Communication acoustics

Jens Blauert354022162X, 9783540221623

Communication Acoustics deals with the fundamentals of those areas of acoustics which are related to modern communication technologies. Due to the advent of digital signal processing and recording in acoustics, these areas have enjoyed an enormous upswing during the last 4 decades. The book chapters represent review articles covering the most relevant areas of the field. They are written with the goal of providing students with comprehensive introductions. Further they offer a supply of numerous references to the relevant literature. Besides its usefulness as a textbook, this will make the book a source of valuable information for those who want to improve or refresh their knowledge in the field of communication acoustics – and to work their way deeper into it. Due to its interdisciplinary character Communication Acoustics is bound to attract readers from many different areas, such as: acoustics, cognitive science, speech science, and communication technology.

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Table of contents :
Preliminaries……Page 1
Preface……Page 4
Contents……Page 5
1 Analysis and Synthesis of Auditory Scenes……Page 13
2 Evolutionary Adaptations for Auditory Communication……Page 39
3 A Functional View on the Peripheral Human Hearing Organ……Page 59
4 Modelling of Binaural Hearing……Page 87
5 Audio-Visual Interaction in the Context of Multi-Media Applications……Page 121
6 Psycho-Acoustics and Sound Quality……Page 151
7 Quality of Transmitted Speech for Humans and Machines……Page 175
8 Assigning Meaning to Sounds – Semiotics in the Context of Product-Sound Design……Page 205
9 Binaural Technique – Basic Methods……Page 235
10 Hearing-Aid Technology……Page 267
11 Auditory Virtual Environments……Page 289
12 The Evolution of Digital Audio Technology……Page 311
13 Speech Production – Acoustics, Models, and Applications……Page 333
14 Speech and Audio Coding……Page 351
Index……Page 379