HEARING-RELATED COURSES - SPRING 1999

Department of Biomedical Engineering

ENG BE 500 (A3) - Special Topics in Biomedical Engineering: Quantitative Physiology of the Auditory System.
Prereq: BE 200, BI 312, BE 401, or permission of the instructor.
Introduction to the anatomy, acoustics, and physiology of the mammalian auditory pathways from a systems perspective including implications for hearing aid and prosthetic design. Topics include measuring sound and microscopic motion, head-related transfer function, middle ear and cochlear mechanics, hair cell transduction, binaural processing in the brainstem and midbrain, auditory thalamic and cortical structure and function. Open to undergraduates; will count as a BME elective.
Mountain TR 12:00P--2:00P

ENG BE 500 (A2) Special Topics in Biomedical Engineering: Advanced Topics in Signals and Systems for Biomedical Engineering
Prereq: MA 226, EK 307 or PY 212, BE 200 or EK 500
Introduction to advanced techniques for signals and systems analysis. Review of topics in probability theory that are applicable to the study of random signals. Introduction to spectral analysis, correlation techniques for the study of responses of linear systems to random signals. Introduction to filtering, prediction, estimation and detection techniques. Two-dimensional signal analysis. Introduction to wavelets and wavelet transforms. Examples from biomedical engineering will be used throughout.
Carney TR 2:00-4:00P

ENG EK 100 (B2/C2) - Introduction to the Auditory System and Hearing Prosthetics
In this module we will explore the anatomy and physiology of the auditory system and discuss the design and success of auditory prostheses such as the hearing aid, the cochlear implant, and the cochlear nucleus implant. We will also discuss the deaf community's response to engineering's proposed solution to their problem.
Voigt F 3:00--4:00P

Dept. of Cognitive and Neural Systems

CAS CN 560 - Neural and computational models of hearing and speech perception
Prereq: Calculus and MATLAB skills, or permission of instructor.
This course examines auditory perception with emphasis on models of human performance. Basic signal processing, probability, and anatomy and physiology of the auditory system are introduced as needed to allow students from varied backgrounds to analyze models of psychophysical performance. Topics will range from perception of simple tones to speech perception. 4 cr, 2nd sem.
Shinn-Cunningham Lecture W 5:00P--8:00P
Shinn-Cunningham Laboratory W 8:00P--9:00P

Dept. of Communication Disorders

SAR CD 841 - Auditory Prostheses
Prereq: SAR CD 535.
The hearing aid as a tool for habilitation and rehabilitation in the pediatric, geriatric, and general population. Includes discussions of the concepts of amplification, the selection process, ear molds and their design, cochlear implants, listening devices and applications for various special needs populations. (Offered alternate years.) 4 cr
Kidd TBA

SAR CD 847 - Audiology: Special Needs
Assessment strategies for clinical subgroups having special needs, including geriatric, pediatric, and multiply handicapped. Emphasis on literature supporting behavioral and physiological procedures. 4 cr, 1st sem.
TBA TBA

Courses on Related Topics in the College of Engineering

ENG AM 520 Introduction to Acoustics
Roy MW 4:00P-6:00P

ENG SC 505 Stochastic Processes
Karl MW 10:00A-12:00P

ENG SC 512 Digital Signal Processing
Nguyen TR 2:00P-4:00P