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Lecture Notes

Legend:

BD = Bertrand Delgutte
AJO = Andrew J. Oxenham
JJG = John J. Guinan, Jr.
DKE = Donald Keith Eddington
MCB = M. Christian Brown
JRM = Jennifer R. Melcher
CM = Christophe Micheyl


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Lec 1Hearing and the Auditory System: An Overview (PDF)

Stages of processing in the auditory system and their function. Detection, localization and recognition of sounds. Subjective and objective variables and experiments. Auditory demonstrations.
BD/AJO
Theme 1: Masking and Frequency Selectivity
Lec 2How the Ear Works (Functional Cochlear Mechanics) (PDF - 1.4 MB)

Cochlear tuning. Hair cell transduction. Nonlinearities. The cochlear amplifier. Otoacoustic emissions.
JJG
Lec 3Stimulus Coding in the Auditory Nerve (PDF)

The AN as an information conduit. Frequency tuning. Nonlinearities. Relation of AN activity to cochlear processing. Neural variability as a limit on psychophysical performance. Compound action potential.
BD
Lec 4Masking and Frequency Selectivity (PDF)

Psychophysical techniques. Signal detection theory. Power spectrum model of masking. Techniques for measuring auditory filters. Psychophysical effects of cochlear nonlinearities.
AJO
Lec 5Masking and NonlinearityJJG/Staff
Lec 6Masking and Nonlinearity (cont.)JJG/Staff
Lec 7Cochlear Implants

Electrodes and processors. Basic auditory capabilities of implantees. Effect of electrode configuration. Processor design. Bilateral implants.
DKE
Lec 8Intensity Perception and Cochlear Hearing Loss (PDF)

Loudness. Stevens' law. Intensity discrimination. Weber's law and its near miss. Relation of loudness to intensity. Consequences of reduced frequency selectivity and loss of cochlear amplifier in cochlear hearing impairment.
AJO
Theme 2: Cellular Mechanisms in the Cochlear Nucleus
Lec 9Channels, Synapses and Neurotransmitters (PDF)

Excitatory and inhibitory synaptic transmission. Neurotransmitters and receptors. Second messengers.
JJG
Lec 10Cellular Mechanisms in the Cochlear Nucleus

Parallel processing pathways in the cochlear nucleus. Correlation of cell types with response types. Neural specializations for temporal processing.
MCB
Lec 11Cellular Mechanisms in the Cochlear Nucleus (cont.)MCB
Lec 12Cellular Mechanisms in the Cochlear Nucleus (cont.)MCB/Staff
Theme 3: Binaural Interactions
Lec 13Binaural Hearing (PDF)

Localization and lateralization. Cues for sound localization. Sensitivity to binaural cues. The Jeffress model. The precedence effect. Binaural detection.
AJO
Lec 14Binaural Interactions in the Auditory Brainstem (PDF)

Neural circuitry and cellular specializations for binaural processing. Two basic forms of binaural interactions. Transformations of binaural information in the auditory pathway.
BD
Lec 15Binaural InteractionsBD/Staff
Lec 16Binaural Interactions (cont.)BD/Staff
Theme 4: Pitch and Temporal Coding
Lec 17Pitch of Pure and Complex Tones (PDF)

Pitch of pure and complex tones. Virtual pitch. Place and temporal models of pitch. Role of pitch in auditory scene analysis.
AJO
Lec 18Neural Processing of Pitch (PDF)

Rate and temporal codes. Temporal envelope and fine structure. Interspike interval representation of pitch. Tuning to modulation frequency and its possible role in pitch coding. Transformations of temporal information along the auditory pathway.
BD
Lec 19Pitch and Temporal CodingAJO/Staff
Lec 20Pitch and Temporal Coding (cont.)AJO/Staff
Theme 5: Neural Maps and Plasticity
Lec 21Auditory Cortex: Cortical organization

Cortical areas and layers. Thalamo-cortical and cortico-cortical projections. Tonotopy. Columnar organization. Parallel and hierarchical processing. Functions of the cortex.
MCB
Lec 22The Human Auditory System

Imaging modalities: fMRI, MEG, AEP. Tonotopy in human auditory cortex. What and where pathways. Tinnitus-related abnormalities in brain activation.
JRM
Lec 23Neural Maps and PlasticityJRM/Staff
Lec 24Neural Maps and Plasticity (cont.)JRM/Staff
Theme 6: Auditory Scene Analysis and Object Formation
Lec 25Auditory Scene Analysis (ASA) and Object Formation (PDF - 1.0 MB) (Courtesy of Dr. Christophe Micheyl. Used with permission.)

Bottom-up ("primitive") and top-down ("schema based") mechanisms. Simultaneous processes in ASA: Harmonicity, Onset/offset asynchrony, Co-modulation. Sequential processes: Auditory streaming.
CM
Lec 26Scene AnalysisAJO/JRM
Final ExamStaff

 








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