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| Acoustics: Characteristics of the Sound Source and the Medium Important to Auditory Perception | |
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| Simple Harmonic Motion, Sine Waves, and Pure Tones | |
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| Vibration | |
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| Repetitive Linear Motion | |
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| Simple Harmonic Motion | |
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| Sine Waves | |
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| Important Characteristics of Sine Waves | |
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| Adding Sine Waves | |
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| Special Cases | |
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| Fourier Synthesis and Fourier Analysis | |
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| Vibrations and Sound | |
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| Pure Tones | |
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| Complex Tones | |
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| Aperiodic Sounds | |
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| Sound Transmission and Sound Waves | |
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| Sound Transmission | |
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| The Source | |
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| The Medium | |
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| The Receiver | |
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| Important Characteristics of Sound Transmission and Sound Waves | |
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| Propagation Velocity | |
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| Wavelength | |
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| Sound Wave Motion | |
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| Sound Measurement and the Decibel Scale | |
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| The Decibel Scale | |
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| Logarithmic Scales | |
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| Ratios | |
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| References Used in the Decibel Scale | |
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| The Sound Pressure Level Reference (dB SPL) | |
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| The Hearing Level Reference (dB HL) | |
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| The Sensation Level Reference (dB SL) | |
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| Some Caveats Regarding the Decibel | |
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| Decibel Computation | |
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| Applying the Equations | |
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| Conceptual Application of the Decibel | |
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| The Pressure Formula | |
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| The Intensity Formula | |
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| Everyday Examples | |
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| Given the Intensity or Pressure Ratio | |
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| Applying the Decibel Concept to a New Problem | |
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| Intensity: Intensity as an Important Stimulus Variable to Auditory Perception | |
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| Auditory Sensitivity | |
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| Detection and the Absolute Threshold | |
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| Measuring Absolute Threshold and the Psychometric Function | |
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| Audibility and Sensitivity | |
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| Previous Studies of Normal Human Auditory Sensitivity | |
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| What the Sivian and White Results Tell Us About Normal Human Auditory Sensitivity | |
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| Loudness | |
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| Perception Versus Stimulus Variables | |
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| Stimulus Intensity and Its Effect on Loudness | |
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| Direct Magnitude Estimation | |
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| Direct Magnitude Production | |
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| Units of Loudness Estimation | |
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| Stimulus Frequency and Its Effect on Loudness | |
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| Generating an Equal Loudness Contour Using a Loudness Balance Procedure | |
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| Fletcher and Munson's Equal Loudness Contours | |
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| Units of Loudness Estimation Using a Loudness Balance Procedure | |
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| What Fletcher and Munson Tell Us About the Effect of Frequency on Loudness | |
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| What Fletcher and Munson Tell Us About Loudness Growth Across Frequency | |
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| Explaining Loudness Perception | |
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| Intensity Discrimination | |
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| Discrimination Thresholds: Terminology and Relevance | |
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| Experimental Measurements of Normal Auditory Intensity Discrimination | |
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| Another Method for Estimating Intensity Discrimination Thresholds | |
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| Normal Human Auditory Differential Thresholds for Intensity | |
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| The Role of Intensity on Differential Sensitivity for Intensity | |
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| The Role of Frequency on Differential Sensitivity for Intensity | |
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| Scientific Interest in Differential Sensitivity | |
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| A Model to Explain Our Differential Sensitivity for Intensity | |
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| Frequency: Frequency as an Important Stimulus Variable to Auditory Perception | |
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| Masking | |
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| Experimental Paradigm and Important Terms | |
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| Some Caveats Regarding the Amount of Masking | |
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| When the Masker is a Wideband Noise | |
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| When the Masker Is a Pure Tone | |
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| When the Masker Is a Narrow Band of Noise | |
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| Getting Ready for Theory | |
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| Frequency Selectivity and the Critical Band | |
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| Filters | |
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| High-Pass Filters | |
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| Low-Pass Filters | |
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| Band-Pass Filters | |
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| Early Work on the Critical Band Theory | |
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| Fletcher's Logic | |
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| Fletcher's Legacy | |
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| Frequency Discrimination | |
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| Measuring Frequency Discrimination | |
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| Frequency Discrimination as a Function of Signal Frequency | |
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| Frequency Discrimination and the Critical Band | |
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| Frequency Discrimination and Weber's Law | |
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| Frequency Discrimination as a Function of Intensity | |
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| Pitch Perception | |
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| Stimulus Frequency and Its Effect on Pitch | |
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| Stimulus Intensity and Its Effect on Pitch | |
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| Comparing Pitch Estimation Procedures | |
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| Competing Theories of Pitch Perception | |
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| The Place Theory of Pitch Perception | |
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| The Volley Theory of Pitch Perception | |
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| Place Theory or Volley Theory-Which Is The Right One? | |
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| Pitch Perception of Simple Sounds | |
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| Pitch Perception of Complex Sounds | |
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| A Modern-Day Theory of Pitch Perception | |
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| Duration: Duration as an Important Stimulus Variable to Auditory Perception | |
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| Stimulus Duration and Its Role in Audibility, Loudness, and Discrimination | |
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| Stimulus Duration and Audibility | |
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| Stimulus Duration and Loudness Perception | |
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| Stimulus Duration and Discrimination | |
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| Differential Thresholds for Duration | |
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| The Effect of Stimulus Duration on Other Differential Thresholds | |
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| Auditory Fatigue and Adaptation | |
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| Long-Term Poststimulatory Auditory Fatigue | |
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| Interpreting the Magnitude of TTS | |
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| Experimental Parameters Affecting the Amount of Temporary Threshold Shift | |
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| Summary Remarks Regarding Long-Term Poststimulatory Auditory Fatigue | |
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| Loudness Adaptation | |
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| Measuring Loudness Adaptation | |
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| Important Characteristics of Loudness Adaptation | |
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| Comparison of Long-Term Poststimulatory Auditory Fatigue to Loudness Adaptation | |
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| Introduction to Binaural Hearing | |
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| Localization | |
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| Acoustic and Auditory Cues Involved in Localization | |
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| Other Auditory perceptions as a Consequence of Interaural Phase and Interaural Intensity Differences | |
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| Binaural Masking Level Differences | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |