The World We Hear, An Introduction

This chapter contains two sections:

Section one (Theories of Hearing) provides a brief description of the two classical theories of hearing and brief biographies of the proponents of the theories, Glen Wever and George von Bekesy. Theses two theories form an important part of the history of hearing and an historical backdrop for the study of hearing.

Section two (Experimental Method) contains a simple experiment of a ball rolling down an incline. The slope of the incline is changed and the time it takes the ball to roll down the incline is measured. The user is asked questions about the experimental method and to provide a figure and table of the results.  The rest of this Hearing Tutorial contains demonstrations about the facts of hearing that were obtained from experiments. In addition, tables and graphs will often be used in the remaining chapters. Thus, this section is aimed at helping the user gain a basic understanding of the experimental method, as well as tabling and graphing data.