Communication Acoustics
Contents: 1. Analysis and synthesis of auditory scenes/Jens Blauert. 2. Evolutionary adaptations for auditory communication/Georg Klump. 3. A functional view on the peripheral human hearing organ/Herbert Hudde. 4. Modelling of binaural hearing/Jonas Braasch. 5. Audio-visual interaction in the context of multi-media applications/Armin Kohlrausch and Steven van de Par. 6. Psycho-acoustics and sound quality/Hugo Fastl. 7. Quality of transmitted speech for humans and machines/Sebastian Moller. 8. Assigning meaning to sounds--semiotics in the context of product-sound design/Ute Jekosch. 9. Binaural technique--basic methods for recording, synthesis, and reproduction/Dorte Hammershoi and Henrik Moller. 10. Hearing-aid technology/Inga Holube and Volkmar Hamacher. 11. Auditory virtual environments/Pedro Novo. 12. The evolution of digital audio technology/John N. Mourjopoulos. 13. Speech production - acoustics, models, and applications/Arild Lacroix. 14. Speech and audio coding--aiming at high quality and low data rates/Ulrich Heute. Index.
"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 and 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."
