Psychoacoustics Facts and Models [Hardcover]

Psychoacoustics?offers a unique, comprehensive summary of information describing the processing of sound by the human hearing system. The third edition includes an additional chapter on audio-visual interactions and applications, plus more on applications throughout.

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 given, as well as an unequalled collection of data on the human hearing system as a receiver of acoustic information. In addition, many examples of the practical application of the results of basic research in fields such as noise control, audiology, or sound quality engineering are detailed. The third edition includes an additional chapter on audio-visual interactions and applications, plus more on applications throughout.?Reviews of previous editions have?characterized?it as? an essential source of psychoacoustic knowledge, a major landmark , and a book that without doubt will have a long-lasting effect on the standing and future evolution of this scientific domain.

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 Ears Own Nonlinear Distortion.- Binaural Hearing.- Examples of Application.

Hugo Fastl is Professor of Technical Acoustics in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at the Technical University M?nchen, Germany. He graduated 1969 in Music from the Academy of Music M?nchen, and 1970, 1974, and 1981 he earned at the Technical University M?nchen the degrees of Dipl.-Ing., Dl®