Fundamentals of hearing : an introduction / William A. Yost.

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Yost, William A

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TextPublication details: Boston : Brill, 2013.Edition: 5th edDescription: xiii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:

9004236384
9789004236387

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Summary: Describing the process of normal hearing as it occurs in most mammals and especially humans, the Fifth Edition of Fundamentals of Hearing brings its focus on the auditory pathway up to date. This edition of the 1977 classic features William Yost\'s comprehensive, general introduction to sound, the auditory System, and the basic facts about our auditory sensations and perceptions. Written for the non-specialist and completely updated, with new sections for those seeking directions for further research, the Fifth Edition includes a website and a workbook. The animations, movies, and sounds available on the website make the Fifth Edition indispensible for beginners and serious researchers alike.

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The fifth edition of this successful introductory text on hearing sciences includes auditory, anatomy, physiology, psychoacoustics, and perception content. Fundamentals of Hearing is one of only a few textbooks that covers all of hearing at an introductory level. A meaningful introduction to hearing for students and a wealth of data and facts related to hearing for the professional. It it heavily illustrated with over 200 figures. Each chapter concludes with a Supplement section with additional resources about topics covered. Appendices provide background information to enable full comprehension of content. It contains a complete Glossary of terms from the American Standards Institute, a combined subject/author index, and a comprehensive bibliography.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-321) and index.

Describing the process of normal hearing as it occurs in most mammals and especially humans, the Fifth Edition of Fundamentals of Hearing brings its focus on the auditory pathway up to date. This edition of the 1977 classic features William Yost\'s comprehensive, general introduction to sound, the auditory System, and the basic facts about our auditory sensations and perceptions. Written for the non-specialist and completely updated, with new sections for those seeking directions for further research, the Fifth Edition includes a website and a workbook. The animations, movies, and sounds available on the website make the Fifth Edition indispensible for beginners and serious researchers alike.

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Preface (p. xi)
1 The World We Hear, An Introduction
Hearing (p. 1)
Normal Human Hearing and Plan of the Book (p. 1)
Brief History of the Study of Hearing (p. 4)
Hearing and Science (p. 5)
Summary (p. 7)
Supplement (p. 7)
I The Auditory Stimulus: Sound
2 Sinusoids, The Basic Sound
Vibration (p. 11)
Sinusoids (p. 13)
Frequency (p. 14)
Starting Phase (p. 15)
Amplitude (p. 17)
Damped Vibrations (p. 18)
Summary (p. 18)
Supplement (p. 19)
3 Sound Transmission and Sound Propagation Sound Propagation (p. 21)
Pressure and Sound Intensity (p. 25)
Decibels (p. 25)
Interference (p. 27)
Sound Fields (p. 30)
Summary (p. 33)
Supplement (p. 34)
4 Complex Sounds
Complex Stimuli (p. 37)
Transients (p. 39)
Beats and Amplitude Modulation (p. 41)
Square Wave (p. 43)
Frequency Modulation (p. 45)
Noise (p. 47)
Narrowband Noise, Envelope, and Fine Structure (p. 49)
Summary (p. 51)
Supplement (p. 51)
5 Sound Analysis
Resonators (p. 53)
Filters (p. 55)
Nonlinearities (p. 59)
Sound and Its Analysis (p. 61)
Summary (p. 61)
Supplement (p. 61)
II Peripheral Auditory Anatomy and Physiology
6 The Outer and Middle Ears
Structure of the Outer Ear (p. 67)
Structure of the Middle Ear (p. 68)
Function of the Outer Ear (p. 71)
Function of the Middle Ear (p. 75)
Middle Ear and Inner Ear Impedances (p. 78)
Summary (p. 80)
Supplement (p. 80)
7 Structure of the Inner Ear and Its Mechanical Response
Structure of the Inner Ear (p. 83)
Mechanical Response of the Inner Ear (p. 90)
Summary (p. 101)
Supplement (p. 101)
8 Peripheral Auditory Nervous System and Hair Cells
Cochlear Potentials (p. 103)
Hair Cells, Stereocilia, Outer Hair Cell Motility, and Neural Transduction (p. 108)
Cochlear Emissions (p. 112)
Structure of the Auditory Nerve (p. 113)
Summary (p. 118)
Supplement (p. 119)
9 The Neural Response and the Auditory Code
Function of the Afferent Auditory Nerve (p. 121)
Two-Tone Suppression and Other Nonlinear Neural Responses (p. 131)
Function of the Efferent System (p. 134)
Encoding of Frequency, Intensity, and Time (p. 134)
Summary (p. 138)
Supplement (p. 139)
III Auditory Sensation
10 Auditory Sensitivity
Thresholds of Audibility (p. 143)
Duration (p. 147)
Temporal Integration (p. 149)
Differential Sensitivity (p. 150)
Frequency Discrimination (p. 150)
Level/Intensity Discrimination (p. 151)
Temporal Discrimination (p. 152)
Temporal Modulation Transfer Functions (p. 153)
Summary (p. 154)
Supplement (p. 154)
11 Masking
Tonal Masking (p. 159)
Noise Masking (p. 162)
Critical Band and the Internal Filter (p. 163)
Relationship Between Excitation Patterns and Critical Bands (p. 164)
Temporal Masking (p. 166)
Tonal-Temporal Masking (p. 167)
Masking Used to Measure Nonlinear Compression (p. 169)
Summary (p. 170)
Supplement (p. 171)
12 Sound Localization and Binaural Hearing Localization (p. 173)
Precedence-Localization in Reverberant Spaces (p. 180)
Lateralization (p. 180)
Localization Versus Lateralization (p. 183)
Binaural Masking (p. 184)
Summary (p. 186)
Supplement (p. 186)
13 Loudness and Pitch
Loudness (p. 189)
Pitch (p. 191)
Nonlinear Tones (p. 196)
Other Subjective Attributes of Sound (p. 197)
Summary (p. 197)
Supplement (p. 198)
IV Auditory Perception, the Central Nervous System, and Auditory Disorders
14 Auditory Perception
Perception of Sound Sources (Sound Source Determination) (p. 204)
Speech (p. 215)
Music Perception (p. 219)
Summary (p. 220)
Supplement (p. 220)
15 The Central Auditory Nervous System
Anatomy of the Central Auditory Pathways (p. 223)
Strategies for Studying the Central Auditory System (p. 229)
Cochlear Nucleus (p. 238)
Superior Olivary Complex (p. 241)
Inferior Colliculus (p. 242)
Auditory Cortex (p. 243)
Summary (p. 246)
Supplement (p. 247)
16 The Abnormal Auditory System
Damage to the Auditory System (p. 249)
Effects of Noise on the Inner Ear (p. 249)
Ototoxic Drugs (p. 254)
Aging (p. 254)
Diseases and Infections (p. 254)
Heredity (p. 255)
Relation Between Inner Ear Damage and Hearing Loss (p. 256)
Hair Cell Regeneration (p. 258)
Auditory Central Nervous System Changes (p. 259)
Summary (p. 259)
Supplement (p. 260)
Appendix A Sinusoids and Trigonometry (p. 263)
Using Sinusoids to Describe Acoustic Events (p. 263)
Nonlinearity (p. 264)
Vectors (p. 265)
Appendix B Logarithms (p. 269)
Decibels (p. 269)
Appendix C Fourier Analysis (p. 271)
Appendix D Psychophysics (p. 275)
Classical Psychophysics (p. 275)
Theory of Signal Detection (TSD) (p. 276)
Direct Scaling (p. 278)
Matching Procedures (p. 279)
Appendix E Neural Anatomy and Physiology (p. 281)
Anatomy (p. 281)
Neural Anatomy (p. 281)
Physiology (p. 284)
Neural Physiology (p. 284)
Electrophysiology (p. 286)
Appendix F Techniques and Tools Used to Study Hearing (p. 287)
Signal Processing (p. 287)
Microscopy (p. 287)
Neural Stains and Markers (p. 289)
Electrophysiology (p. 291)
Imaging (p. 292)
Biophysical Techniques (p. 292)
Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics (p. 293)
Terms, Measurements, Equations, and Conversions (p. 295)
Anatomical and Physiological Measurements (p. 299)
Abbreviations and Symbols Used In the Text (p. 303)
References (Primary, Secondary, Standards) (p. 309)
Subject Index and Glossary (p. 323)

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William A. Yost, PhD, is Professor of Psychology, Adjunct Professor of Hearings Hearing Institute, and Adjunct Professor of Otolaryngology at Loyola University Chicago. He is the former Associate Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, former Director of the Parmly Hearing Institute, and former Director of the Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Minor at Loyola University Chicago. His research has been continuously funded since by from agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, and the United States Air Force.