Facts and Models in Hearing : Proceedings of the Symposium on Psychophysical Models and Physiological Facts in Hearing, Held at Tutzing, Oberbayern, Federal Republic of Germany, April 22–26, 1974

"During recent years auditory research has advanced quite rapidly in the area of experimental psychology as well as in that of physiology. Scientists working in both areas have in cornrnon the study of the process in HEARING, yet different scientific areas always tend to diverge. A SYMPOSIUM ON PSYƯ CHOPHYSICAL MODELS AND PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTS IN HEARING was orƯ ganized for the exchange of information and to stimulate disƯ cussion between research workers in psychoacoustics, neurophyƯ siology, anatomy, morphology and hydromechanics. The basic aim of holding this syrnposium was to halt the divergence and to initiate the kind of multi-disciplinary research that will be need ed to elucidate the hearing process as a whole. The present proceedings comprise the papers, which were circulated to the participants two months before the syrnposium and discussed during the syrnposium, together with some cornrnents and additional reƯ marks. These cornrnents and rernarks do not, however, represent the full discussions but only the parts available in written form. We have arranged the material in five sections: I. Structure and Neurobiology of the Inner Ear II. Cochlear Mechanisms III. Auditory Frequency Analysis IV. Auditory Time Analysis V. Nonlinear Effects Within the limits of a syrnposium, none of these topics could be treated comprehensively; moreover, most of the papers concerned problems having several aspects"--Font no determinada Front Matter....Pages I-XI Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Morphology of the Walls of the Cochlear Duct....Pages 3-17 Neuroanatomy of the Cochlea....Pages 18-32 Comments on: “Neuroanatomy of the cochlea” (H. Spoendlin)....Pages 33-36 Neurobiology of Hair Cells and Their Synapses....Pages 37-42 Front Matter....Pages 43-43 Measurements of Sound Pressure in the Cochleae of Anesthetized Cats....Pages 45-53 Comments on: “Measurements of sound pressure in the coch1eae of anesthetized cats” (V. Nedzelnitsky)....Pages 54-55 Basilar Membrane Vibration Data and Their Relation to Theories of Frequency Analysis....Pages 56-63 Comments on: “Basilar membrane vibration data and their relation to theories of frequency analysis” (J. P. Wilson)....Pages 64-64 The Significance of Shearing Displacements for the Mechanical Stimulation of Cochlear Hair Cells....Pages 65-74 Comments on: “The significance of shearing displacements for the mechanical stimulation of cochlear hair cells” (J. Tonndorf)....Pages 75-76 Enlarged Hydromechanical Cochlea Model with Basilar Membrane and Tectorial Membrane....Pages 77-85 A Model For Mechanical to Neural Transduction in the Auditory Receptor....Pages 86-93 Comments on: “A Model for mechanical to neural transduction in the auditory Receptor” (Schroeder and Hall)....Pages 94-94 A “Second Filter” Established within the Scala Media (General Comment)....Pages 95-99 An Alternative Approach to the Second Filter (General Comment)....Pages 100-103 Front Matter....Pages 105-105 Neuro-Mechanical Frequency Analysis in the Cochlea....Pages 107-117 Auditory Frequency Selectivity and the Cochlear Nerve....Pages 118-129 Comments on: “Auditory Frequency Selectivity and the Cochlear Nerve” (E.F. Evans)....Pages 130-131 On a Psychoacoustical Equivalent of Tuning Curves....Pages 132-141 Pure-Tone Masking: A New Result from a New Method....Pages 142-155 Front Matter....Pages 105-105 Frequency Selectivity and the Tonal Residue....Pages 156-163 Frequency discrimination at the threshold....Pages 164-177 Monotic and Dichotic Pitch Matchings with Complex Sounds....Pages 178-188 Comments on: “Monotic and Dichotic Pitch Matchings with Complex Sounds” (G. VAN DEN BRINK)....Pages 189-190 Front Matter....Pages 191-191 Recordings from Spiral Ganglion Neurones....Pages 193-203 Comment on: Recordings from spiral ganglion neurones (L.U.E. Kohllöffel)....Pages 204-205 Coding of Repetition Noise in the Cochlear Nucleus in Cat....Pages 206-212 Comments on: “Coding of repetition noise in the cochlear nucleus in cat” (G. Boerger)....Pages 213-213 Comments on: “Coding of repetition noise in the cochlear nucleus in cat” (G. Boerger)....Pages 214-215 Information Processing in the Higher Parts of the Auditory Pathway....Pages 216-226 Dynamic Properties of Cochlear Nucleus Units in Response to Excitatory and Inhibitory Tones....Pages 227-240 Roughness and its Relation to the Time — Pattern of Psychoacoustical Excitation....Pages 241-250 Transient Masking Pattern of Narrow Band Maskers....Pages 251-257 Masking Patterns and Lateral Inhibition....Pages 258-265 Comments on: Masking patterns and lateral inhibition (T. Houtgast)....Pages 266-268 The Slopes of Masking Patterns (General Comments)....Pages 269-272 Comments on: “The slopes of masking patterns” (Houtgast)....Pages 273-274 A Crude Quantitative Theory of Backward Masking....Pages 275-284 Front Matter....Pages 285-285 Nonlinear Effects in the Transient Response of the Basilar Membrane....Pages 287-298 Nonlinear Mechanisms and Cochlear Selectivity....Pages 299-311 Front Matter....Pages 285-285 Cochlear Microphonic Correlates of Cubic Difference Tones....Pages 312-322 The Representation of Tones and Combination Tones in Spike Discharge Patterns of Single Cochlear Nerve Fibers....Pages 323-331 On the Mechanisms of Combination Tone Generation and Lateral Inhibition in Hearing....Pages 332-342 Comment on: “On the mechanisms of combination tone generation and lateral inhibition in Hearing” (Smoorenburg)....Pages 343-343 Subjective Phase Effects and Combination Tones....Pages 344-352 Pitch of Pure Tones: Its Relation to Intensity....Pages 353-360 Back Matter....Pages 361-362