Hearing : an introduction to psychological and physiological acoustics / Stanley A. Gelfand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gelfand, Stanley A., 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hearing.

Psychoacoustics.

Hearing--physiology.

Medical Subjects:

Hearing--physiology.

Psychoacoustics.

Physical Description:

viii, 495 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

Fourth edition, revised and expanded.

Place of Publication:

New York : Marcel Dekker, [2004]

Summary:

Brimming with more than more than 1700 references, this reader-friendly and extensively revised Fourth Edition will prove invaluable to instructors and students alike-providing a unified approach to the anatomical, physiological, and perceptual aspects of audition with updated chapters on the latest developments in the field. Maintaining the practical features that made previous editions so popular, this Fourth Edition offers an abundance of revised figures and tables for clear comprehension of key material in the text...illustrates basic and critical concepts without requiring a background in mathematics or the physical and biological sciences ...offers a useful collection of references perfect for self-study and further research on the topic...and supplies classroom-tested material-organizing topics to meet both students' and instructors' needs.

Contents:

1 Physical Concepts 1

Physical Quantities

Decibel Notation

Harmonic Motion and Sound

Combining Waves

Complex Waves

Filters

Standing Waves

Impedance

2 Anatomy 37

Gross Anatomy and Overview

Temporal Bone

Outer and Middle Ear

Inner Ear

Innervation

Central Auditory Pathways

3 Conductive Mechanism 85

Outer Ear

Bone Conduction

The Acoustic Reflex

4 Cochlear Mechanisms and Processes 121

Classical Theories of Hearing

Action of Sensory Receptors

The Traveling Wave

Hair Cell Activation

Mechanoelectrical Transduction

Cochlear Electrical Potentials

Cochlear Tuning and Frequency Selectivity

Cochlear Nonlinearity

Otoacoustic Emissions

Active Processes and the Cochlear Amplifier

5 Auditory Nerve 179

Frequency Coding

Intensity Coding

Speech Coding

Whole-Nerve Action Potentials

6 Auditory Pathways 209

Tonotopic Organization

Binaural Coding

Averaged Evoked Auditory Potentials

Effects of Cortical Ablation

Olivocochlear Efferent System

7 Psychoacoustic Methods 243

Scales of Measurement

Measurement Methods

Classical Methods of Measurement

Adaptive Procedures

Direct Scaling

8 Theory of Signal Detection 267

Factors Affecting Responses

Psychophysical Methods in TSD

Some Implications of TSD

9 Auditory Sensitivity 279

Absolute Sensitivity

Differential Sensitivity

Temporary Threshold Shift

10 Masking 313

Nature of Masking

Frequency Selectivity

Psychoacoustic Tuning Curves

Comodulation Masking Release

Overshoot

Temporal Masking

Central Masking

Informational Masking

11 Loudness 347

Loudness Level

Loudness Scales

Critical Bands and Loudness of Complex Sounds

Temporal Integration of Loudness

Loudness Adaptation

Noisiness and Annoyance

12 Pitch 365

Mel Scales of Pitch

Beats, Harmonics, and Combination Tones

Musical Scaling of Pitch

Pitch and Intensity

Pitch of Complex Sounds

Timbre

13 Binaural and Spatial Hearing 389

Binaural Summation

Binaural Fusion and Beats

Auditory Scene Analysis

Directional Hearing

Precedence Effect

Masking Level Differences

14 Speech Perception 433

Speech Sounds: Production and Perception

Categorical Perception

Dichotic Listening

Power of Speech Sounds

Speech Intelligibility

Clear Speech.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0824756525

OCLC:

56952725