Gelfand Hearing

An Introduction to Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4831-6376-5
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 392 Seiten, Web PDF

Hearing: An Introduction to Psychological and Physiological Acoustics is concerned with the physiology and psychophysics of audition. It aims to introduce the new student to the sciences of hearing and to rekindle the interests of the experienced reader. The book begins with an overview of the auditory system. This is followed by separate chapters on theories of hearing; the routes over which sound is conducted to the inner ear; the cochlear mechanism; the auditory nerve and pathways; and psychoacoustic methods. Subsequent chapters cover the theory of signal detection; how sensitivity for one sound is affected by the presence of another sound; loudness; pitch; aspects of binaural hearing; and speech perception. This book provides both an introduction and a broad overview of the field of hearing science for the advanced undergraduate student or the postgraduate student in such disciplines as audiology and psychology. It should be an extremely useful guide to these students, as well as to those researchers who wish to refresh their knowledge of the field beyond their areas of specialization.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gelfand, Stanley A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Hearing: An Introduction to Psychological and Physiological Acoustics;2
3;Copyright Page;3
4;Table of Contents;10
5;Dedication;4
6;Foreword;6
7;Preface;8
8;Chapter 1. Anatomy;14
8.1;GROSS ANATOMY AND OVERVIEW;14
8.2;TEMPORAL BONE;15
8.3;OUTER AND MIDDLE EAR;19
8.4;CENTRAL AUDITORY PATHWAYS;43
8.5;REFERENCES;49
9;Chapter 2. Hearing Theories and Sensory Action;52
9.1;THEORIES OF HEARING;52
9.2;ACTION OF SENSORY RECEPTORS;56
9.3;REFERENCES;59
10;Chapter 3. Conductive Mechanism;60
10.1;AIR CONDUCTION ROUTE;60
10.2;BONE CONDUCTION ROUTE;76
10.3;ACOUSTIC REFLEX;80
10.4;REFERENCES;93
11;Chapter 4. Cochlear Mechanism;99
11.1;TRAVELING WAVES;99
11.2;HAIR CELL STIMULATION;106
11.3;COCHLEAR ELECTRICAL POTENTIALS;108
11.4;DISTORTIONS IN THE COCHLEA;122
11.5;COCHLEAR FREQUENCY SELECTIVITY;126
11.6;REFERENCES;136
12;Chapter 5. Auditory Nerve;142
12.1;FREQUENCY CODING;142
12.2;INTENSITY CODING;155
12.3;WHOLE-NERVE ACTION POTENTIALS;160
12.4;REFERENCES;166
13;Chapter 6. Auditory Pathways;169
13.1;STIMULUS CODING;169
13.2;BINAURAL CODING;171
13.3;TONOTOPIC ORGANIZATION;175
13.4;AVERAGED EVOKED AUDITORY POTENTIALS;184
13.5;EFFECTS OF CORTICAL ABLATION;186
13.6;REFERENCES;189
14;Chapter 7. Psychoacoustic Methods;196
14.1;MEASUREMENT METHODS;196
14.2;SCALES OF MEASUREMENT;214
14.3;REFERENCES;218
15;Chapter 8. Theory of Signal Detection;220
15.1;FACTORS AFFECTING RESPONSES;220
15.2;PSYCHOPHYSICAL METHODS IN TSD;227
15.3;IMPLICATIONS OF TSD;229
15.4;REFERENCES;229
16;Chapter 9. Auditory Sensitivity;231
16.1;ABSOLUTE SENSITIVITY;232
16.2;DIFFERENTIAL SENSITIVITY;239
16.3;REFERENCES;248
17;Chapter 10. Masking;252
17.1;MONAURAL MASKING;253
17.2;CRITICAL BANDS AND RATIOS;257
17.3;CENTRAL MASKING;261
17.4;TEMPORAL MASKING;263
17.5;POSTSTIMULATORY FATIGUE (TTS);267
17.6;REFERENCES;268
18;Chapter 11. Loudness;272
18.1;LOUDNESS LEVEL;272
18.2;LOUDNESS SCALING;276
18.3;CRITICAL BANDS AND LOUDNESS OF COMPLEX SOUNDS;278
18.4;TEMPORAL INTEGRATION OF LOUDNESS;280
18.5;LOUDNESS ADAPTATION;282
18.6;REFERENCES;284
19;Chapter 12. Pitch;288
19.1;PITCH SCALES;288
19.2;PITCH AND INTENSITY;291
19.3;BEATS, HARMONICS, AND COMBINATION TONES;293
19.4;COMPLEX TONES AND PERIODICITY PITCH;296
19.5;REFERENCES;301
20;Chapter 13. Binaural Hearing;304
20.1;BINAURAL SUMMATION;304
20.2;DIFFERENTIAL SENSITIVITY;306
20.3;BINAURAL FUSION AND BEATS;308
20.4;DIRECTIONAL HEARING;310
20.5;TIME-INTENSITY TRADES;319
20.6;PRECEDENCE EFFECT, LOCALIZATION, AND REVERBERATION;320
20.7;MASKING LEVEL DIFFERENCES;323
20.8;REFERENCES;330
21;Chapter 14. SPEECH PERCEPTION;336
21.1;SPEECH SOUNDS: PRODUCTION AND PERCEPTION;338
21.2;POWER OF SPEECH SOUNDS;351
21.3;SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY AND DISTORTION;352
21.4;DICHOTIC LISTENING;359
21.5;REFERENCES;361
22;Author Index;368
23;Subject Index;382