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Auditory Processing Of Temporal Fine Structure: Effects Of Age And Hearing Loss (Hardcover)
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Auditory Processing Of Temporal Fine Structure: Effects Of Age And Hearing Loss (Hardcover)
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The book is concerned with changes in the perception of sound that
are associated with hearing loss and aging. Hearing loss affects
about 7% of the population in developed countries, and the
proportion is increasing as the average age of the population
increases. The audiogram is the most widely used diagnostic tool in
audiology clinics around the world. The audiogram involves
measuring the threshold for detecting sounds of different
frequencies. Sometimes the audiogram is the only diagnostic tool
that is used. However, hearing problems are not completely
characterized by the audiogram. Two individuals with similar
audiograms may show very different abilities in the detection and
discrimination of sounds at above-threshold levels. Also, a person
may have hearing difficulties despite having an audiogram that is
within the range conventionally considered as 'normal'. One factor
that may influence the discrimination of sounds, especially the
ability to understand speech in background sounds, is sensitivity
to temporal fine structure (TFS).This monograph reviews the role
played by TFS in masking, pitch perception, speech perception, and
spatial hearing, and concludes that cues derived from TFS play an
important role in all of these. Evidence is reviewed suggesting
that cochlear hearing loss reduces the ability to use TFS cues.
Also, the ability to use TFS declines with increasing age even when
the audiogram remains normal. This provides a new dimension to the
changes in hearing associated with aging, a topic that is currently
of great interest in view of the increasing proportion of older
people in the population.The study of the role of TFS in auditory
processing has been a hot topic in recent years. While there have
been many research papers on this topic in specialized journals,
there has been no overall review that pulls together the different
research findings and presents and interprets them within a
coherent framework. This monograph fills this gap.
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