An Introduction to the Physiology of Hearing |
Contents
The Physics and Analysis of Sound | 1 |
E Linearity | 8 |
The Cochlea | 24 |
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acoustic activity afferent amplitude animals anteroventral auditory cortex auditory nerve fibres auditory system axons basilar membrane Békésy binaural brain stem central centrifugal pathways characteristic frequency cochlear microphonic combination tone contralateral critical band critical bandwidth dB SPL detection displacement dorsal cochlear nucleus effect electrical electrode Evans excitation excitatory frequency discrimination Frequency kHz frequency resolution frequency selectivity hearing loss high frequency increase inferior colliculus inhibitory sidebands inner hair cells input interaural ipsilateral Kiang low frequency masker measured mechanical middle ear neural neurones noise nonlinearity normal olivocochlear bundle organ of Corti outer hair cells pattern peak phase phase-locking physiology probe produced psychophysical range rate-intensity functions reflexes response area saturation scala media second filter sensory showed shown signal sound localization sound source stereocilia stimulus frequency stimulus intensity suggested superior olivary complex superior olive synaptic threshold tinnitus tonotopic travelling wave tuning curves two-tone suppression voltage waveform