Fundamentals of Hearing: An Introduction

ISBN-13: 9789004236387 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 352 str.

William Yost

Opis

The fifth edition of this successful introductory text on hearing sciences includes auditory, anatomy, physiology, psychoacoustics, and perception content. Fundamentals of Hearing 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 it 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.

Spis treści

I. The Auditory Stimulus: Sound
II. Peripheral Auditory Anatomy and Physiology
III. Auditory Sensation
IV. Auditory Perception, the Central Nervous System, and Auditory Disorders