Fundamentals of sound 2nd ed 2016 is a book designed for persons interested in learning about the physics of sound and how it applies to the speech and hearing processes the physics of sound is basic to the understanding of how we communicate but students interested in speech and hearing may not possess the background for attaining a deep understanding within their own areas of study the book is meant to provide the basics in the physics of sound at a level appropriate for . Fundamentals of sound with applications to speech and hearing presents a clear and precise treatment of the physics of sound while using a level of math suitable for readers in the speech language hearing and health sciences this book provides the reader with an understanding of the science of sound simple mathematics graphics and qualitative descriptions are demonstrated to explain wave concepts spectrograms intensity and decibels concepts are applied to the physics of speech and . Fundamentals of sound with applications to speech and hearing presents a clear and precise treatment of the physics of sound while using a level of math suitable for readers in the speech language hearing and health sciences this text provides undergraduate students with an understanding of the science of sound simple mathematics graphics and qualitative descriptions are demonstrated to explain wave concepts spectrograms intensity and decibels concepts are applied to the physics . Synopsis fundamentals of sound with applications to speech and hearing is an outgrowth of a course developed in the physics department at the university of massachusetts amherst it is designed to introduce the basic physics of sound to undergraduate students majoring in areas outside of the physical sciences and who have an interest in speech and hearing three of the books authors are in the physics department and the fourth slv is in the dept of communication disorders the textbook