Fundamentals of hearing : an introduction / William A. Yost.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yost, William A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hearing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 pages)

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, England : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, [2008]

Summary:

An introductory text on hearing sciences, this book includes auditory, anatomy, physiology, psychoacoustics, and perception content. Illustrated with over 200 figures, it contains a complete Glossary of terms from the American Standards Institute, a combined subject/author index, and a comprehensive bibliography.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Preface

1 The World We Hear, An Introduction

Hearing

Normal Human Hearing and Plan of the Book

Brief History of the Study of Hearing

Hearing and Science

Summary

Supplement

I The Auditory Stimulus: Sound

2 Sinusoids, The Basic Sound

Vibration

Sinusoids

Frequency

Starting Phase

Amplitude

Damped Vibrations

3 Sound Transmission and Sound Propagation

Sound Propagation

Pressure and Sound Intensity

Decibels

Interference

Sound Fields

4 Complex Sounds

Complex Stimuli

Transients

Beats and Amplitude Modulation

Square Wave

Frequency Modulation

Noise

Narrowband Noise, Envelope, and Fine Structure

5 Sound Analysis

Resonators

Filters

Nonlinearities

Sound and Its Analysis

II Peripheral Auditory Anatomy and Physiology

6 The Outer and Middle Ears

Structure of the Outer Ear

Structure of the Middle Ear

Function of the Outer Ear

Function of the Middle Ear

Middle Ear and Inner Ear Impedances

7 Structure of the Inner Ear and Its Mechanical Response

Structure of the Inner Ear

Mechanical Response of the Inner Ear

8 Peripheral Auditory Nervous System and Hair Cells

Cochlear Potentials

Hair Cells, Stereocilia, Outer Hair Cell Motility, and Neural Transduction

Cochlear Emissions

Structure of the Auditory Nerve

9 The Neural Response and the Auditory Code

Function of the Afferent Auditory Nerve

Two-Tone Suppression and Other Nonlinear Neural Responses

Function of the Efferent System

Encoding of Frequency, Intensity, and Time

Supplement.

III Auditory Sensation

10 Auditory Sensitivity

Thresholds of Audibility

Duration

Temporal Integration

Differential Sensitivity

Frequency Discrimination

Level/Intensity Discrimination

Temporal Discrimination

Temporal Modulation Transfer Functions

11 Masking

Tonal Masking

Noise Masking

Critical Band and the Internal Filter

Relationship Between Excitation Patterns and Critical Bands

Temporal Masking

Tonal-Temporal Masking

Masking Used to Measure Nonlinear Compression

12 Sound Localization and Binaural Hearing

Localization

Precedence-Localization in Reverberant Spaces

Lateralization

Localization Versus Lateralization

Binaural Masking

13 Loudness and Pitch

Loudness

Pitch

Nonlinear Tones

Other Subjective Attributes of Sound

IV Auditory Perception, the Central Nervous System, and Auditory Disorders

14 Auditory Perception

Perception of Sound Sources (Sound Source Determination)

Speech

Music Perception

15 The Central Auditory Nervous System

Anatomy of the Central Auditory Pathways

Strategies for Studying the Central Auditory System

Cochlear Nucleus

Superior Olivary Complex

Inferior Colliculus

Auditory Cortex

16 The Abnormal Auditory System

Damage to the Auditory System

Effects of Noise on the Inner Ear

Ototoxic Drugs

Aging

Diseases and Infections

Heredity

Relation Between Inner Ear Damage and Hearing Loss

Hair Cell Regeneration

Auditory Central Nervous System Changes

Appendix A: Sinusoids and Trigonometry

Using Sinusoids to Describe Acoustic Events

Nonlinearity

Vectors

Appendix B: Logarithms

Decibels.

Appendix C: Fourier Analysis

Appendix D: Psychophysics

Classical Psychophysics

Theory of Signal Detection (TSD)

Direct Scaling

Matching Procedures

Appendix E: Neural Anatomy and Physiology

Anatomy

Neural Anatomy

Physiology

Neural Physiology

Electrophysiology

Appendix F: Techniques and Tools Used to Study Hearing

Signal Processing

Microscopy

Neural Stains and Markers

Imaging

Biophysical Techniques

Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics

Terms, Measurements, Equations, and Conversions

Anatomical and Physiological Measurements

Abbreviations and Symbols Used in the Text

References (Primary, Secondary, Standards)

Subject Index and Glossary.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [309]-321) and index.

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ISBN:

90-04-50193-2

OCLC:

1290022070