Technische Universität München Institut für Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik Audiocommunication

Ernst Terhardt, Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Extraordinarius i.R. (retired)
Fachgebiet Akustische Kommunikation

terhardt@ei.tum.de
Teaching/Research on
Electroacoustics
Psychoacoustics
Musical Acoustics
Audiocommunication

Publications: ET | Group | References

Buch:
Akustische Kommunikation
(Grundlagen mit Hörbeispielen)
Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, 1998
 
Home address:
Wengleinstr. 7
D-81477 München
Tel. ++49-89-799588

Topics of Research

Signals and Systems in Audiocommunication

Fourier transformation: Concept

Laplace transformation

Peripheral-ear transduction (PET)

Fourier-t transformation (FTT)

System theory of the string

Cochlear transmission function

Causal Fourier transformation

Electro-mechanic analogy

SPINC scaling of frequency

Perception of Auditory Pitch

Pitch perception

Virtual pitch

Diplacusis binauralis

Definition of pitch

Dominant spectral region

Strike note of bells

Spectral pitch

Pitch shifts

Acoustic bass of pipe organ

Perception of Musical Sound

Absolute pitch

Stretch of the musical tone scale

Sensory consonance

Affinity of tones

Musical consonance

Auditory roughness

Octave equivalence

Harmony

Tritone paradox

Octave stretch

Basse fondamentale (Root)

P-center of auditory events

Fundamentals of Psycho-Physics

3 Worlds

Audio-visual analogies

Equivalence principle

Auditory acquisition of information

Prothetic sensations

Hierarchical processing

Last update Jan 2007 - ET