Psychoacoustics Facts and Models /

• Main Authors: Fastl, Hugo (Author), Zwicker, Eberhard (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
• Subjects: Physics.; Coding theory.; Acoustics.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Electrical engineering.; Neuropsychology.; Coding and Information Theory.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Communications Engineering, Networks.

Psychoacoustics – Facts and Models offers a unique, comprehensive summary of information describing the processing of sound by the human hearing system. It includes quantitative relations between sound stimuli and auditory perception in terms of hearing sensations, for which quantitative models are...

Table of Contents:

• Stimuli and Procedures
• Hearing Area
• Information Processing in the Auditory System
• Masking
• Pitch and Pitch Strength
• Critical Bands and Excitation
• Just-Noticeable Sound Changes
• Loudness
• Sharpness and Sensory Pleasantness
• Fluctuation Strength
• Roughness
• Subjective Duration
• Rhythm
• The Ear’s Own Nonlinear Distortion
• Binaural Hearing
• Examples of Application.