This fully revised and updated seventh edition provides a thorough overview and introduction to hearing science. Covering topics such as conductive and cochlear mechanisms, auditory pathways, and binaural and spatial hearing and including some new and updated diagrams and figures, this book serves as a great resource for both graduate students and professionals working in audiology and other fields like psychology, neuroscience, otolaryngology, and linguistics. This improved edition reflects the ever-changing field of hearing science.
This fully revised and updated seventh edition provides a thorough overview and induction to hearing science. Including new and updated diagrams and figures, this book serves as a great resource for both graduate students and professionals working in audiology and other fields like psychology, neuroscience, otolaryngology and linguistics.
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, Queens 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
