Hearing and Deafness |
Contents
Part I | 1 |
Acoustics and Psychoacoustics Hallowell Davis | 8 |
Anatomy and Physiology of the Auditory System Hallowell Davis | 46 |
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abnormal acoustic adults ANSI audiogram audiologist audiology audiometer audiometry auditory nerve basilar membrane Békésy binaural bone conduction brain cause central Chapter child clinical cochlea cochlear congenital curve deaf deaf children decibels detect diagnosis diometry disease dysacusis ear canal earmold earphone effective electric eustachian tube exposure Figure frequency function gene hair cells handicap hearing aid hearing impairment hearing level hearing loss hearing-impaired hearing-threshold levels inner ear input instrument intensity language listener loudness masking measured ment meter method microphone middle ear middle-ear monaural nerve fibers noise normal hearing organ of Corti ossicles otitis media otologist otosclerosis output patient pattern percent person pitch presbycusis problem psychogenic pure tones pure-tone quency range recruitment reflex response sensitivity sensory units sign systems signal sound pressure sound waves speech speechreading standard stapes stimulation talker threshold shift tion tive usually vibration voice words