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After studying the chapter, you should be able to . . .
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Specify the range and limits of human and animal hearing, and explain how this range is measured. Explain what a spectrogram is. |
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Explain the primary types of hearing loss, and discuss the causes and possible remedies of each. |
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Define broadband and bandpass noise, center frequency, and critical band. Explain auditory masking and how it might be mediated neurally. |
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Explain the relationship between perceived loudness and intensity and the modulating effects of frequency. |
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Explain the neural mechanism that enables humans to hear wide variations in the loudness of sound given the limited range of the individual neurons. |
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Define pitch and explain its relationship with frequency and the modulating effects of intensity and timbre. |
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Distinguish between the two theories of pitch perception, and explain how each theory accounts for low and high pitches. |
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Explain the processes by which the auditory system is thought to organize the complex sensory input of a stream of sound into separate perceptual events. Include the proposed ways in which perceptual grouping may occur. |
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Explain sound localization and discuss how it is achieved including, what is meant by the "cone of confusion." |
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Discuss the cocktail party phenomenon and the ways in which errors of sound localization and distance are minimized. |
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Explain how vision and hearing influence each other. |