Sensation & Perception, 4e
Chapter 9 Flashcards
- acoustic reflex
- afferent fiber
- amplitude
- amplitude or intensity
- audibility threshold
- auditory nerve
- basilar membrane
- belt area
- characteristic frequency (CF)
- cochlea
- cochlear nucleus
- cochlear partition
- decibel (dB)
- ear canal
- efferent fiber
- equal-loudness curve
- frequency
- fundamental frequency
- hair cell
- harmonic spectrum
- helicotrema
- hertz (Hz)
- high-spontaneous fiber
- incus
- inferior colliculus
- inner ear
- isointensity curve
- loudness
- low-spontaneous fiber
- malleus
- medial geniculate nucleus
- mid-spontaneous fiber
- middle canal
- middle ear
- organ of Corti
- ossicle
- outer ear
- oval window
- parabelt area
- phase locking
- pinna
- pitch
- place code
- primary auditory cortex (A1)
- psychoacoustics
- rate saturation
- rate-intensity function
- Reissner’s membrane
- round window
- sine wave or pure tone
- spectrum
- stapedius
- stapes
- stereocilium
- superior olive
- tectorial membrane
- temporal code
- tensor tympani
- threshold tuning curve
- timbre
- tip link
- tonotopic organization
- two-tone suppression
- tympanic canal
- tympanic membrane
- vestibular canal
- volley principle