HST.750 | Spring 2006 | Graduate

Modeling Issues in Speech and Hearing

Course Description

This course explores the theory and practice of scientific modeling in the context of auditory and speech biophysics. Based on seminar-style discussions of the research literature, the class draws on examples from hearing and speech, and explores general, meta-theoretical issues that transcend the particular subject …
This course explores the theory and practice of scientific modeling in the context of auditory and speech biophysics. Based on seminar-style discussions of the research literature, the class draws on examples from hearing and speech, and explores general, meta-theoretical issues that transcend the particular subject matter. Examples include: What is a model? What is the process of model building? What are the different approaches to modeling? What is the relationship between theory and experiment? How are models tested? What constitutes a good model?
Illustration that says, Nothing is great or little otherwise than by comparison.
Illustration by Edwin John Prittie for Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, Philadelphia, PA: J. C. Winston, 1930.