Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to questions asked by students studying the Acoustics of Speech and Hearing can be found at the site www.speechandhearing.net. The collection can be searched on words occurring in questions and by keyword. You can search for questions relating to B214 Weeks 1-1 to 1-9 by entering the week number in the search box (e.g. [ 1-1 ]).

You can look up definitions for terms in the Speech Internet Dictionary - SID.

in Deafness

The Royal National Institute for Deaf has prepared a number of factsheets about hearing and deafness.

in Linguistics

The Linguistics Society of America FAQ has extended answers to a small number of important questions, including:

• Why do some people have an accent?
• Why can't computers use English?
• Is English Changing?
• How can I communicate with a relative who's had a stroke?
• Does the language I use affect the way I think?
• Bilingualism
• What is an endangered language?
• Language Acquisition