The book Human and Machine Hearing scratches an intellectual itch I've had for nearly twenty years. Colleagues and I in the machine vision field sometimes discussed the possible uses of machine hearing for industrial applications. Although there were textbooks on acoustics, human hearing, and signal analysis, and also papers related to our interest in machine hearing, there wasn't a comprehensive textbook that presented machine hearing in the same way that classic textbooks in machine vision did. The day I learned about Lyon's book I ordered it, and when the book arrived it proved to be all I'd wanted and more.
Human and Machine Hearing is no doubt suitable for a semester- or year-long course; I would argue that it serves as a launching pad for multiple years of study. I had hoped to read the text once through in a few weeks, and then read through more carefully a second time over a period of months. But my pace has been considerably slower than I'd planned because I couldn't help but follow many of the references Lyon provides. So many wonderful rabbit holes to tumble down and explore! Lyon appears to have been particularly careful in selecting references, as I've had more fun following references in his book than I've had following references in other textbooks.
Human and Machine Hearing is an engaging read not only because it presents technical material clearly, but also because the author's personality is evident throughout. Imagine your favorite professor's ability to speak extemporaneously about a subject of interest, weaving in bits of history and commentary, yet still presenting the material concisely and memorably, and you'll have some notion of the experience reading Lyon's book.
My exuberance may be due in part to my newness to the field. Experts in acoustics and human hearing and machine hearing applications will have to provide more detailed reviews about the presentation of the material relatively to other textbooks. I'm daunted by how much I've yet to learn, but Lyon's book is the best guide I can imagine.
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