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Fundamentals of Hearing: An Introduction
Fifth Edition
CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1
The World We Hear, An Introduction
Hearing
Normal Human Hearing and the Plan of the Book
Brief History of the Study of Hearing
Hearing and Science
Summary
Supplement
PART I: THE AUDITORY STIMULUS: SOUND
CHAPTER 2 
Sinusoids, The Basic Sound
Sinusoids
Frequency
Starting Phase
Amplitude
Damped Vibrations
Summary
Supplement
CHAPTER 3
Sound Transmission
Sound Propagation
Pressure and Sound Intensity
Decibels
Interference
Sound Fields
Summary
Supplement
CHAPTER 4
Complex Stimuli
Complex Stimuli
Transients
Beats and Amplitude Modulation 
Square Wave
Frequency Modulation
Noise
Narrowband Noise, Envelope, and Fine Structure
Summary
Supplement
CHAPTER 5
Sound Analysis
Resonators
Filters
Nonlinearities
Sound and Its Analysis
Summary 
Supplement
PART II: PERIPHERAL AUDITORY ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY
CHAPTER 6
The Outer and Middle Ears
Structure of the Outer Ear
Structure of the Middle Ear
Function of the Outer Ear
	Torso, Head, Pinna
	Outer Ear
	Tympanic Membrane
Function of the Inner Ear
Middle Ear Impedances
	Impedances
	Non-Ossicular Function of the Middle Ear
Summary 
Supplement
CHAPTER 7
Structure of the Inner Ear and Its Mechanical Response
Structure of the Inner Ear
Mechanical Response of the Inner Ear
Summary
Supplement
Chapter 8
Peripheral Auditory Nervous System and Hair Cells
Cochlear Potentials
	Resting Potentials
	Summating Potentials
	Cochlear Microphonic
	Auditory Action Potential
Hair Cells, Stereocilia, Outer Hair Cell Motility, and Neural Transduction
	Outer Hair Cell Motility
	Inner Hair Cells, the Auditory Biological Transducer
The Role of Inner and Outer Hair Cells
Cochlear Emissions
Structure of the Auditory Nerve
	Afferent Nerves
	Efferent Nerves
	Organization of the Auditory Nerve Bundle
Summary
Supplement
CHAPTER 9
The Neural Response and the Auditory Code
Function of the Afferent Auditory Nerve
	Spontaneous Activity and Neural Threshold
	Rate-Level Functions
	Response Areas and Tuning Curves
	Histograms
Two-Tone Suppression and Other Nonlinear Neural Responses
Function of the Efferent System
Encoding of Frequency, Intensity, and Time
	Modeling of the Auditory Periphery
Summary
Supplement
PART III: AUDITORY SENSATION 
CHAPTER 10
Auditory Sensitivity
Thresholds of Audibility
Duration
Temporal Integration
Differential Sensitivity
Frequency Discrimination
Level/Intensity Discrimination
Temporal Discrimination
Temporal Modulation Transfer Functions
Summary 
Supplement
CHAPTER 11
Masking
Tonal Masking
Noise Masking 
Critical Band and the Internal Filter
Relationship between Excitation Patterns and Critical Bands
Temporal Masking
Tonal-Temporal Masking
Summary
Supplement
CHAPTER 12
Sound Localization and Binaural Hearing
Localization
Localization in Azimuth
	Localization in the Front-Back Direction and in the Vertical Plane
	Localization as a Function of Distance
	Interactions of the Source Sound and the Cues Used for Sound Localization
Precedence-Localization in Reverberant Spaces
Lateralization
Localization versus Lateralization
Binaural Masking
Summary 
Supplement
CHAPTER 13
Loudness and Pitch
Loudness
Pitch
	Complex Pitch
Nonlinear Tones
Other Subjective Attributes of Sound
Summary 
Supplement
PART IV: AUDITORY PERCEPTION, THE CNS, and AUDITORY DISORDERS
CHAPTER 14
Auditory Perception 
Spectral Separation
Spectral Profile
Harmonicity
Spatial Separation
Temporal Separation
Temporal Onsets and Offsets
Temporal Modulations
Speech
Music Perception
Summary 
Supplement
CHAPTER 15
The Central Auditory Nervous System
Anatomy of the Central Auditory Pathways
Strategies for Studying the Central Auditory System
	Topographical Organization
	Excitation and Inhibition
	Single-Fiber Responses
	Neural Circuits
	Evoked Potentials
	Brain Images
Cochlear Nucleus
Superior Olivary Complex
Inferior Colliculus 
Auditory Cortex
Summary 
Supplement
CHAPTER 16
The Abnormal Auditory System
Damage to the Auditory System
Hearing Loss Due to Noise Exposure
	Effects of Noise on the Inner Ear
	TTS as a Function of Level, Duration, Spectral Content, and Temporal Pattern
	Recovery of Hearing after Noise Exposure
Ototoxic Drugs
Aging
Diseases and Infections
Heredity
Relationship Between Inner Ear Damage and Hearing Loss
Hair Cell Regeneration
Auditory Central Nervous System Changes
Summary
Supplement
APPENDIX A
Sinusoids and Trigonometry
Using Sinusoids to describe Acoustic Events
Nonlinearity
Vectors
APPENDIX B
Logarithms
Decibels
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APPENDIX C
Fourier Analysis
APPENDIX D
Psychophysics
Classical Psychophysics
Theory of Signal Detection
Direct Scaling 
Matching Procedures
APPENDIX E
Neural Anatomy and Physiology
Anatomy
Neural Anatomy
Physiology
Neural Physiology
APPENDIX F
Techniques and Tools Used to Study Hearing
Signal Processing 
Microscopy
Neural Stains and Markers
Electrophysiology
Imaging
Biophysical Techniques
Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics
Terms, Measurements, Equations, and Conversions
Anatomical and Physiological Measurements
Symbols Used in Each Chapter
References (Primary, Secondary, Standards)
Subject Index and Glossary

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:

Hearing.
Hearing -- physiology.
Auditory Perception -- physiology.
Ear -- anatomy & histology.