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The Ear, Hearing, and Level Perception
CHAPTER OUTLINE
The Ear as a Frequency Analyzer
Loudness as a Function of Frequency
Loudness as a Function of the Sound Field
Loudness as a Function of the Duration of a Signal
The Law of the First Wave Front
Hearing is one of man’s senses. Many would say the most important. How the sense of hearing actually works is still the subject of research. Only a brief review of the function of the ear will be given here. Selected important elements from psychoacoustics (the field that encompasses human perception of sound) will be presented. ...
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