Analysis and Synthesis of Auditory Scenes -- Evolutionary Adaptations for Auditory Communication -- A Functional View on the Peripheral Human Hearing Organ -- Modelling of Binaural Hearing -- Audio—Visual Interaction in the Context of Multi-Media Applications -- Psycho-Acoustics and Sound Quality -- Quality of Transmitted Speech for Humans and Machines -- Assigning Meaning to Sounds — Semiotics in the Context of Product-Sound Design -- Binaural Technique — Basic Methods for Recording, Synthesis, and Reproduction -- Hearing-Aid Technology -- Auditory Virtual Environments -- The Evolution of Digital Audio Technology -- Speech Production — Acoustics, Models, and Applications -- Speech and Audio Coding — Aiming at High Quality and Low Data Rates.Communication Acoustics deals with the fundamentals of those areas of acoustics which are related to modern communication technologies. Due to the advent of digital signal processing and recording in acoustics, these areas have enjoyed an enormous upswing during the last 4 decades. The book chapters represent review articles covering the most relevant areas of the field. They are written with the goal of providing students with comprehensive introductions. Further they offer a supply of numerous references to the relevant literature. Besides its usefulness as a textbook, this will make the book a source of valuable information for those who want to improve or refresh their knowledge in the field of communication acoustics – and to work their way deeper into it. Due to its interdisciplinary character Communication Acoustics is bound to attract readers from many different areas, such as: acoustics, cognitive science, speech science, and communication technology.