Beschreibung:
This volume will provide an important contemporary reference on hearing development and will lead to new ways of thinking about hearing in children and about remediation for children with hearing loss. Much of the material in this volume will document that a different model of hearing is needed to understand hearing during development. The book is expected to spur research in auditory development and in its application to pediatric audiology.
This volume covers what is currently known about the development of hearing and the auditory system in humans. It provides an important and up-to-date reference and informs fresh notions about hearing in children and the remediation of their hearing loss.
Provides an important contemporary reference on hearing development
Introduction and overview.- Morphological and functional development of the ear .- Morphological and functional development of the auditory nervous system.- Development of auditory coding as reflected in psychophysical performance .- Development of auditory scene analysis and auditory attention.- Development of spatial hearing.- Development of speech perception.- Development of pitch and music perception.- Atypical auditory development and effects of experience.- Summary, interrelationships, implications, future directions.- Index.