An Introduction to the Psychology of Hearing
- 4th Edition - January 6, 1997
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: Brian C.J. Moore
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 5 0 5 6 2 7 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 5 9 4 5 - 0
Now available in a Fourth Edition, Introduction to the Psychology of Hearing is the leading textbook in the field of auditory perception--also known as psychoacoustics. The book e… Read more
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Request a sales quoteNow available in a Fourth Edition, Introduction to the Psychology of Hearing is the leading textbook in the field of auditory perception--also known as psychoacoustics. The book emphasizes the mechanisms underlying auditory perception and carefully explains key concepts. There are many illustrations--a large portion of which were produced especially for the book. The Fourth Edition has been thoroughly updated, with more than 150 references to articles and books published since 1990.Introductory chapters describe the basic physical concepts needed to understand the nature of auditory stimuli and the physiology of the auditory system, concentrating on the peripheral auditory system and particularly the inner ear (the cochlea). Later chapters cover auditory object perception, and extensively discuss the auditory systems ability to analyze a complex mixture of sounds in order to derive percepts corresponding to the individual sound sources. Also covered are speech perception, the basic auditory processes underlying speech perception, practical applications such as hearing aids and cochlear implants, the psychoacoustics of high-fidelity sound reproduction, and concert hall acoustics. The book includes an extensive list of references, glossary, and subject index.
@introbul:Key Features
@bul:* Covers important basic aspects of auditory perception including:
Loudness perception and intensity discrimination
* Frequency analysis and masking
* Temporal processing
* The perception of pitch
* Sound localization and related phenomena
@bul:* Covers important basic aspects of auditory perception including:
Loudness perception and intensity discrimination
* Frequency analysis and masking
* Temporal processing
* The perception of pitch
* Sound localization and related phenomena
Undergraduate students of audiology, speech and hearing sciences, and psychology. Introductory-level graduate students in these disciplines.
Preface to the First Edition.
Preface to the Second Edition.
Preface to the Third Edition.
Preface to the Fourth Edition.
The Nature of Sound and the Structure and Function of the Auditory System.
The Perception of Loudness. Frequency Selectivity, Masking and the Critical Band.
Temporal Processing in the Auditory System.
Pitch Perception.
Space Perception.
Auditory Pattern and Object Perception.
Speech Perception.
Practical Applications.
References.
Glossary.
Index.
Preface to the Second Edition.
Preface to the Third Edition.
Preface to the Fourth Edition.
The Nature of Sound and the Structure and Function of the Auditory System.
The Perception of Loudness. Frequency Selectivity, Masking and the Critical Band.
Temporal Processing in the Auditory System.
Pitch Perception.
Space Perception.
Auditory Pattern and Object Perception.
Speech Perception.
Practical Applications.
References.
Glossary.
Index.
- Edition: 4
- Published: January 6, 1997
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 373
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780125056274
- eBook ISBN: 9780080959450
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Brian C.J. Moore
Brian Moore received his B.A. in Natural Sciences in 1968 and his Ph.D. in Psychoacoustics in 1971, both from the University of Cambridge, England. He is currently Professor of Auditory Perception in the University of Cambridge. He has also been a Visiting Professor at Brooklyn College, the City University of New York, and the University of California at Berkeley and was a van Houten Fellow at the Institute for Perception Research, Eindhoven, the Netherlands. He is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America and a member of the Experimental Psychology Society (U.K.), the British Society of Audiology, The American Speech-Language Hearing Association, The American Auditory Society, The Acoustical Society of Japan, the Audio Engineering Society and the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. He is President of the Association of Independent Hearing Healthcare Professionals. He has published 10 books and over 280 scientific papers and book chapters.
Affiliations and expertise
University of Cambridge, UK