import wave


def read_audio(path):
    """
    Read the audio from path into a wave_read object.

    Parameters
    ----------
    path : string
        Specifies path of the audio file.

    Returns
    -------
    wave_reader : class : 'wave.Wave_read'
    wave_params : class : 'wave._wave_params'

    """
    wave_reader = wave.open(path, "rb")
    wave_params = wave_reader.getparams()
    return wave_reader, wave_params