Cochlear Hearing Loss

Integration at Threshold

Temporal Integration at Suprathreshold Levels

Perceptual Consequences of Abnormal Temporal Processing in People with Cochlear Hearing Loss

PITCH PERCEPTION AND FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION

Introduction

Theories of Pitch Perception

The Perception of the Pitch of Pure Tones by Normally Hearing People

Frequency Discrimination of Pure Tones by People with Cochlear Hearing Loss

The Perception of Pure-Tone Pitch for Frequencies Falling in a Dead Region

Pitch Anomalies in the Perception of Pure Tones

The Pitch Perception of Complex Tones by Normally Hearing People

Theories of Pitch Perception for Complex Tones

Pitch Perception of Complex Tones by People with Cochlear Hearing Loss

Perceptual Consequences of Altered Frequency Discrimination and Pitch Perception

SPATIAL HEARING AND ADVANTAGES OF BINAURAL HEARING

Introduction

The Localisation of Sinusoids

The Localisation of Complex Sounds

The Cone of Confusion, Head Movements, and Pinna Cues

General Conclusions on Sound Localisation

The Precedence Effect

Binaural Masking Level Differences (MLDs)

Head Shadow Effects

Release From Informational Masking

Diotic Advantages

Perceptual Consequences of Abnormal Binaural and Spatial Hearing in People with Cochlear Damage

SPEECH PERCEPTION

Introduction

The Magnitude of the Noise Problem

The Role of Audibility

Influence of Dead Regions on Speech Perception

Correlation between Psychoacoustic Abilities and Speech Perception

Assessing the Effects of Frequency Selectivity on Vowel and Consonant Perception

Influence of Loss of Sensitivity to Temporal Fine Structure

The Use of Simulations to Assess the Importance of Psychoacoustic Factors in Speech Perception

Conclusions

HEARING AIDS

Introduction

Linear Amplification

Compression Amplification

Some General Problems with Hearing Aids

Methods for Improving the Speech-To-Noise Ratio

Transposition Aids for Severe and Profound Hearing Loss

Cochlear Implants

Concluding Remarks

Glossary

References