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Hearing, an introduction to psychological and physiological acoustics /
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 audit...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
M. Dekker,
�1981.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Hearing: An Introduction to Psychological and Physiological Acoustics; Copyright Page; Dedication; Foreword; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Anatomy; GROSS ANATOMY AND OVERVIEW; TEMPORAL BONE; OUTER AND MIDDLE EAR; CENTRAL AUDITORY PATHWAYS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Hearing Theories and Sensory Action; THEORIES OF HEARING; ACTION OF SENSORY RECEPTORS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Conductive Mechanism; AIR CONDUCTION ROUTE; BONE CONDUCTION ROUTE; ACOUSTIC REFLEX; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Cochlear Mechanism; TRAVELING WAVES; HAIR CELL STIMULATION; COCHLEAR ELECTRICAL POTENTIALS
- DISTORTIONS IN THE COCHLEACOCHLEAR FREQUENCY SELECTIVITY; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Auditory Nerve; FREQUENCY CODING; INTENSITY CODING; WHOLE-NERVE ACTION POTENTIALS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Auditory Pathways; STIMULUS CODING; BINAURAL CODING; TONOTOPIC ORGANIZATION; AVERAGED EVOKED AUDITORY POTENTIALS; EFFECTS OF CORTICAL ABLATION; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. Psychoacoustic Methods; MEASUREMENT METHODS; SCALES OF MEASUREMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. Theory of Signal Detection; FACTORS AFFECTING RESPONSES; PSYCHOPHYSICAL METHODS IN TSD; IMPLICATIONS OF TSD; REFERENCES; Chapter 9. Auditory Sensitivity
- ABSOLUTE SENSITIVITYDIFFERENTIAL SENSITIVITY; REFERENCES; Chapter 10. Masking; MONAURAL MASKING; CRITICAL BANDS AND RATIOS; CENTRAL MASKING; TEMPORAL MASKING; POSTSTIMULATORY FATIGUE (TTS); REFERENCES; Chapter 11. Loudness; LOUDNESS LEVEL; LOUDNESS SCALING; CRITICAL BANDS AND LOUDNESS OF COMPLEX SOUNDS; TEMPORAL INTEGRATION OF LOUDNESS; LOUDNESS ADAPTATION; REFERENCES; Chapter 12. Pitch; PITCH SCALES; PITCH AND INTENSITY; BEATS, HARMONICS, AND COMBINATION TONES; COMPLEX TONES AND PERIODICITY PITCH; REFERENCES; Chapter 13. Binaural Hearing; BINAURAL SUMMATION; DIFFERENTIAL SENSITIVITY
- BINAURAL FUSION AND BEATSDIRECTIONAL HEARING; TIME-INTENSITY TRADES; PRECEDENCE EFFECT, LOCALIZATION, AND REVERBERATION; MASKING LEVEL DIFFERENCES; REFERENCES; Chapter 14. SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH SOUNDS: PRODUCTION AND PERCEPTION; POWER OF SPEECH SOUNDS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY AND DISTORTION; DICHOTIC LISTENING; REFERENCES; Author Index; Subject Index