AuditionAudition offers a broad, detailed, and up-to-date treatment of the physiology of hearing. |
Contents
AUDITORY THRESHOLDS | 21 |
BINAURAL EFFECTS | 61 |
TONAL SENSATIONS MUSICAL SOUNDS AND MUSICAL SCALES 70 | 79 |
PHYSIOLOGY OF THE RECEPTOR ORGAN | 130 |
BONE CONDUCTION | 155 |
BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA IN THE COCHLEA | 174 |
COCHLEAR TRANSDUCTION | 220 |
3 | 236 |
THE AUDITORY AREAS OF THE CORTEX | 296 |
CENTRIFUGAL ACTIVITY IN THE AUDITORY PATHWAYS | 319 |
EFFECTS OF CENTRAL LESIONS ON AUDITORY PERCEPTION | 332 |
PSYCHOPHYSICS OF HEARING AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL | 340 |
CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS OF DEAFNESS | 346 |
FURTHER COMMENTS ON HEARING DEFICITS | 353 |
References | 361 |
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Acoustical Society afferent Aitkin amplitude areas auditory cortex auditory system bandwidth basilar membrane Békésy binaural central characteristics cilia cochlear nerve cochlear nucleus combination tones complex component contralateral contrast corresponding cortical dB SPL decibels difference tone disparity displacement dorsal effect efferent f kHz f₁ f₂ figure frequency change function of frequency guinea pig harmonics hearing high frequencies impedance increases inferior colliculus input interaural interval ipsilateral isofrequency Journal latency lateral lesions loudness low frequencies masking measured mechanisms medial middle ear modulation monaural movement nerve fibers neurons Neurophysiology noise octave olivary outer hair cells particular pathways peak phase pitch potential pure tones quency ratio receptor regions researchers response scala tympani scala vestibuli scale sensitivity signals sinusoidal sound intensity sound pressure stapedius stapes stimulus temporal tion tone pips tonotopic tuning curves tympanum velocity vibration Zwicker
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