The Handbook of Hearing and the Effects of Noise

Physiology, Psychology, and Public Health

Karl Kryter (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

673 Seiten

1994
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-12-427455-6 (ISBN)

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Contains information on the fundamentals of hearing and sound physics. This book offers a review of research findings and concepts on the effects of noise on people. It focuses on the psychological and physiological affects of noise on hearing and performance. It explains the interrelations of various factors involved in making noise a problem.

This volume is a comprehensive source of information on the fundamentals of hearing and sound physics. Using research from 1980 onward, this book is a critical review of past and up-to-date research findings and concepts on the effects of noise on people; it focuses on the psychological and physiological affects of noise on hearing and performance. This text elucidates the interrelations of the acoustical, physiological, psychological, and sociological factors that are involved in making noise a problem to individuals and societies. Also discussed are hearing loss, speech communications, annoyance, and health effects criteria for the limitation of exposures to noise in living and work areas. It covers: physical characteristics of sound and noise; acoustical-sensorineural response characteristics of the ear; basic psychological sensations and perceptions that ensue from analysis of sound and noise by the auditory system; laboratory and real-life research on the impairments to hearing, speech communication, task performance, and mental and bodily health that occur from exposure to noise; and, physical measures which predict adverse effects on hearing, behavior, and health from exposure to noise.

Definitions and Measurement of Noise and Sound
Structures and Functions of the Ear
Auditory Sensations and Perceptions
Normal Hearing, Sociocusis, Nosocusis, and Hearing Loss from Industrial Noise
Derivation of a General Theory and Procedure for Predicting Hearing Loss from Exposure to Sound
Speech Intelligibility in Quiet and in Noise
The Assessment of Hearing Handicap and Damage Risk from Noise
Mental and Psychomotor Task Performance in Noise
Nonauditory System Responses to Sound and Noise and Relations to Health
Community Reactions to Environmental Noise
References
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.11.1994
Zusatzinfo	references, index
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► HNO-Heilkunde
ISBN-10	0-12-427455-2 / 0124274552
ISBN-13	978-0-12-427455-6 / 9780124274556
Zustand	Neuware