Auditory Perception: A New Synthesis focuses on the effort to show the connections between key areas in hearing. The book offers a review of classical problems, and then presents interpretations and evidence of this topic. A short introduction to the physical nature of sound and the way sound is transmitted and changed within the ear is provided. The book discusses the importance of being able to identify the source of a sound, and then presents processes in this regard. The text provides information on the organs involved in the identification of sound and discusses pitch and infrapitch and the manner by which their loudness can be measured. Scales are presented to show the loudness of sound. The relationship of hearing with other senses is also discussed. The text also outlines how speech is produced, taking into consideration the organs involved in the process. The book is a valuable source of data for research scientists and other professionals who are involved in hearing and speech.

PrefaceChapter 1 Sound and the Auditory System The Nature of Auditory Stimuli Our Auditory Apparatus The Outer Ear and the Middle Ear Structure of the Inner Ear Neural Structures and Auditory Pathways Mechanics for Stimulation within the Inner Ear The Auditory-Acoustic Paradox: Excellent Discrimination from a Poor Instrument Electrophysiological Response of the Cochlea and Peripheral Neural Apparatus The Resting Potential The Summating Potential The Cochlear Microphonic Whole Nerve Action Potential Single Unit Receptor Potentials Single Unit Generator Potentials Action Potentials of Auditory Nerve FibersChapter 2 Spatial Localization and Binaural Hearing Binaural Perception of Azimuth Minimal Audible Angle Binaural Beats Detection of Interaural Delays for Clicks and for Complex Sounds Detection of Long Interaural Delays Contralateral Induction Masking Level Differences Two Types of Temporal Disparity Time Intensity Trading Some Cautions Concerning Interpretation of Studies Using Headphones Importance of the Pinna in Sound Localization Room Acoustics Auditory Reorientation Estimates of Distance from the Source Sensory Input and Physical CorrelatesChapter 3 Perception of Acoustic Repetition Pitch and Infrapitch Terminology Pitch Masking Critical Bands Place Theory Periodicity Theory Schouten's Residue Pitch Pitch of Inharmonic Complexes Spectral Dominance Periodic Sounds and Local Temporal Patterns on the Basilar Membrane Model Periodic Stimuli Versus Special Periodic Stimuli Iterated Noise Segments as Model Periodic Sounds Pitch and Infra pitch Perception of Multiple Infratonal Frequencies Stimulating the same Cochlear Loci Echo Pitch and Infrapitch Echo Periodic Signals with Alternating Polarity Alternating Polarity Pulse Trains Pitches Produced by Dichotic Interactions Ear Dominance for Perception of Pitch Musical Pitch and Musical Infrapitch (Rhythm) Complex Beats: Integration of Different Infrapitch Periodicities at Different Cochlear Loci Effects of Deviations from Strict Infrapitch Periodicity Some Recent Models for the Pitch of Complex TonesChapter 4 The Measurement of Loudness and Pitch Sensory Input and Perception The History of Loudness Measurement Apparent Loudness and Its Relation to Auditory Localization: The Physical Correlate Theory Equivalence of Half-Loudness and Twice-Distance Estimates Agreement of Half-Loudness with the Inverse Square Law Effect of Reverberation on Loudness Functions Loudness of Self-Generated Sound Learning of a New Physical Correlate for Loudness The Mel Scale of Pitch Magnitude Some Conclusions and InferencesChapter 5 Perception of Acoustic Sequences Rate at which Component Sounds Occur in Speech and Music Identification of Components and Their Order Temporal Order Identification within Extended Sequences Identification of Order for Sequences of Unrelated Sounds and for Sequences of Speech Sounds Identification of Order within Tonal Sequences Identification of Order and Verbal Labeling Need for Verbal Labeling for Serial Order Retention in Memory Experiments Identification of Patterns without Discrimination of Order: Holistic Pattern Recognition Extent of Temporal Mismatch Permitting Holistic Pattern Recognition Should Trained or Untrained Subjects be Used? A Comparison of Holistic Pattern Recognition with Identification of Components and Their Orders Using Untrained Subjects Holistic Pattern Recognition and Detection of Acoustic Repetition Holistic Pattern Recognition and Context-Sensitive Speech Sounds Identification of Components and Their Orders and Holistic Pattern Recognition for Dichotomous Patterns Holistic Pattern Recognition in Animals Other Than Humans ConclusionsChapter 6 Perceptual Restoration of Missing Sounds Temporal Induction Homophonic Continuity Heterophonic Continuity The Roll Effect as Tonal Restoration Temporal Limits for Illusory Continuity Illusory Continuity of Stimuli Repeated at Tonal and Infratonal Frequencies Incomplete Continuity or Illusory Lengthening Illusory Pattern Completion: Restoration of Frequency Glides Temporal Induction of Speech Phonemic Restorations Apparent Continuity of Speech Produced by Insertion of Noise into Gaps Increase in Intelligibility of Speech Produced by Insertion of Noise into Gaps: Multiple Phonemic Restorations Masking and UnmaskingChapter 7 Speech Speech Production The Subglottal System The Larynx The Vocal Tract and Articulation of Speech Sounds Visual Representation of Speech Sounds The Protean Phoneme are Phonemes Perceptual Units? The Alphabet and the Phoneme Illiterate Adults Cannot Segment Phonetically Ability to Segment Phonetically and Reading Ability are Related in Children Cues for Identifying Phonemes and Characterizing Letters Evidence that Phonetic Constituents of Speech are Not Identified Directly The Temporal Course of Speech Perception Skilled Storage and Delayed Perceptual Organization of Speech Speech Errors in Everyday Life Changes in Speech Perception during Stimulus Repetition Verbal Satiation Verbal Summation Verbal Transformations Ear Advantages and Cortical Processing of Speech Perception of Linguistic and Nonlinguistic SequencesChapter 8 The Relation of Hearing to Other Senses Multimodal Perception Interaction of Vision with Senses Other than Hearing Interaction of Vision and Hearing in Speech Perception Perceptual Resolution of Conflicting Visual and Auditory Information Concerning Speech Auditory Input Perceived as Touch Multimodal Sensory Control of Speech Production General Perceptual Rules and Modality-Specific Rules Perceptual Calibration of Sensory InputReferencesAuthor IndexSubject IndexAbout the Author