The Sense of Hearing

Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface
1 Introduction
	1.1 Why study hearing?
	1.2 About this book
2 The nature of sound
	2.1 What is sound?
	2.2 A tone for your sins
	2.3 The spectrum
	2.4 Complex tones and noise
	2.5 Modulated waveforms
	2.6 Summary
	2.7 Reading
3 Production, propagation, and processing
	3.1 Sound sources and resonance
	3.2 Propagation
	3.3 Signal processing
	3.4 Digital signals
	3.5 Summary
	3.6 Reading
4 A journey through the auditory system
	4.1 From air to ear
	4.2 The cochlea
	4.3 Transduction
	4.4 The auditory nerve
	4.5 From ear to brain (and back)
	4.6 Summary
	4.7 Reading
5 Frequency selectivity
	5.1 The importance of frequency selectivity
	5.2 Frequency selectivity on the basilar membrane
	5.3 Neural frequency selectivity
	5.4 Psychophysical measurements
	5.5 Summary
	5.6 Reading
6 Loudness and intensity coding
	6.1 The dynamic range of hearing
	6.2 Loudness
	6.3 How is sound intensity represented in the auditory nervous system?
	6.4 Comparisons across frequency and across time
	6.5 Summary
	6.6 Reading
7 Pitch and periodicity coding
	7.1 Pitch
	7.2 How is periodicity represented?
	7.3 How is periodicity extracted?
	7.4 Summary
	7.5 Reading
8 Hearing over time
	8.1 Temporal resolution
	8.2 The perception of modulation
	8.3 Combining information over time
	8.4 Summary
	8.5 Reading
9 Spatial hearing
	9.1 Using two ears
	9.2 Escape from the cone of confusion
	9.3 Judging distance
	9.4 Reflections and the perception of space
	9.5 Summary
	9.6 Reading
10 The auditory scene
	10.1 Principles of perceptual organization
	10.2 Simultaneous grouping
	10.3 Sequential grouping
	10.4 Summary
	10.5 Reading
11 Speech
	11.1 Speech production
	11.2 Problems with the speech signal
	11.3 Speech perception
	11.4 Neural mechanisms
	11.5 Summary
	11.6 Reading
12 Music
	12.1 What is music?
	12.2 Melody
	12.3 Harmony
	12.4 Timing
	12.5 Musical scene analysis
	12.6 Culture and experience
	12.7 Why does music exist?
	12.8 Summary
	12.9 Reading
13 Hearing impairment
	13.1 What is hearing impairment?
	13.2 Types of hearing impairment
	13.3 Cochlear hearing loss
	13.4 Tinnitus and hyperacusis
	13.5 Diagnosis
	13.6 Management options
	13.7 Summary
	13.8 Reading
14 Concluding remarks
	14.1 In praise of diversity
	14.2 What we know
	14.3 What we don’t know
Appendix: Researching the ear
	A.1 Human psychoacoustics
	A.2 Signal detection theory
	A.3 Human electrophysiology
	A.4 Functional magnetic resonance imaging
	A.5 Animal physiology
	A.6 Animal psychoacoustics
	A.7 Ethical issues
Glossary
References
Index