Overview

Week 5 – The physics of sound (last week of September)

Week 6 – Auditory physiology

Week 7– Perceptual experience of physical properties of sound

Week 8 – Auditory object perception

Week 9 – Comparative audition

Week 10 – Reading week; Oral Presentations

Week 11 – Voice production and perception

Week 12 – Vocal and facial attractiveness

Week 13 – Vocal emotion and accent perception

Week 14 – Music perception

Week 15 – When hearing goes wrong…

Week 16 - Online MCQ exam

January Assessment (Week 20 or 21) - Final exam

Week 1 – The physics of sound

Week 2 – Auditory physiology

Week 3 – Perceptual experience of physical properties of sound

Week 4 – Auditory object perception

Week 5 – Comparative audition

Week 6 – No lecture but Oral Presentations

Week 7 – Voice production and perception

Week 8 – Vocal and facial attractiveness

Week 9 – Vocal emotion and accent perception

Week 10 – Music perception

Week 11 – When hearing goes wrong…

Assessment Strategy

Threshold - Adequate answer to the question, largely based on lecture material. No real development of arguments.

Good - Reasonably comprehensive coverage. Well organised and structured. Good understanding of the material.

Excellent - Comprehensive and accurate coverage of the area clarity of argument and expression. Depth of insight into theoretical issues.

Learning Outcomes

• Apply peer assessment skills to oral presentations of fellow students.

• Compare and contrast visual and auditory perception using current knowledge on face and voice perception as examples.

• Compare, contrast and appreciate the different techniques and approaches available to the investigation of auditory perception as well as understand their limitations.

• Describe the chain of events from sound waves to entering the ear, to the processing of acoustic information by the brain and be aware of the controversies and theories that surround this process.

• Give a critical presentation of a research article to peer-assessing fellow students.

• Understand how pitch and timbre contribute to auditory object recognition.

• Understand how the auditory system perceives pitch, loudness, timbre and sound location.