Compression: From Cochlea to Cochlear Implants

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bacon, Sid P. (Editor), Fay, Richard R. (Editor), Popper, Arthur N. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2004.
• Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, 17
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Neurosciences.; Otorhinolaryngology.; Neurobiology.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Life Sciences.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.

The Springer Handbook of Auditory Research presents a series of comp- hensive and synthetic reviews of the fundamental topics in modern au- tory research.The volumes are aimed at all individuals with interests in hearing research including advanced graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and c...

Table of Contents:

• Overview of Auditory Compression
• Compression in the Peripheral Auditory System
• Psychophysical Manifestations of Compression: Normal-Hearing Listeners
• Psychophysical Manifestations of Compression: Hearing-Impaired Listeners
• Compression Amplification
• Compression and Cochlear Implants.