Dr. Lawrence L. Feth received a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Ohio State (1965) and the PhD from the University of Pittsburgh (1969). He did postdoctoral work in Experimental Psychology at U.C., San Diego (1969 – 1971). Larry’s research interests include computational models of auditory signal processing, the effects of noise on hearing, and speech processing to improve telephone communications for the hearing impaired. He teaches classes in acoustics (undergraduate and graduate level), psychoacoustics, and signal detection theory, and has supervised the dissertation research of more than two dozen students. He was elected Fellow of ASHA and the Acoustical Society of America, and received the Honors of   the Association from ASHA in 2004.

A Foundational Approach first edition text presents an introduction to hearing science at a comprehensively fundamental level of departure–yet includes a broad coverage of auditory mechanisms and function–to give readers a battery of logical tools upon which to build their knowledge. The text presents principles essential to knowledge-base competency in audiology, speech-language pathology, and allied fields embracing the auditory system. The uniquely comprehensive approach explains the fundamental concepts of physics, acoustics, anatomy, physiology, and sensory psychology. The text emphasizes the concepts underlying the diagnosis of disorders of the auditory system and their treatment, whether medical or rehabilitative.