Loudness
The topic of loudness is of considerable concern both in and outside of research laboratories. Most people have developed an opinion about some aspect of loudness, and many complain about the loudness of background sounds in their daily environments and t
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Mary Florentine • Arthur N. Popper Richard R. Fay Editors
Loudness with 75 Illustrations
Editors Mary Florentine Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology with joint appointment in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Northeastern University Boston, MA 02115 USA [email protected]
Richard R. Fay Department of Psychology Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL USA [email protected]
Arthur N. Popper Department of Biology University of Maryland College Park, MD USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4419-6711-4 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-6712-1 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-6712-1 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2010938801 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Cover Art: Estimate of loudness as a function of level derived from chirp-evoked otoacoustic emissions by Luke Shaheen and Michael Epstein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
In Memoriam and Honor
Søren Buus (January 29, 1951–April 29, 2004) (Søren Buus’s obituary was published by Scharf, B. and Florentine, M. in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2005, 117, p. 1685.)
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Series Preface
Springer Handbook of Auditory Research The Springer Handbook of Auditory Research presents a series of comprehensive and synthetic reviews of the fundamental topics in modern auditory research. The volumes are aimed at all individuals with interests in hearing research including advanced graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and clinical investigators. The volumes are intended to introduce new investigators to important aspects of hearing science and to help established investigators to better understand the fundamental theories and data in fields of hearing that they may not normally follow closely. Each volume presents a particular topic comprehensively, and each serves as a synthetic overview and guide to the literature. As such, the chapters present neither exhaustive data reviews nor original research that has not yet appeared in peerreviewed journals. The volumes focus on topics that have developed a solid data and conceptual foundation, rather than on those for which a literature is only beginning to develop. New research
