Hearing. an Introduction to Psychological and Physiological Acoustics

Now in its Fifth Edition, Hearing highlights currently utilized and emerging clinical approaches to the physiological and psychological acoustics of hearing.

The text prepares AUD and Ph.D. students for required courses in acoustics and keeps practicing audiologists, speech pathologists, and otolaryngologists abreast of advances in the field.

Topics include:

• the human genome project as a catalyst in audiology
• current American National Institute Standards definitions and accepted guidelines that determine how hearing is measured
• cycle acoustics
• auditory seed analysis
• auditory user finding
• speech perception