The intelligent ear : on the nature of sound perception / Reinier Plomp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Plomp, Reinier.

Contributor:

George R. Fink Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Auditory perception.

Auditory Perception--physiology.

Sound.

Medical Subjects:

Auditory Perception--physiology.

Sound.

Physical Description:

x, 174 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002.

Summary:

Plomp's "Aspects of Tone Sensation--published 25 years ago--dealt with the psychophysics of simple and complex tones. Since that time, auditory perception as a field of study has undergone a radical metamorphosis. Technical and methodological innovations, as well as a considerable increase in attention to the various aspects of auditory experience, have changed the picture profoundly. This book is an attempt to account for this development by giving a comprehensive survey of the present state of the art as a whole. Perceptual aspects of hearing, particularly of understanding speech as the main auditory input signal, are thoroughly reviewed.

Contents:

The perception of single sounds

The perception of multiple sounds

Speech perception 1: the quest for speech units

Speech perception 2: the intelligibility of fluent speech

Hearing research in perspective.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-165) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George R. Fink Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0805838678

9780805838671

OCLC:

46394779

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