In planning The Handbook volumes on Audition, we, the editors, made the decision that there should be many authors, each writing about the work in the field that he knew best through his own research, rather than a few authors who would review areas of research with which they lacked first hand familiarity. For the purposes of the chapters on Audition, sensory physiology has been defined very broadly to include studies from the many disciplines that contribute to our understanding of the structures concerned with hearing and the processes that take place in these structures in man and in lower animals. A number of chapters on special topics have been included in order to present information that might not be covered by the usual chapters dealing with anatomical, physi ological and behavioral aspects of hearing. We wish to thank all authors of the volumes on Audition for the contributions that they have made. We feel confident that their efforts will also be appreciated by the many scientists and clinicians who will make use of the Handbook for many years to come. WOLF D. KEIDEL WILLIAM D. NEFF Erlangen Bloomington August 1974 Contents Introduction. By G. v. BEKESY t. With 3 Figures. . . . . . . . 1 Chapter 1 Consideration of the Acoustic Stimulus. By R. R. PFEIFFER. With Chapter 2 19 Figures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Comparative Anatomy of the Middle Ear. By O. W. HENSON Jr. With Chapter 3 23 Figures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 . . . . .
Authors, Editors and Affiliations
I. Physiologisches Institut der Universität, 852 Erlangen, Germany
Wolf D. Keidel
Center of Neural Sciences, Indiana Univesity, Bloomington, USA
William D. Neff
Department of Electrical Engineering, Bioacoustics Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA
H. W. Ades
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
A. Axelsson
Department of Anatomy, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, USA
I. L. Baird
Laboratory of Sensory Sciences, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA
G. Békésy
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, USA
R. L. Boord
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
C. B. G. Campbell
Department of Otolarynology, Karolinska Sjukhuset, Stockholm 60, Sweden
O. Densert
Central Institute for the Deaf, St. Louis, USA
D. H. Eldredge
Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Uppsala University, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
H. Engström
Laboratory of Neuro-otolaryngology, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA
J. Fex
Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, USA
J. M. Harrison
Division of Health Affairs, Department of Anatomy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA
O. W. Henson
New England Regional Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Southborough, USA
M. E. Howe
Cattedra di Bioacustica dell’ Università di Bari, Italia
S. Iurato
Institute of Biology, Odense Universitet, Odense, Denmark
A. Michelsen
Fysiologiska Institutionen II, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 60, Sweden
A. R. Møller
Department of Electrical Engineering and Physiology and Biophysics, The Washington University, St. Louis, USA
R. R. Pfeiffer
Bern, Switzerland
S. Rauch,
I. Rauch
Acoustic Section, Division of Physics, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Canada
E. A. G. Shaw
Department of E. N. T., Huddinge sjukhus, Huddinge, Sweden
J. Wersäll
Auditory Research Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, USA
E. G. Wever
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Auditory System
Book Subtitle: Anatomy Physiology (Ear)
Authors: H. W. Ades, A. Axelsson, I. L. Baird, G. Békésy, R. L. Boord, C. B. G. Campbell, O. Densert, D. H. Eldredge, H. Engström, J. Fex, J. M. Harrison, O. W. Henson, M. E. Howe, S. Iurato, A. Michelsen, A. R. Møller, R. R. Pfeiffer, S. Rauch, I. Rauch, E. A. G. Shaw, J. Wersäll, … E. G. Wever