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Zusatztext I strongly recommend this book to everyone working on the auditory system and related disorders Informationen zum Autor Jos Eggermont was born in The Netherlands, and was educated at Leiden University (MSc in 1967, PhD in 1972, both in Physics). In 1978 he became Professor in experimental physics at Nijmegen University. In 1986 he became Professor at the University of Calgary, Canada in the Department of Psychology. In 1997 he was named Campbell McLaurin Chair for Hearing Deficiencies and joined the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology. In 1989 he was elected in the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, in 1998 he was elected Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America, and in 2014 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Klappentext 'Auditory temporal processing' determines our understanding of speech, our appreciation of music, our ability to localize a sound source, and even to listen to a person in a noisy crowd. This book reviews the mechanisms for temporal processing in the auditory system, looking at how these underlie specific clinical disorders, and their treatment. Zusammenfassung 'Auditory temporal processing' determines our understanding of speech, our appreciation of music, our ability to localize a sound source, and even to listen to a person in a noisy crowd. This book reviews the mechanisms for temporal processing in the auditory system, looking at how these underlie specific clinical disorders, and their treatment. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: Stimulus onsets and echoes 3: Adaptation and forward masking 4: Gap-detection and voice-onset-time 5: Temporal modulation transfer functions 6: Modeling temporal processing 7: Correlation, coincidence and synchrony 8: Periodicity pitch 9: Binaural hearing and sound localization 10: Stream segregation and cocktail parties 11: Maturation and aging 12: Hearing loss and temporal processing 13: Auditory neuropathy and multiple sclerosis 14: Dyslexia, specific language impairment, and auditory processing disorder 15: General neurological disorders with temporal processing deficits 16: Multimodal interactions and auditory temporal processing ...
