Fundamentals of Hearing : An Introduction

by Yost

• ISBN13: 9780123704733
• ISBN10: 0123704731
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-10-02
• Publisher: BRILL

Summary

The fifth edition of this successful introductory text on hearing sciences includes auditory, anatomy, physiology, psychoacoustics, and perception content.Fundamentals of Hearingis one of only a few textbooks that covers all of hearing at an introductory level. A meaningful introduction to hearing for students and a wealth of data and facts related to hearing for the professional. *Heavily illustrated with over 200 figures *Each chapter concludes with a Supplement section with additional resources about topics covered *Appendices provide background information to enable full comprehension of content *Contains a complete Glossary of terms from the American Standards Institute, a combined subject/author index, and a comprehensive bibliography

Table of Contents

The World We Hear, an Introduction

The Auditory Stimulus

Sinusoids, The Basic Sound

Sound Transmission

Complex Stimulus

Sound Analysis

Peripheral Auditory Anatomy and Physiology

The Outer and Middle Ears

Structure of the Inner Ear and Its Biomechanical Response

Peripheral Auditory Nervous System and Hair Cells

The Neural Response and the Auditory Code

Auditory Perception of Simple Sounds

Auditory Sensitivity

Masking

Binaural Hearing

Loudness and Pitch

Noise

Complex Sound Processing and the Central Nervous System

Auditory Perception and Sound Source Determination

The Central Auditory Nervous System

Sinusoids and Trigonometry

Logarithms

Fourier Analysis

Psychophysics

Neural Anatomy and Physiology

Techniques and Tools Used to Study Hearing

List of Abbreviations and Symbols

References and Author Index

Glossary and Subject Index

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