Fundamentals of Hearing: An Introduction-William A. Yost, Academic Press

The textbook is currently in its third edition and can be ordered from Academic Press. The fourth edition should appear some time in 2000. In addition to the fourth edition of the textbook and this web site, there will be a workbook with a CD-ROM. The Table of Contents for the fourth edition is given below. The fourth edition will contain many updates to the current basic knowledge about the fundamentals of hearing, and a new chapter, The Abnormal Auditory System, which will replace the chapter on Noise. If you would like to be placed on a mailing list to received information about the fourth edition, please send you name, address, and email address to wyost@luc.edu

Fundamentals of Hearing: An Introduction

CONTENTS

The World We Hear, An Introduction

Hearing
Normal Human Hearing and the Plan of the Book
History
Hearing and Science
Summary
Supplement

Sinusoids, The Basic Sound

Sinusoids
Frequency
Starting Phase
Amplitude
Vibrations
Summary
Supplement

Sound Transmission

Sound Propagation
Pressure and Intensity
Decibels
Interference
Sound Fields
Summary
Supplement

Complex Stimuli

Complex Stimuli
Transients
Beats and Amplitude Modulation
Frequency Modulation
Noise
Narrowband Noise, Envelope, and Fine Structure
Summary
Supplement

Sound Analysis

Resonators
Filters
Nonlinearities
Sound and Its Analysis
Summary
Supplement

The Outer and Middle Ears

Structure of the Outer Ear
Structure of the Middle Ear
Function of the Outer Ear
Function of the Inner Ear
Middle Ear Impedances
Summary
Supplement

Structure of the Inner Ear and Its Mechanical Response

Structure of the Inner Ear
Mechanical Response of the Inner Ear
Summary
Supplement

Peripheral Auditory Nervous System and Hair Cells

Cochlear Potentials
Hair Cells and Stereocilia
Structure of the Auditory Nerve
Summary
Supplement

The Neural Response and the Auditory Code

Function of the Afferent Auditory Nerve
Two-Tone Suppression and Other Nonlinear Neural Responses
Function of the Efferent System
Encoding of Frequency, Intensity, and Time
Summary
Supplement

CHAPTER 10

Auditory Sensitivity

Thresholds of Audibility
Duration
Temporal Integration
Differential Sensitivity
Frequency Discrimination
Intensity Discrimination
Temporal Discrimination
Temporal Modulation Transfer Function
Summary
Supplement

Masking

Tonal Masking
Noise Masking Critical Band and the Internal Filter
Relationship between Excitation Patterns and Critical Bands
Tonal-Temporal Masking
Summary
Supplement

Binaural Hearing

Localization
Localization in Three Dimensions
Lateralization
Localization versus Lateralization
Binaural Masking
Summary
Supplement

Loudness and Pitch

Loudness
Pitch
Nonlinear Tones
Other Subjective Attributes of Sound
Summary
Supplement

Auditory Perception and Sound Source Determination

Spectral Separation
Spectral Profile
Harmonicity
Spatial Separation
Temporal Separation
Temporal Onsets and Offsets
Temporal Modulations
Speech
Summary
Supplement

The Central Auditory Nervous System

Anatomy of the Central Auditory Pathways
Strategies for Studying the Central Auditory System
Cochlear Nucleus
Superior Olivary Complex
Inferior Colliculus
Auditory Cortex
Summary
Supplement

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
Relation 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 and Using a Calculator

APPENDIX C

Psychophysics

Classical Psychophysics
Theory of Signal Detection
Direct Scaling
Matching Procedures

APPENDIX E

Neural Anatomy and Physiology

Anatomy
Neural Anatomy
Physiology
Neural Physiology
Electrophysiology

APPENDIX F

Techniques and Tools Used to Study Hearing

Signal Processing
Microscopy
Neural Stains and Markers
Electrophysiology
Imaging
Biophysical Techniques

Glossary and Subject Index