ABSTRACT
CONTENTS 5.1 The Peripheral Auditory System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 5.2 Auditory Filters: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 5.3 Critical Bands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 5.4 Critical Band Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 5.5 Relationship Between Filter Shape and the Masking Functions
Used for Compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 5.6 Properties of the Auditory Neurons∗ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 5.7 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 5.8 Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
This chapter introduces the elements of the Human Auditory System (HAS) and then describes a number of auditory filter models based on the analysis of the HAS and peripheral system that will be used in subsequent chapters.
