The Measurement of Hearing |
Contents
Foreword by Hallowell Davis V | 1 |
SOUND AND ELECTRICITY | 18 |
ELECTROACOUSTIC SYSTEMS | 63 |
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absolute threshold acoustic air conduction amplifier amplitude articulation score attenuation audible audiogram audiometer audiometry auditory fatigue auditory system Auditory Test basic Békésy binaural bone conduction capacitance cent Chap circuit clinical audiometry clinician coil conditioning constant coupler curve cycles per second db SPL decibels device diagnostic different frequencies Discrimination Loss discussed dyne/cm² ear canal earphone electrical energy equal loudness equal-loudness contours example experimental hearing aid Hearing Loss Hirsh increase listener Loss for Speech loud-speaker Loudness Level magnetic measurement of hearing method microphone monaural normal threshold observer obtained oscillator output over-all particular patient presented procedures produced Psychology psychophysical pure tones pure-tone ratio recruitment relation resistance response S. S. Stevens scale Sensation Level shown in Fig signal sinusoidal skull Sound Pressure Level specified spectrum speech audiometer speech sounds spondees standard stimulus technique threshold of intelligibility tion transducer variable vibration voltage vowel wave waveform white noise words