Acoustic Properties of Sound

What Is Sound?

The Nature of Sound Waves

  Sound level

  Sound frequency

The Auditory System: The Ear

  The Outer Ear

  The Middle Ear

    The Role of the Ossicular Bridge

    The Acoustic Reflex

  The Inner Ear: The Cochlea

    The Organ of Corti

  Hair Cells and Sensory Transduction

    The Basilar Membrane

    The Temporal Theory

    The Place Theory

    Traveling Waves

  Sounds Emitted by the Cochlea

  Tinnitus

The Auditory System: The Auditory Pathways

  The Auditory Nerve

  Beyond the Auditory Nerve: Sound Localization

    Binaural Neurons

    Interaural Time

    Interaural Intensity Differences

    Binaural Cells and Sound Localization

  Beyond the Auditory Nerve: Sound Identification

  Human Auditory Cortex