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Sensory Systems: Auditory
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What do we hear?
• Sound is a compression wave:
When speaker is stationary, the air is uniformly dense
Speaker Air Molecules
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What do we hear?
• Sound is a compression wave:
Speaker
When the speaker moves, it compresses the air in front of it.
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What do we hear?
• Sound is a compression wave:
The speaker moves back leaving an area with less air behind - called rarefaction
CompressionRarefaction
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What do we hear?
• Sound is a compression wave:
Speaker
The speaker moves forward again starting the next wave
Compression
Rarefaction
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What do we hear?
• Sound is a compression wave - it only “looks” like a wave if we plot air pressure against time
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Time
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Properties of a Sound Wave
• 1. Amplitude: difference in air pressure between compression and rarefaction (Sound Pressure Level)
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Properties of a Sound Wave
• 1. Amplitude: difference in air pressure between compression and rarefaction (Sound Pressure Level)
– What is the perception that goes along with the sensation of sound amplitude?
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Properties of a Sound Wave
• 1. Amplitude: difference in air pressure between compression and rarefaction (Sound Pressure Level)
– What is the perception that goes along with the sensation of sound amplitude?
LOUDNESS
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Properties of a Sound Wave
• 2. Frequency: how many regions of compression (or rarefaction) pass by a given point per second (expressed in Hertz)
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Properties of a Sound Wave
• 2. Frequency: how many regions of compression (or rarefaction) pass by a given point per second (expressed in Hertz)– What is the perception that goes along with
the sensation of frequency?
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Properties of a Sound Wave
• 2. Frequency: how many regions of compression (or rarefaction) pass by a given point per second (expressed in Hertz)– What is the perception that goes along with
the sensation of frequency?
PITCH
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Sensing Vibrations
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Sensing Vibrations
• Outer ear transmits and modifies sound (critical for sound localization)
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Sensing Vibrations
• Middle ear turns compression waves into mechanical motion
oval window
stapes
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Sensing Vibrations
• Middle ear turns compression waves into mechanical motion
Ear Drum
Oval window
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Sensing Vibrations
• Middle ear turns compression waves into mechanical motion
Ear Drum
Oval window
Compression Wave
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Sensing Vibrations
• The cochlea, in the inner ear, is a curled up tube filled with fluid.
Auditory Nerve to Brain
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Sensing Vibrations
• Inside the cochlea is the basilar membrane
• Movement of the oval window causes ripples on the basilar membrane
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Sensing Vibrations
• Basilar membrane measures the amplitude and frequency of sound waves
– amplitude (loudness)
–frequency (pitch)
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Sensing Vibrations
• Basilar membrane measures the amplitude and frequency of sound waves
– amplitude (loudness) - magnitude of displacement of the basilar membrane
–frequency (pitch)
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Sensing Vibrations
• Basilar membrane measures the amplitude and frequency of sound waves
– amplitude (loudness) - magnitude of displacement of the basilar membrane
–frequency (pitch) - frequency and location of displacements of the basilar membrane
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Sensing Vibrations
• Basilar membrane measures the amplitude and frequency of sound waves
–frequency (pitch) - frequency and location of displacements of the basilar membrane
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Sensing Vibrations
• Bundles of “hair cells” are embedded in basilar membrane
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Sensing Vibrations
• When hair cells sway back and forth, they let ions inside
• This flow of charges is converted to action potentials and sent along the auditory pathway
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The Auditory Pathway
• The auditory pathway is complex and involves several “stations” along the way to the auditory cortex in the brain
• Lots of processing must be done in real-time on auditory signals!
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How Can You Localize Sound?
• Ponder this:– Imagine digging two trenches in the sand beside a lake so
that water can flow into them. Now imagine hanging a piece of cloth in the water in each trench. Your job is to determine the number and location and type of every fish, duck, person, boat, etc. simply by examining the motion of the cloth. That’s what your auditory system does!
- Al Bregman
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How do we Stay Balanced?
The Vestibular System
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Vestibular System (Balance)
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Vestibular System (Balance)
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Vestibular System (Balance)
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Vestibular System (Balance)
Head accelerates this way
Cupula getspushed
Fluid goes this way
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Vestibular System (Balance)
Head accelerates this way
Cupula getspushed
Fluid goes this way
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Vestibular System (Balance)
• movement of the cupula is detected by hair cells
• hair cells in the vestibular system are more sensitive than hair cells on the basilar membrane!
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Vestibular, Visual, and Proprioceptive Systems Work Together
• Try standing on one foot with your eyes closed!
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Fun Facts about The Vestibular System
• Seasickness arises when the vestibular system and the visual system send conflicting information
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Fun Facts about The Vestibular System
• Seasickness arises when the vestibular system and the visual system send conflicting information
• People can be knocked down by moving walls!
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Fun Facts about The Vestibular System
• Seasickness arises when the vestibular system and the visual system send conflicting information
• People can be knocked down by moving walls!
• Alcohol causes the spins by (among other things) changing the density of the fluid in the semicircular canals
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Hearing
• Detection
• Loudness
• Localization
• Music
• Speech
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Detection and Loudness
• Sound level is measured in decibels (dB) - a measure of the amplitude of air pressure fluctuations
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Detection and Loudness
• Sound level is measured in decibels (dB) - a measure of the amplitude of air pressure fluctuations
• dB is a log scale - 1 dB difference = 10 times the actual air pressure
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Detection and Loudness
• Sound level is measured in decibels (dB) - a measure of the amplitude of air pressure fluctuations
• dB is a log scale - 1 dB difference = 10 times the actual air pressure
• We have a dynamic range that is a factor of 7.5 million!
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Detection and Loudness
• minimum sound level necessary to be heard is the detection threshold
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Detection and Loudness
• detection threshold depends on frequency of sound:
• very high and very low frequencies must have more energy (higher dB) to be heard
• greatest sensitivity (lowest detection threshold) is between 1000 hz to 5000hz
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Detection and Loudness
• Detection can be compromised by a masking sound
• even masking sounds that are not simultaneous with the target can cause masking (forward and backward masking)