Description
Hearing (6th Ed.)
An Introduction to Psychological and Physiological Acoustics, Sixth Edition
Author: Gelfand Stanley A.
Language: English
Keywords
Round Window; audition; Basilar Membrane; speech science; Cochlear Microphonic; hearing science; Auditory Nerve Fibers; linguistics; Hair Cells; speech language pathology; Stimulus Level; Tuning Curves; OHCs; Auditory Filter; Cochlear Nuclei; Tectorial Membrane; Cochlear Partition; Reticular Lamina; ITDs; IC; Auditory Cortex; Fundamental Frequency; SOC; Ossicular Chain; Scala Vestibuli; Acoustic Reflex; Roc Curve; Middle Ear Transfer Function; dB Hl; Pst Histogram
· 17.8x25.4 cm · Hardback
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This fully updated and revised sixth edition of Hearing: An Introduction to Psychological and Physiological Acoustics provides a comprehensive introduction for graduate students and professionals in audiology and other fields dealing with audition (including hearing/speech science, psychology, otolaryngology, neuroscience, linguistics, and speech-language pathology). The sixth edition reflects the current status of this rapidly-evolving multidisciplinary field of hearing science.
Physical Concepts. Anatomy. Conductive Mechanism. Cochlear Mechanisms and Processes. Auditory Nerve. Auditory Pathways. Psychoacoustic Methods. Signal Detection Theory. Auditory Sensitivity. Masking. Loudness. Pitch and Timbre. Binaural and Spatial Hearing. Speech and its Perception.
Stanley A. Gelfand, PhD
Professor
Department of Linguistics and Communication Disorders
Queen’s College of the City University of New York
Flushing, New York
and
PhD Program in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences and AuD Program
Graduate Center of the City University of New York
New York, New York
