9 quick review colour vision concluded lgn story visual cortex story colour vision in animals
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9 Quick Review
Colour vision concluded
LGN Story
Visual Cortex story
Colour vision in Animals
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9Hearing: Physiology and
Psychoacoustics
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The Function of Hearing
• The basics
Nature of sound
Anatomy and physiology of the auditory system
How we perceive loudness and pitch
Impairments of hearing and how to ameliorate them
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What Is Sound?
• Sounds are created when objects vibrate
Vibrations of an object cause molecules in the object’s surrounding medium to vibrate as well, which causes pressure changes in the medium
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Figure 9.1 Pattern of pressure fluctuations of a sound stays the same as the sound wave moves away (a); amount of pressure change decreases with increasing distance (b)
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What Is Sound?
• Sound waves travel at a particular speed.
Depends on the medium
Example: Speed of sound through air is about 340 meters/second, but speed of sound through water is 1500 meters/second but . . .
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What Is Sound?
• Physical qualities of sound waves:
Amplitude or Intensity: The magnitude of displacement (increase or decrease) of a sound pressure wave Perceived as loudness
Frequency: For sound, the number of times per second that a pattern of pressure change repeats
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What Is Sound?
• Units for measuring sound:
Hertz (Hz): A unit of measure for frequency. One Hz equals one cycle per second
Decibel (dB): A unit of measure for the physical intensity of sound Decibels define the difference between two
sounds as the ratio between two sound pressures
Each 10:1 sound pressure ratio equals 20 dB, and a 100:1 ratio equals 40 dB
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What Is Sound?
• Psychological qualities of sound waves:
Loudness: The psychological aspect of sound related to perceived intensity or amplitude
Pitch: The psychological aspect of sound related mainly to the fundamental frequency
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What Is Sound?
• Frequency is associated with pitch
Low-frequency sounds correspond to low pitches
High-frequency sounds correspond to high pitches
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Figure 9.2 Amplitude and frequency (Part 1)
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Figure 9.2 Amplitude and frequency (Part 2)
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What Is Sound?
• Human hearing uses a limited range of frequencies (Hz) and sound pressure levels (dB)
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What Is Sound?
• Humans can hear across a wide range of sound intensities
Ratio between faintest and loudest sounds is more than 1:1,000,000
In order to describe differences in amplitude, sound levels are measured on a logarithmic scale, in decibels (dB)
Relatively small decibel changes can correspond to large physical changes For example: An increase in 6 dB corresponds
to a doubling of the amount of pressure
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Figure 9.4 Sounds that we hear in our daily environments vary greatly in intensity
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What Is Sound?
• One of the simplest kinds of sounds: Sine waves, or pure tone Sine wave: The waveform for which variation as
a function of time is a sine function
• Sine waves are not common in everyday sounds because not many vibrations in the world are so pure Most sounds in the world are complex sounds
For example: Human voices, bird songs, car noises
• Nonetheless, all sound waves can be described as some combination of sine waves
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What Is Sound?
• Complex sounds are best described as a spectrum that displays how much energy is present in each of the frequencies in the sound
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What Is Sound?
• Harmonic spectrum: Typically caused by a simple vibrating source (e.g., string of a guitar, or reed of a saxophone)
Fundamental frequency: The lowest-frequency component of a complex periodic sound
Timbre: The psychological sensation by which a listener can judge that two sounds with the same loudness and pitch are dissimilar Timbre quality is conveyed by harmonics and
other high frequencies
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Figure 9.6 Harmonic sounds with the same fundamental frequency can sound different
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Basic Structure of the Mammalian Auditory System
• How are sounds detected and recognized by the auditory system?
Sense of hearing evolved over millions of years – likely evolved from touch
Many animals have very different hearing capabilities For instance, dogs can hear higher-
frequency sounds and elephants can hear lower-frequency sounds than humans can
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Basic Structure of the Mammalian Auditory System
• Outer ear
Sounds are first collected from the environment by the pinnae
Sound waves are funneled by the pinnae into the ear canal
The length and shape of the ear canal enhances certain sound frequencies
The main purpose of the ear canal is to insulate the structure at its end—the tympanic membrane
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Figure 9.7 The size and shape of pinnae vary greatly among mammals
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Basic Structure of the Mammalian Auditory System
• Tympanic membrane: The eardrum; a thin sheet of skin at the end of the outer ear canal. Vibrates in response to sound
• Common myth: Puncturing your eardrum will leave you deaf
In most cases it will heal itself
However, it is still possible to damage it beyond repair
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Basic Structure of the Mammalian Auditory System
• Middle ear
Pinnae and ear canal make up the outer ear
Tympanic membrane is border between outer and middle ear
Middle ear consists of three tiny bones—ossicles—that amplify and transmit sounds to the inner ear
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Basic Structure of the Mammalian Auditory System
• Ossicles: The smallest bones in the body
Malleus: Receives vibrations from the tympanic membrane and is attached to the incus
Incus: The middle ossicle
Stapes: Connected to the incus on one end and the oval window of the cochlea on the other Oval window is border between middle and
inner ear
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Figure 9.8 Structures of the human ear (Part 1)
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Figure 9.8 Structures of the human ear (Part 2)
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Figure 9.8 Structures of the human ear (Part 3)
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Basic Structure of the Mammalian Auditory System
• Amplification provided by the ossicles is essential to our ability to hear faint sounds
Ossicles have hinged joints that work like levers to amplify sounds
The stapes has a smaller surface than the malleus, so sound energy is concentrated
The inner ear consists of fluid-filled chambers It takes more energy to move liquid than air
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Basic Structure of the Mammalian Auditory System
• The ossicles are also important for loud sounds
Tensor tympani and stapedius: Two muscles in the middle ear that decrease
ossicle vibrations when tensed Muffle loud sounds and protect the inner ear
• However, acoustic reflex follows onset of loud sounds by 200 ms, so cannot protect against abrupt sounds (e.g., gun shot)
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Basic Structure of the Mammalian Auditory System
• Inner ear
Fine changes in sound pressure are translated into neural signals
Function is roughly analogous to that of the retina
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Basic Structure of the Mammalian Auditory System
• Cochlear canals and membranes
Cochlea: Spiral structure of the inner ear containing the organ of Corti
Cochlea is filled with watery fluids in three parallel canals.
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Figure 9.9 The cochlea (Part 1)
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Figure 9.9 The cochlea (Part 2)
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Basic Structure of the Mammalian Auditory System
• The three canals of the cochlea:
Tympanic canal: Extends from round window at base of cochlea to helicotrema at the apex
Vestibular canal: Extends from oval window at base of cochlea to helicotrema at the apex
Middle canal: Sandwiched between the tympanic and vestibular canals and contains the cochlear partition
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Basic Structure of the Mammalian Auditory System
• Three cochlear canals are separated by membranes:
Reissner’s membrane: Thin sheath of tissue separating the vestibular and middle canals in the cochlea
Basilar membrane: Plate of fibers that forms the base of the cochlear partition and separates the middle and tympanic canals in the cochlea
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Basic Structure of the Mammalian Auditory System
• Vibrations transmitted through tympanic membranes and middle-ear bones cause the stapes to push and pull the flexible oval window in and out of the vestibular canal at the base of the cochlea
• Any remaining pressure from extremely intense sounds is transmitted through the helicotrema and back to the cochlear base through the tympanic canal, where it is absorbed by another membrane—the round window
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Basic Structure of the Mammalian Auditory System
• Organ of Corti: A structure on the basilar membrane of the cochlea that is composed of hair cells and dendrites of auditory nerve fibers
• Movements of the cochlear partition are translated into neural signals by structures in the organ of Corti
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Figure 9.9 The cochlea (Part 3)
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Basic Structure of the Mammalian Auditory System
• Hair cells: Cells that support the stereocilia which transduce mechanical movement in the cochlea and vestibular labyrinth into neural activity sent to the brain stem. Some hair cells also receive input from the brain
Arranged in four rows that run down length of basilar membrane
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Figure 9.9 The cochlea (Part 4)
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Basic Structure of the Mammalian Auditory System
• Tectorial membrane: A gelatinous structure, attached on one end, that extends into the middle canal of the ear, floating above inner hair cells and touching outer hair cells
• Vibrations cause displacement of the tectorial membrane, which bends stereocilia attached to hair cells and causes the release of neurotransmitters
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Figure 9.10 Vibration leading to the the release of neurotransmitters
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Break - Basic Structure continued
• Stereocilia: Hairlike extensions on the tips of hair cells in the cochlea that initiate the release of neurotransmitters when they are flexed
• The tip of each stereocilium is connected to the side of its neighbor by a tiny filament called a tip link
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Figure 9.11 Stereocilia regulate the flow of ions into and out of hair cells (Part 1)
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Figure 9.11 Stereocilia regulate the flow of ions into and out of hair cells (Part 2)
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Basic Structure of the Mammalian Auditory System
• Coding of amplitude and frequency in the cochlea
Place code: Tuning of different parts of the cochlea to different frequencies, in which information about the particular frequency of an incoming sound wave is coded by the place along the cochlear partition with the greatest mechanical displacement
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Figure 9.12 The cochlea is like an acoustic prism in that its sensitivity spreads across different sound frequencies along its length (Part 1)
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Figure 9.12 The cochlea is like an acoustic prism in that its sensitivity spreads across different sound frequencies along its length (Part 2)
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Basic Structure of the Mammalian Auditory System
• Inner and outer hair cells:
Inner hair cells: Convey almost all information about sound waves to the brain (using afferent fibers)
Outer hair cells: Convey information from the brain (using efferent fibers). They are involved in an elaborate feedback system
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Basic Structure of the Mammalian Auditory System
• The auditory nerve (AN)
Responses of individual AN fibers to different frequencies are related to their place along the cochlear partition
Frequency selectivity: Clearest when sounds are very faint
Threshold tuning curve: A graph plotting thresholds of a neuron or fiber in response to sine waves with varying frequencies at the lowest intensity that will give rise to a response
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Figure 9.13 Threshold tuning curves for six auditory nerve fibers, each tuned to a different frequency
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Basic Structure of the Mammalian Auditory System
• Two-tone suppression: Decrease in firing rate of one auditory nerve fiber due to one tone, when a second tone is presented at the same time
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Figure 9.14 Two-tone suppression
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Basic Structure of the Mammalian Auditory System
• Rate saturation Are AN fibers as selective for their characteristic
frequencies at levels well above threshold as they are for barely audible sounds?
To answer this, look at isointensity curves: A chart measuring an AN fiber’s firing rate to a wide range of frequencies, all presented at the same intensity level
Rate saturation: The point at which a nerve fiber is firing as rapidly as possible and further stimulation is incapable of increasing the firing rate
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Figure 9.15 Isointensity functions for one AN fiber with a characteristic frequency of 2000 Hz
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Basic Structure of the Mammalian Auditory System
• Rate–intensity function: A map plotting firing rate of an auditory nerve fiber in response to a sound of constant frequency at increasing intensities
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Figure 9.16 Firing rate plotted against sound intensity for six auditory nerve fibers: three low-spontaneous (red) and three high-spontaneous (blue)
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Basic Structure of the Mammalian Auditory System
• Temporal code for sound frequency The auditory system has another way to encode
frequency aside from the cochlear place code
Phase locking: Firing of a single neuron at one distinct point in the period (cycle) of a sound wave at a given frequency
The existence of phase locking means that the firing pattern of an AN fiber carries a temporal code
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Figure 9.17 Phase locking
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Basic Structure of the Mammalian Auditory System
• Temporal code: Tuning of different parts of the cochlea to different frequencies, in which information about the particular frequency of an incoming sound wave is coded by the timing of neural firing as it relates to the period of the sound
• The volley principle: An idea stating that multiple neurons can provide a temporal code for frequency if each neuron fires at a distinct point in the period of a sound wave but does not fire on every period
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Figure 9.18 The volley principle
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Basic Structure of the Mammalian Auditory System
• Auditory brain structures: Cochlear nucleus: The first brain stem nucleus at
which afferent auditory nerve fibers synapse
Superior olive: An early brain stem region in the auditory pathway where inputs from both ears converge
Inferior colliculus: A midbrain nucleus in the auditory pathway
Medial geniculate nucleus: The part of the thalamus that relays auditory signals to the temporal cortex and receives input from the auditory cortex
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Figure 9.19 Pathways in the auditory system
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Basic Structure of the Mammalian Auditory System
• Auditory brain structures (cont’d):
Primary auditory cortex (A1): The first area within the temporal lobes of the brain responsible for processing acoustic organization
Belt area: A region of cortex, directly adjacent to A1, with inputs from A1, where neurons respond to more complex characteristics of sounds
Parabelt area: A region of cortex, lateral and adjacent to the belt area, where neurons respond to more complex characteristics of sounds, as well as to input from other senses
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Figure 9.20 The first stages of auditory processing begin in the temporal lobe in areas within the Sylvian fissure
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Basic Structure of the Mammalian Auditory System
• Tonotopic organization: An arrangement in which neurons that respond to different frequencies are organized anatomically in order of frequency
Starts in the cochlea
Maintained all the way through primary auditory cortex (A1)
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Basic Structure of the Mammalian Auditory System
• Comparing overall structure of auditory and visual systems:
Auditory system: Large proportion of processing is done before A1
Visual system: Large proportion of processing occurs beyond V1
Differences may be due to evolutionary reasons
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Basic Operating Characteristics of the Auditory System
• Psychoacoustics: The study of the psychological correlates of the physical dimensions of acoustics
A branch of psychophysics
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Basic Operating Characteristics of the Auditory System
• Intensity and loudness
Audibility threshold: A map of just barely audible tones of varying frequencies
Equal-loudness curve: A graph plotting sound pressure level (dB SPL) against the frequency for which a listener perceives constant loudness
The tonotopic organization of the auditory system suggests that frequency composition is the determinant of how we hear sounds
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Figure 9.21 The lowest curve illustrates the threshold for hearing sounds at varying frequencies
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Basic Operating Characteristics of the Auditory System
• Temporal integration: The process by which a sound at a constant level is perceived as being louder when it is of greater duration
The term also applies to perceived brightness, which depends on the duration of the light
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Basic Operating Characteristics of the Auditory System
• Psychoacousticians: Study how listeners perceive pitch Research done using pure tones suggests that humans
are good at detecting small differences in frequency
Masking: Using a second sound, frequently noise, to make the detection of a sound more difficult; used to investigate frequency selectivity
White noise: Consists of all audible frequencies in equal amounts; used in masking
Critical bandwidth: The range of frequencies conveyed within a channel in the auditory system
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Figure 9.22 Critical bandwidth and masking
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Hearing Loss
• Hearing can be impaired by damage to any of the structures along the chain of auditory processing
Obstructing the ear canal results in temporary hearing loss (e.g., earplugs)
Excessive buildup of ear wax (cerumen) in ear canal
Conductive hearing loss: Caused by problems with the bones of the middle ear (e.g., during ear infections, otitis media)
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Hearing Loss
More serious type of conductive loss: Otosclerosis Caused by abnormal growth of middle ear
bones; can be remedied by surgery
Most common, most serious auditory impairment: Sensorineural hearing loss Due to defects in cochlea or auditory nerve;
when hair cells are injured (e.g., as a result of antibiotics or cancer drugs, ototoxic)
Common hearing loss: Damage to hair cells due to excessive exposure to noise
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Figure 9.23 Environmental noise affects hearing
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Hearing Loss
• Hearing loss: Natural consequence of aging
Young people: Range of 20–20,000 Hz
By college age: 20–15,000 Hz
Hearing aids: Earliest devices were horns; today, electronic aids
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Hearing Loss
• Cochlear implants: Tiny flexible coils with miniature electrode
contacts
Surgeons thread implants through round window toward cochlea apex
Tiny microphone transmits radio signals to a receiver in the scalp
Signals activate miniature electrodes at appropriate positions along the cochlear implant
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Figure 9.25 Cochlear implants give some people who are deaf the ability to hear
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Sound Localization
Adding Pages 249 to 258 ‘Chapter 10’
How do you locate a sound?
– Owl example– Similar dilemma to determining how far an
object is– Two ears: Critical for determining auditory
locations
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Figure 10.1 Position detection by the visual and auditory systems
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Sound Localization
Interaural time differences (ITD): The difference in time between a sound arriving at one ear versus the other
Azimuth: The angle of a sound source on the horizon relative to a point in the center of the head between the ears
– Measured in degrees, with 0 degrees being straight ahead
– Angle increases clockwise, with 180 degrees being directly behind
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Figure 10.3 Interaural time differences for sound sources varying in azimuth
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Figure 10.4 Interaural time differences for different positions around the head
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Sound Localization
Physiology of ITD
– Medial superior olive (MSO): A relay station in the brain stem where inputs from both ears contribute to detection of ITDs
– ITD detectors form connections from inputs coming from two ears during the first few months of life
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Sound Localization
Interaural level difference (ILD): The difference in level (intensity) between a sound arriving at one ear versus the other
– For frequencies greater than 1000 Hz, the head blocks some of the energy reaching the opposite ear
– ILD is largest at 90 degrees and –90 degrees; nonexistent for 0 degrees and 180 degrees
– ILD generally correlates with angle of sound source, but correlation is not quite as great as it is with ITDs
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Figure 10.2 Ears receive slightly different inputs when the sound source is located on different sides
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Figure 10.6 Interaural level differences for tones of different frequencies presented at different positions (Part 1)
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Figure 10.6 Interaural level differences for tones of different frequencies presented at different positions (Part 2)
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Sound Localization
Physiology of ILDs:
– Lateral superior olive (LSO): A relay station in the brain stem where inputs from both ears contribute to the detection of ILDs
– Excitatory connections to LSO come from ipsilateral ear
– Inhibitory connections to LSO come from contralateral ear
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Figure 10.5 After a single synapse, information travels to the medial and lateral superior olive (1)
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Figure 10.5 After a single synapse, information travels to the medial and lateral superior olive (2)
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Sound Localization
Potential problem with using ITDs and ILDs for sound localization
– Cone of confusion: A region of positions in space where all sounds produce the same ITDs and ILDs
– Experiments by Wallach (1940) demonstrated this problem
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Figure 10.7 Elevation adds another dimension to sound localization
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Sound Localization
Overcoming the cone of confusion
– Turning the head can disambiguate ILD/ITD similarity
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Sound Localization
Shape and form of pinnae helps determine localization of sound
– Head-related transfer function (HRTF): A function that describes how the pinnae, ear canals, head, and torso change the intensity of sounds with different frequencies that arrive at each ear from different locations in space (azimuth and elevation)
– Each person has their own HRTF (based on their own body) and uses it to help locate sounds
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Figure 10.9 Pinna shapes vary quite a lot between people
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Next: Chapter 12
Touch