AUD 71600 - Physiological Acoustics

Detailed study of the pneumatic/mechanical/hydraulic/electrical interfaces involved in the transduction of acoustic energy through the auditory system. In-depth investigation of the external ear biophysics, the middle ear transfer function, cochlear hydrodynamics and hydromechanics, auditory biopotentials, cochlear non linearity, neural transduction and neural coding in the peripheral and central auditory systems.

prereq: courses in Anatomy & Physiology of the Audio-Vestibular System and Psychoacoustics
Hours 30 hours lecture plus conference,
Credits 3 cr