The Range and Limits of Hearing

Hearing Loss

Conduction Hearing Loss and Possible Remedies

Sensory/Neural Loss

Age and Hearing Loss

Noise Exposure and Hearing Loss

Drugs and Hearing Loss

Some Perceptual Consequences of Impaired Hearing

Compensating for Hearing Loss

Hearing Aids

Cochlear Implants

The Range of Hearing in Animals

Noise Masking and Critical Bands

Loudness Perception and Discrimination

How Loud Is Loud?

Neural Bases of Loudness Perception

Loudness Discrimination

Pitch Perception

What Is Pitch?

Pitch and Frequency Are Not Synonymous

The Neural Bases of Pitch Perception

Sound Recognition: Judging What the Source of a Sound Is

Perceptual Organization of the Auditory Stream

Common Spectral Content

Common Time Course

Spectral Harmonics

Familiarity

Sound Localization: Judging Where a Sound Comes From

Interaural Intensity Differences

Interaural Time Differences

The Cone of Confusion

The Effectiveness of Interaural Time and Intensity Differences

The Cocktail Party Effect: Masking and Unmasking Sound

Design Features That Minimize Mislocalization Errors

Mislocalization: Sound Heard Through Headphones

Mislocalization: Ears Versus Eyes

Do the Eyes Control the Accuracy of Sound Localization?

Sound Localization: Judging the Distance of a Sound Source

What You Hear Can Alter What You See

Sonification: Turning Light Into Sound