Phonetics and Linguistic in Audiology

At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. describe sound, acoustics and psychoacoustics in audiology; 2. define vibrations or sound propagation, displacement, inertia, resonance, elasticity, phase, wavelength, frequency; 3. apply knowledge of decibels and intensity, and pressure as learnt in the course; 4. recall the basic principles of phonetics and its role in communication; 5. explain the application of phonetics in the assessment of communication disorder; and 6. define the fundamental concept of linguistic theories.

Introduction to Phonetics and Linguistics. Auditory phonetics. Physics of sound. Articulatory phonetics. Place of articulation and voicing. Acoustic phonetics. Phonetic representation. Sign- language. Application of phonetics in auditory rehabilitation.