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Yost, William A.

Fundamentals of hearing : an introduction / William A. Yost. - 3rd edition - San Diego : Academic Press, c1994. - xiii, 326 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Chapter. 1. The World We Hear, An Introduction

Part I: The auditory stimulus
Chapter. 2. Sinusoids, The Basic Sound
Chapter. 3. Sound Transmission
Chapter. 4. Complex Stimuli
Chapter. 5. Sound Analysis

Part II: Peripheral auditory anatomy and physiology
Chapter. 6. The Outer and Middle Ears
Chapter. 7. Structure of the Inner Ear and Its Mechanical Response
Chapter. 8. Peripheral Auditory Nervous System and Hair Cells
Chapter. 9. The Neural Response and the Auditory Code

Part III: Auditory perception of simple sounds
Chapter. 10. Auditory Sensitivity
Chapter. 11. Masking
Chapter. 12. Binaural Hearing
Chapter. 13. Loudness and Pitch
Chapter. 14. Noise

Part IV: Complex sound processing and the central nervous system
Chapter. 15. Auditory Perception and Sound Source Determination
Chapter. 16. The Central Auditory Nervous System

ISBN: 012772690X (acidfree paper) 9780127726908

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Hearing.
Hearing.

LC Class. No.: WV 200 Y659f 2008