Fundamentals of hearing : an introduction / William Yost.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yost, William A., author.

Series:

European History and Culture - Book Archive 2000-2006.

European History and Culture - Book Archive 2000-2006

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hearing.

Ear--Anatomy.

Ear.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 pages)

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

San Diego, California ; London, England : Academic Press, [2000]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The fifth edition of this successful introductory text on hearing sciences includes auditory, anatomy, physiology, psychoacoustics, and perception content. Fundamentals of Hearing is 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. It it 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. It contains a complete Glossary of terms from the American Standards Institute, a combined subject/author index, and a comprehensive bibliography.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / William A. Yost

Preface / William A. Yost

Chapter 1 The World We Hear, An Introduction / William A. Yost

Chapter 2 Sinusoids, The Basic Sound / William A. Yost

Chapter 3 Sound Transmission / William A. Yost

Chapter 4 Complex Stimuli / William A. Yost

Chapter 5 Sound Analysis / William A. Yost

Chapter 6 The Outer and Middle Ears / William A. Yost

Chapter 7 Structure of the Inner Ear and Its Mechanical Response / William A. Yost

Chapter 8 Peripheral Auditory Nervous System and Haircells / William A. Yost

Chapter 9 The Neural Response and the Auditory Code / William A. Yost

Chapter 10 Auditory Sensitivity / William A. Yost

Chapter 11 Masking / William A. Yost

Chapter 12 Sound Localization and Binaural Hearing / William A. Yost

Chapter 13 Loudness and Pitch / William A. Yost

Chapter 14 Auditory Perception and Sound Source Determination / William A. Yost

Chapter 15 The Central Auditory Nervous System / William A. Yost

Chapter 16 The Abnormal Auditory System / William A. Yost

Appendix A Sinusoids and Trigonometry / William A. Yost

Appendix B Logarithms / William A. Yost

Appendix C Fourier Analysis / William A. Yost

Appendix D Psychophysics / William A. Yost

Appendix E Neural Anatomy and Physiology / William A. Yost

Appendix F Techniques and Tools Used to Study Hearing / William A. Yost

List of Abbreviations and Symbols / William A. Yost

References and Author Index / William A. Yost

Glossary and Subject Index / William A. Yost.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Yost, William Fundamentals of Hearing

ISBN:

9789004501966

OCLC:

1280775026

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004501966 DOI