Educational guide 2013_14 Escola de Enxeñaría de Telecomunicación

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
Voice production and perception	Voice generation. Physiology. General characteristics of a speech signal. Perception. Auditive physiology. Hearing aids.
Analysis of speech and audio signals	Short term analysis. Time and spectral parameters. Linear Prediction Techniques. Psychoacoustic models.
Speech coding	Waveform coding. Parametric coding. Standards. Other related applications: speech recognition and synthesis.
Audio Coding	Main characteristics of an audio signal. Time-frequency analysis : filterbanks and transforms. Transform coding. Standards. Related applications: music synthesis and effects.
Underwater acoustics and ultrasounds	Propagation of acoustic waves in water. Applications. Ultrasounds. Applications