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Books and Publications
Dick Stern
Acoustical Society of America Melville, New York 11747
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Title: An Introduction to the Psychology of Hearing, 6th edition Author: Brian C. J. Moore
Publisher: Emerald, Bingley, UK
ISBN: 9781780520384
Pages: 441
Binding: Paperback
An Introduction to the Psychology of Hearing is one of the leading textbooks in the field of auditory perception. The first edition was published in 1977. The textbook’s longevity and loyal readership can be attributed to the accessible manner in which it describes the rela- tionships between the characteristics of the sounds that enter the ear and the sensations that they produce. The 6th edition has been thor- oughly updated. New sections have been added covering perceptual methods of estimating basilar-membrane compression, informa- tional masking of non-speech and speech sounds, experiments and theories concerning pitch perception, and the perception of speech in complex auditory environments.
Topics covered include:
• physics of sound
• physiology of the auditory system
• frequency selectivity and masking
• loudness perception
• temporal analysis
• pitch perception
• sound localization and spatial hearing
• timbre perception
• the perceptual organization of complex auditory 'scenes'
• speech perception
• practical applications such as hearing aids, cochlear implants,
and high-fidelity sound reproduction
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