Fundamentals of Hearing: An Introduction, 4th Edition By: William A Yost

Author: William A. Yost

In its new Fourth Edition, Fundamentals of An Introduction covers the subject ofhearing from sound to sensation, including the structure and function of the auditory system.Written at an introductory level, and requiring a minimal background in math and science,Fundamentals of Hearing is intended for students in fields concerned with sensory systems,perception, the nervous system, human and animal communication, and speech and hearingsciences and disorders. Fundamentals of Hearing will also assist any professional in the fieldof hearing in finding key facts and data about the auditory system.The new Fourth Edition offers sixteen chapters, with 25 percent new information, The Auditory Stimulus* Peripheral Auditory Anatomy and Physiology* Auditory Perception of Simple Sounds* Complex Sound Processing* The Central Auditory Nervous System* And, a new chapter, The Abnormal Auditory SystemSix appendices Sinusoids and Trigonometry* Logarithms* Fourier Analysis* Psychophysics* Neural Anatomy and Physiology* Techniques and Tools Used to Study accompanying Instructor s Workbook and CD-ROM also available contact yourbookstore or Academic Press for more information.