ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1976, this introduction to hearing was intended to provide a sufficient introduction to each of several subareas of hearing so that the serious student can read the more advanced treatments with greater appreciation and understanding. It was intended for upper graduate and graduate students. It assumes some mathematical sophistication – calculus for example, but there is some review of more basic concepts, such as logarithms. There is also a brief treatment of the necessary material from the different disciplines – physics, physiology, psychology, anatomy and mathematics – that a student of hearing will need to know.

chapter 1|36 pages

The Physical Nature of Sound

chapter 2|19 pages

Absolute Sensitivity

chapter 3|22 pages

Cochlear Excitation

chapter 4|17 pages

Anatomy of the Auditory System

chapter 6|38 pages

Frequency Analysis

chapter 7|28 pages

Pitch Perception

chapter 8|35 pages

Binaural Phenomena

chapter 9|18 pages

Nonlinear Distortion

chapter 10|25 pages

Discrimination

chapter 11|19 pages

Loudness

chapter 12|22 pages

Speech Perception

chapter 13|20 pages

Hearing Loss