Sound perception, 7.5 credits

For admission to the course, it is required that the student has managed at least 45 HE credits from Semester 1-2 and a Pass grade in Part 1 and 2 from the course Hearing assessment 1.

The general the aim of the course is to give the student a basic knowledge in how humans notice and experience sounds, as well as psychoacoustic concepts and methods of measurement.

The expected learning outcomes of the course
On completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- describe and explain concepts such as auditory threshold, loudness, masking, time and frequency resolution and binaural hearing phenomenon, and be able to relate these concepts to the normal-hearing individual's audial experience and how this can be measured
- relate the most common types of hearing impairments to perceptual consequences
- critically choose and apply simple psychoacoustic methods of measurement.

The course consists of two modules:

Lectures, laboratory sessions, seminars, an interactive computer program and self-study.

Laboratory sessions and seminars are compulsory. In case of absence from a compulsory part, the student is responsible for contacting the course coordinator for a complementary assignment.

The course coordinator decides how absence from compulsory course elements can be made up. Study results cannot be reported until the student has participated in compulsory course elements or compensated for any absence in accordance with instructions from the course coordinator. Absence from a compulsory course element could mean that the student can not retake the element until the next time the course is offered.

Auditory perception, 4,5 credits
Written examination

Psychoacoustic measurements, 3 credits
Written laboratory report by group which is also presented orally

For a Pass grade in the course, attendance and active participation in compulsory parts are also required. Students who do not pass a regular examination are entitled to re-sit the examination on five more occasions. Each time the course is offered, one regular examination and two additional examinations are given. Each occasion the student participates in the same test counts as an examination. Supplementary addition to a written assignment is counted as one examination. Submission of a blank exam paper is regarded as an In case a student is registered for an examination but does not attend, this is not regarded as an examination.
 

The course has been cancelled and was offered for the last time in the fall semester of 2014. Examination will be provided until the spring of 2018 for students who have not completed the course.
 

The course evaluation will be carried out according to the guidelines that are established by the Board of education. The course evaluation will be carried out both through a written course evaluation at the end of the course, and through an oral course forum at least once in connection with the course, during which the students can state their opinions.