Oxford Handbook of Auditory Science Hearing

by Plack, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9780199233557
• ISBN10: 0199233551
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-03-12
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Hearing is the third and final volume in the Oxford Handbook of Auditory Science series. It provides a comprehensive account of our current understanding of auditory perception; that is, how humans and other animals experience the auditory world. The topics covered range from the perception ofthe basic physical characteristics of sounds such as intensity, frequency, and space, to the perception of complex sounds such as speech and music, as well as more cognitive functions such as auditory attention. In addition, the book includes chapters on hearing and language disorders, auditory development, and environmental sound. With each chapter written by world-leading experts in their fields, the result is an authoritative, up-to-date, and wide-ranging text that will provide an invaluable resource forresearchers, teachers, and students of hearing science.

Author Biography

Chris Plack was educated at Christ's College, University of Cambridge, where he obtained a BA in Natural Sciences in 1987 and a PhD in 1990. He worked as a postdoctoral research fellow for two years at the University of Minnesota, and for two years at the University of Sussex, before being awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship in 1994. He moved to the University of Essex in 1998, and was promoted to Chair in 2001. He moved again to Lancaster University in 2005, before obtaining his present position of Ellis Llwyd Jones Professor of Audiology at the University of Manchester in 2008. Chris Plack has published over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles, 10 book chapters, and an introductory textbook on hearing. In 2003, he was elected a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America.

Table of Contents

Overview

Frequency selectivity and masking

Loudness and intensity coding, Michael Epstein

Pitch perception

Temporal resolution and temporal integration

Spatial hearing

Comparative psycoacoustics

Auditory organization

Speech perception

Music perception

Auditory attention

Interactions with vision

Audditory development and learning

Hearing impairment

Auditory basis of language and learning disorders

The acoustic environment

Overview

Frequency selectivity and masking

Loudness and intensity coding

Pitch perception

Temporal resolution and temporal integration

Spatial hearing

Comparative psycoacoustics

Auditory organization

Speech perception

Music perception

Auditory attention

Interactions with vision

Audditory development and learning

Hearing impairment

Auditory basis of language and learning disorders

The acoustic environment

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