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The handbook of hearing and the effects of noise : physiology, psychology, and public health

Title
The handbook of hearing and the effects of noise : physiology, psychology, and public health / Karl D. Kryter.
Author
Kryter, Karl D.
Publication
San Diego : Academic Press, [1994], ©1994.

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Description
xiv, 673 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Definitions and Measurement of Noise and Sound -- 2. Structures and Functions of the Ear -- 3. Auditory Sensations and Perceptions -- 4. Normal Hearing, Sociocusis, Nosocusis, and Hearing Loss from Industrial Noise -- 5. Derivation of a General Theory and Procedure for Predicting Hearing Loss from Exposure to Sound -- 6. Speech Intelligibility in Quiet and in Noise -- 7. The Assessment of Hearing Handicap and Damage Risk from Noise -- 8. Mental and Psychomotor Task Performance in Noise -- 9. Nonauditory System Responses to Sound and Noise and Relations to Health -- 10. Community Reactions to Environmental Noise.
ISBN
0124274552 (acid-free paper)
LCCN
94010465
OCLC
  • 30109835
  • ocm30109835
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries