those interested in psychoacoustics. In addition to being authoritative, it is an excellent read. One of the few technical books I've actually read cover-to-cover more than once, and an invaluable reference.

Preclinical Speech Science: Anatomy, Physiology, Acoustics, Perception
Thomas J. Hixon, Gary Weismer, ...

Plural Publishing, Inc., 2008

Written in a user-friendly style by three distinguished scientists/editors/clinicians, who have taught the course to thousands of students at premier educational programs, the scope of the book is all-inclusive, comprehensively covering anatomy, physiology, acoustics, perception, and swallowing. The book represents a quantum leap forward toward ...

Speech Processing in the Auditory System

Springer, 2004

Although speech is the primary behavioral medium by which humans communicate, its auditory basis is poorly understood, having profound implications on efforts to ameliorate the behavioral consequences of hearing impairment and on the development of robust algorithms for computer speech recognition. In this volume, the authors provide an up-to-date ...

The Intelligent Ear: On the Nature of Sound Perception
Reinier Plomp

Lawrence Erlbaum, 2001

Plomp's Aspects of Tone Sensation --published 25 years ago--dealt with the psychophysics of simple and complex tones. Since that time, auditory perception as a field of study has undergone a radical metamorphosis. Technical and methodological innovations, as well as a considerable increase in attention to the various aspects of auditory ...

Vowel Perception and Production (Oxford Psychology Series)
B. S. Rosner, J. B. Pickering

Oxford University Press, USA, 1994

Although the last 50 years have witnessed a rapid growth in the understanding of vowel articulation and acoustics, most contemporary theories of speech perception have concentrated on consonant perception. Authored by leading academic and industrial authorities, this volume is intended to balance such a bias. The authors propose a computational ...

Sound & Hearing: A Conceptual Introduction
R. Duncan Luce

Lawrence Erlbaum, 1993

The major aim of this book is to introduce the ways in which scientists approach and think about a phenomenon -- hearing -- that intersects three quite different disciplines: the physics of sound sources and the propagation of sound through air and other materials, the anatomy and physiology of the transformation of the physical sound into neural ...

The Role of Speech Perception in Phonology

Academic Press, 2001

Do human auditory perceptual abilities shape language sound structures? If so, what aspects of phonology may be driven by perception, and how should perceptually driven processes be captured in linguistic theory? These and similar questions have come to the forefront of linguistic research in the past decade because the technology used in speech ...

The Discovery of Spoken Language (Language, Speech, and Communication)

Peter W. Jusczyk

The MIT Press, 1997

Former Student's Review
I was a student in Dr. Jusczyk's class at Johns Hopkins a few years ago (fall of '98 I believe). He was a wonderful professor and taught one of the most challenging psychology courses, and he used his book (Discovery of Spoken Language) for the class. After that class, ...