An Introduction to the Psychology of Hearing

by Brian C.J. Moore

An Introduction to the Psychology of Hearing is essential reading for psychologists, audiologists, sensory physiologists, audio engineers, otologists and neuroscientists. This is the leading textbook in the field of auditory perception, and is intended to accompany courses in the hearing sciences, auditory perception, audiology and speech perception.

Genres: Science, Psychology, Textbooks, Research

293 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1977

Reviews

[Mel · Rating 2 out of 5]

I feel bad giving this 2 stars when the author clearly knows his stuff. Lots of descriptions of experiments untangling how the processes of hearing work. There's definitely some interesting stuff in here but I was hoping for something a little more to do with the higher level processes of listening and hearing.

Example:
"Most methods for estimating the shape of the auditory filter at a given center frequency are based on the assumptions of the power spectrum model of masking. The detection threshold of a signal whose frequency is fixed is measured in the presence of a masker whose spectral content is varied. It is assumed, as a first approximation, that the signal is detected using the single auditory filter that is centered on the frequency of the signal and that threshold corresponds to a constant ratio of signal power to masker power at the output of that filter."