Fundamentals of hearing
Subtitle: an introduction
By: William A. Yost
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9789004236387
Subjects: Anatomy; Ear; Hearing; Auditory Perception
Description: Describing the process of normal hearing as it occurs in most mammals and especially humans, the Fifth Edition of Fundamentals of Hearing brings its focus on the auditory pathway up to date. This edition of the 1977 classic features William Yost's comprehensive, general introduction to sound, the auditory System, and the basic facts about our auditory sensations and perceptions. Written for the non-specialist and completely updated, with new sections for those seeking directions for further research, the Fifth Edition includes a website and a workbook. The animations, movies, and sounds available on the website make the Fifth Edition indispensible for beginners and serious researchers alike.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-321) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface -- -- 1.; title: The World We Hear, An Introduction --; title: Hearing --; title: Normal Human Hearing and Plan of the Book --; title: Brief History of the Study of Hearing --; title: Hearing and Science --; title: Summary --; title: Supplement -- -- I.; title: The Auditory Stimulus: Sound -- -- 2.; title: Sinusoids, The Basic Sound --; title: Vibration --; title: Sinusoids --; title: Frequency --; title: Starting Phase --; title: Amplitude --; title: Damped Vibrations --; title: Summary --; title: Supplement -- -- 3.; title: Sound Transmission and Sound Propagation Sound Propagation --; title: Pressure and Sound Intensity --; title: Decibels --; title: Interference --; title: Sound Fields --; title: Summary --; title: Supplement -- -- 4.; title: Complex Sounds --; title: Complex Stimuli --; title: Transients --; title: Beats and Amplitude Modulation --; title: Square Wave --; title: Frequency Modulation --; title: Noise --; title: Narrowband Noise, Envelope, and Fine Structure --; title: Summary --; title: Supplement -- -- 5.; title: Sound Analysis --; title: Resonators --; title: Filters --; title: Nonlinearities --; title: Sound and Its Analysis --; title: Summary --; title: Supplement -- -- II.; title: Peripheral Auditory Anatomy and Physiology -- -- 6.; title: The Outer and Middle Ears --; title: Structure of the Outer Ear --; title: Structure of the Middle Ear --; title: Function of the Outer Ear --; title: Function of the Middle Ear --; title: Middle Ear and Inner Ear Impedances --; title: Summary --; title: Supplement -- -- 7.; title: Structure of the Inner Ear and Its Mechanical Response --; title: Structure of the Inner Ear --; title: Mechanical Response of the Inner Ear --; title: Summary --; title: Supplement -- -- 8.; title: Peripheral Auditory Nervous System and Hair Cells --; title: Cochlear Potentials --; title: Hair Cells, Stereocilia, Outer Hair Cell Motility, and Neural Transduction --; title: Cochlear Emissions --; title: Structure of the Auditory Nerve --; title: Summary --; title: Supplement -- -- 9.; title: The Neural Response and the Auditory Code --; title: Function of the Afferent Auditory Nerve --; title: Two-Tone Suppression and Other Nonlinear Neural Responses --; title: Function of the Efferent System --; title: Encoding of Frequency, Intensity, and Time --; title: Summary --; title: Supplement -- -- III.; title: Auditory Sensation -- -- 10.; title: Auditory Sensitivity --; title: Thresholds of Audibility --; title: Duration --; title: Temporal Integration --; title: Differential Sensitivity --; title: Frequency Discrimination --; title: Level/Intensity Discrimination --; title: Temporal Discrimination --; title: Temporal Modulation Transfer Functions --; title: Summary --; title: Supplement -- -- 11.; title: Masking --; title: Tonal Masking --; title: Noise Masking --; title: Critical Band and the Internal Filter --; title: Relationship Between Excitation Patterns and Critical Bands --; title: Temporal Masking --; title: Tonal-Temporal Masking --; title: Masking Used to Measure Nonlinear Compression --; title: Summary --; title: Supplement -- -- 12.; title: Sound Localization and Binaural Hearing Localization --; title: Precedence-Localization in Reverberant Spaces --; title: Lateralization --; title: Localization Versus Lateralization --; title: Binaural Masking --; title: Summary --; title: Supplement -- -- 13.; title: Loudness and Pitch --; title: Loudness --; title: Pitch --; title: Nonlinear Tones --; title: Other Subjective Attributes of Sound --; title: Summary --; title: Supplement -- -- IV.; title: Auditory Perception, the Central Nervous System, and Auditory Disorders -- -- 14.; title: Auditory Perception --; title: Perception of Sound Sources (Sound Source Determination) --; title: Speech --; title: Music Perception --; title: Summary --; title: Supplement -- -- 15.; title: The Central Auditory Nervous System --; title: Anatomy of the Central Auditory Pathways --; title: Strategies for Studying the Central Auditory System --; title: Cochlear Nucleus --; title: Superior Olivary Complex --; title: Inferior Colliculus --; title: Auditory Cortex --; title: Summary --; title: Supplement -- -- 16.; title: The Abnormal Auditory System --; title: Damage to the Auditory System --; title: Effects of Noise on the Inner Ear --; title: Ototoxic Drugs --; title: Aging --; title: Diseases and Infections --; title: Heredity --; title: Relation Between Inner Ear Damage and Hearing Loss --; title: Hair Cell Regeneration --; title: Auditory Central Nervous System Changes --; title: Summary --; title: Supplement -- -- Appendix A.; title: Sinusoids and Trigonometry --; title: Using Sinusoids to Describe Acoustic Events --; title: Nonlinearity --; title: Vectors -- -- Appendix B.; title: Logarithms --; title: Decibels -- -- Appendix C.; title: Fourier Analysis -- -- Appendix D.; title: Psychophysics --; title: Classical Psychophysics --; title: Theory of Signal Detection (TSD) --; title: Direct Scaling --; title: Matching Procedures -- -- Appendix E.; title: Neural Anatomy and Physiology --; title: Anatomy --; title: Neural Anatomy --; title: Physiology --; title: Neural Physiology --; title: Electrophysiology -- -- Appendix F.; title: Techniques and Tools Used to Study Hearing --; title: Signal Processing --; title: Microscopy --; title: Neural Stains and Markers --; title: Electrophysiology --; title: Imaging --; title: Biophysical Techniques --; title: Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics --; title: Terms, Measurements, Equations, and Conversions --; title: Anatomical and Physiological Measurements --; title: Abbreviations and Symbols Used In the Text --; title: References (Primary, Secondary, Standards) --; title: Subject Index and Glossary.