Thornton Lectures

Question 1

What is reduced frequency selectivity?

Question 2

What is loudness recruitment?

Question 3

What are temporal processing changes?

Question 4

What are binaural processing changes?

Question 5

What is diplacusis?

Answer 5

Perception of hearing the same tone at a different pitch in each ear

Question 6

What are pitch perception changes?

Question 7

Apply methodology to loudness measurement

Question 8

What are the benefits of hearing with TWO EARs?

Question 9

Interaural Time Difference (ITD)?

Question 10

Interaural Level Difference (ILD)?

Question 11

What is IPD?

Question 12

Sound Localization

Question 13

Masking Effects

Question 14

Effects of Hearing Loss

Question 15

MAP/MAF

Question 16

Which has better thresholds - MAP or MAF?

Question 17

Hierarchy of Perception

Answer 17

1. Detection
2. Discrimination
3. Recognition
4. Comprehension

Question 18

Compression

Question 19

Temporal Distortion

Question 20

Spectral Contrast

Question 21

Localization

Question 22

Differences between Waveform and Spectral representations

Question 23

Two Models of Pitch Perception

Question 24

Perceptual Mechanisms that underlie pitch perception of puretones and complex sounds

Question 25

Role of pitch perception in everyday listening

Question 26

Effects of hearing loss on pitch

Question 27

Strengths and Weaknesses of temporal processing

Question 28

Temporal Acuity

Question 29

Masking

Question 30

Integration

Question 31

Mechanisms of Temporal Integration

Question 32

Relationship between Temporal Integration and Tone Durations

Question 33

Hearing Loss alterations to Temporal Processing

Question 34

Acoustics of Noise

Question 35

How does noise impact signal detection?

Question 36

Measuring masking with psychoacoustic methods

Question 37

Frequency Selectivity

Question 38

Hearing Loss

Question 39

Pure Tones

Question 40

Relate Detection to Physiological Representations

Question 41

How do pathologies alter MAP functions?

Question 42

Strength and Weaknesses of psychophysical measurement techniques

Question 43

Response Bias

Question 44

Effects of intensity, frequency, and bandwidth on loudness

Question 45

Weber’s Law

Question 46

Implications of Weber’s Law

Question 47

Hearing Loss Alterations to Loudness Perception

Question 48

Spherical vs Plane Wave

Question 49

Inverse Square Law

Question 50

Limits

Question 51

Reflection

Question 52

Standing Waves

Question 53

Constructive vs Destructive Interference

Question 54

Longitudinal Standing Waves

Question 55

Resonant Frequency

Question 56

Notes

Question 57

Antinodes

Question 58

Displacement

Question 59

Pressure

Question 60

Open/Open vs Close/Closed Systems

Question 61

Refraction

Question 62

Diffraction

Question 63

Doppler Effect

Question 64

Absorption

Question 65

Absorption Coefficient

Question 66

Reverberation Time (RT60)