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Perception 4/e Cover Image
Perception, 4/e
Robert Sekuler, Brandeis University
Randolph Blake, Vanderbilt University
The Ear and the Auditory System

Chapter Outline

  1. ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES OF SOUND
    1. What is Sound?
    2. The Nature of Sound Waves
      1. Sound level
      2. Sound frequency
  2. THE AUDITORY SYSTEM: THE EAR
    1. The Outer Ear
    2. The Middle Ear
      1. The role of the ossicular bridge
      2. The acoustic reflex
    3. The Inner Ear: The Cochlea
      1. The organ of Corti
      2. Hair cells and sensory transduction
      3. The basilar membrane
      4. The temporal theory
      5. The place theory
      6. Traveling waves
      7. Sounds emitted by the cochlea
      8. Tinnitus
  3. THE AUDITORY SYSTEM: THE AUDITORY PATHWAYS
    1. The Auditory Nerve
    2. Beyond the Auditory Nerve: Sound Localization
      1. Binaural neurons
      2. Interaural time
      3. Interaural intensity differences
      4. Binaural cells and sound localization
    3. Beyond the Auditory Nerve: Sound Identification








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