SOROTI UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Welcome to the Granary of Knowledge
SOROTI UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Welcome to the Granary of Knowledge
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-321) and index.
The world we hear, an introduction -- Sinusoids, the basic sound -- Sound transmission and sound propagation -- Complex sounds -- Sound analysis -- The outer and middle ears -- Structure of the inner ear and its mechanical response -- Peripheral auditory nervous system and hair cells -- The neural response and the auditory code -- Auditory sensitivity -- Masking -- Sound localization and binaural hearing -- Loudness and pitch -- Auditory perception -- The central auditory nervous system -- The abnormal auditory system.
Introductory text on hearing sciences includes auditory, anatomy, physiology, psychoacoustics, and perception content. It is one of only a few textbooks that covers all of hearing at an introductory level. A meaningful introduction to hearing for students and a wealth of data and facts related to hearing for the professional, it is heavily illustrated with over 200 figures. Each chapter concludes with a Supplement section with additional resources about topics covered. Appendices provide background information to enable full comprehension of content. It contains a complete Glossary of terms from the American Standards Institute, a combined subject/author index, and a comprehensive bibliography.
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