Human Auditory Development

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Werner, Lynne (Editor), Fay, Richard R. (Editor), Popper, Arthur N. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2012.
• Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, 42
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Neurosciences.; Otorhinolaryngology.; Neurobiology.; Life Sciences.

Human Auditory Development deals with what is currently known about the development of hearing and the auditory system in humans.  This volume provides an important contemporary reference on hearing development and leads to new ways of thinking about hearing in children and about remediation for chi...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction and overview
• Morphological and functional development of the ear
• Morphological and functional development of the auditory nervous system
• Development of auditory coding as reflected in psychophysical performance
• Development of auditory scene analysis and auditory attention
• Development of spatial hearing
• Development of speech perception
• Development of pitch and music perception
• Atypical auditory development and effects of experience
• Summary, interrelationships, implications, future directions
• Index.