Overview
- First basic reference on loudness
- An excellent resource for graduate students, consultants, clinicians, and researchers
- Chapters written by leaders in the field
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research (SHAR, volume 37)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Loudness is the primary psychological correlate of intensity. When the intensity of a sound increases, loudness increases. However, there exists no simple one-to-one correspondence between loudness and intensity; loudness can be changed by modifying the frequency or the duration of the sound, or by adding background sounds. Loudness also changes with the listener’s cognitive state. Loudness provides a basic reference for graduate students, consultants, clinicians, and researchers with a focus on recent discoveries. The book begins with an overview of the conceptual thinking related to the study of loudness, addresses issues related to its measurement, and later discusses the physiological effects of loud sounds, reaction times and electrophysiological measures that correlate with loudness. Loudness in the laboratory, loudness of steady-state sounds and the loudness of time-varying sounds are also covered, as are hearing loss and models.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Loudness
Editors: Mary Florentine, Arthur N Popper, Richard R. Fay
Series Title: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6712-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-6711-4Published: 04 November 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-2724-7Published: 27 December 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-6712-1Published: 04 November 2010
Series ISSN: 0947-2657
Series E-ISSN: 2197-1897
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 290
Topics: Neurobiology, Otorhinolaryngology, Neurosciences