TY  - BOOK
AU  - Plack,Christopher J.
TI  - The sense of hearing
SN  - 9781138632585
AV  - BF251 .P57 2018
U1  - 612.85 PLA 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Hearing
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index;  INTRODUCTION


1.1 Why Study Hearing?


1.2 About This Book


2 THE NATURE OF SOUND


2.1 What Is Sound?


2.2 A Tone for Your Sins


2.3 The Spectrum


2.4 Complex Tones and Noise


2.5 Modulated Waveforms


2.6 Summary


2.7 Reading


3 PRODUCTION, PROPAGATION, AND PROCESSING


3.1 Sound Sources and Resonance


3.2 Propagation


3.3 Signal Processing


3.4 Digital Signals


3.5 Summary


3.6 Reading


4 A JOURNEY THROUGH THE AUDITORY SYSTEM


4.1 From Air to Ear


4.2 The Cochlea


4.3 Transduction


4.4 The Auditory Nerve


4.5 From Ear to Brain (and Back)


4.6 Summary


4.7 Reading


5 FREQUENCY SELECTIVITY


5.1 The Importance of Frequency Selectivity


5.2 Frequency Selectivity on the Basilar Membrane


5.3 Neural Frequency Selectivity


5.4 Psychophysical Measurements


5.5 Summary


5.6 Reading


6 LOUDNESS AND INTENSITY CODING


6.1 The Dynamic Range of Hearing


6.2 Loudness


6.3 How Is Sound Intensity Represented in the Auditory Nervous System?


6.4 Comparisons Across Frequency and Across Time


6.5 Summary


6.6 Reading


7 PITCH AND PERIODICITY CODING


7.1 Pitch


7.2 How Is Periodicity Represented?


7.3 How Is Periodicity Extracted?


7.4 Summary


7.5 Reading


8 HEARING OVER TIME


8.1 Temporal Resolution


8.2 The Perception of Modulation


8.3 Combining Information Over Time


8.4 Summary


8.5 Reading


9 SPATIAL HEARING


9.1 Using Two Ears


9.2 Escape from the Cone of Confusion


9.3 Judging Distance


9.4 Reflections and the Perception of Space


9.5 Summary


9.6 Reading


10 THE AUDITORY SCENE


10.1 Principles of Perceptual Organization


10.2 Simultaneous Grouping


10.3 Sequential Grouping


10.4 Summary


10.5 Reading


11 SPEECH


11.1 Speech Production


11.2 Problems with the Speech Signal


11.3 Speech Perception


11.4 Neural Mechanisms


11.5 Summary


11.6 Reading


12 MUSIC


12.1 What Is Music?


12.2 Melody


12.3 Harmony


12.4 Timing


12.5 Musical Scene Analysis


12.6 Culture and Experience


12.7 Why Does Music Exist?


12.8 Summary


12.9 Reading


13 HEARING IMPAIRMENT


13.1 What Is Hearing Impairment?


13.2 Types of Hearing Impairment


13.3 Cochlear Hearing Loss


13.4 Tinnitus and Hyperacusis


13.5 Diagnosis


13.6 Management Options


13.7 Summary


13.8 Reading


14 CONCLUDING REMARKS


14.1 In Praise of Diversity


14.2 What We Know


14.3 What We Don't Know


Appendix: Researching the Ear


A.1 Human Psychoacoustics


A.2 Signal Detection Theory


A.3 Human Electrophysiology


A.4 Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging


A.5 Animal Physiology


A.6 Animal Psychoacoustics


A.7 Ethical Issues
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