The Sense of Hearing by Plack, Christopher J. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Contents Preface 1 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 Summary 11.5 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

Glossary References Index