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Task 7: Auditory system Flashcards

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Sound stimulus (physical)

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movements of vibrations of object cause pressure changes in air, water or any other elastic medium that surrounds objects

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Sound perception

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experience when we hear

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Sound wave

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pattern of alternating high pressure (condensation) and low-pressure (refraction) regions in the air

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A sine wave’s or a pure tone’s vibration can be described by its

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frequency and amplitude

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Frequency

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  • number of cycles per second that pressure changes repeat
  • associated to pitch (higher frequency = higher pitch)
  • Hz
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Amplitude

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  • difference in pressure between high and low-peak of sound wave
  • associated with the quality of sound = loudness
  • dB
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Complex tones

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sounds produced by instruments or people speaking that have a more complex sine wave’s pattern

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A complex tone is made up of

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a number oh harmonics and fundamental frequencies added together = Fourier analysis

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Fundamental

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first harmonic

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Fundamental frequency

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  • lowest frequency component

- repetition rate

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Perceptual aspects of sound

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  • threshold
  • loudness
  • pitch
  • timbre
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High threshold

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large sound pressure changed required

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Low threshold

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little sound pressure change required

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Loudness

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  • intensity of a sound

- depends on amplitude and frequency

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Audibility curve

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threshold of hearing

- we cannot perceive sounds lower the audibility curve

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Threshold for feeling

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  • upper curve

- sound that are higher than the upper curve provoke pain

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Equal loudness curve

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same perception of loudness at different frequencies

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Pitch

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  • linked to fundamental frequency

- high or low label

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Tone height

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perceptual experience of increasing pitch that accompanies increases in tone’s fundamental frequency

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Notes with the same tone have

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the same tone chroma

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Effect of missing fundamental

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pitch remains the same even if fundamental or other harmonics are removed, therefore pitch depends on the repetition rate and not on the fundamental frequency

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Timbre

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tones that have the same loudness, pitch and duration but still sound different

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Steady-state harmonic structure states that

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  • same fundamental => same pitch

- different amount of harmonics => different timbre

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Structure of the ear

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  • outer year
  • middle year
  • inner year
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Outer ear
- pinae = determine location of sounds - auditory canal = protects middle year, enhances the intensities of some sounds by resonance and reinforces sound frequency - tympanic membrane = set sound waves into vibrations
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Middle ear
- fluid medium => transmission of sound vibration from air to middle ear is difficult, therefore 1 - ossicle increase pressure 2- ossicle is hinged to create lever action
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Ossicles
responsible for amplification of sound (maleus, incus and stapes)
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Inner ear
vibration of oval window => vibration of fluid inside the cochlea
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Cochlea
- main structure of inner ear - contains Organ of Corti - scala vestibuli =upper half of cochlea - scala tympani = lower half of cochlea - cochlear partition separated the s. vestibuli and s. tympani
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Apex of the Cochlea is
the basilar membrane => movement of basilar membrane exerts force on cilia agains tectorial membrane
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Organ of Corti
- sits on the basilar membrane | - contains hair cells and cilia
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Hair cells are the
receptors for hearing
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Tectorial membrane
Area that arches over the hair cells
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Cilia
top of hair cells
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Hair cells
Vibration from the basilar membrane and tectorial membrane bends the: - inner hair calls - outer hair cells => tallest row of cilia on outer hair cells
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Vibrations of liquids inside cochlea re translated into waves in the
basilar membrane => up and down motion of the basilar membrane
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Up and down motion of the basilar membrane results in
1. Organ of Corgi - up and down vibration | 2. Tectorial membrane - back and forth vibration
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Transduction
movement of hair cells => transmitter release => action potential
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Back and forth bending of the cilia triggers
sequence of chemical reactions - movement to right => tip links stretch = increase in pressure => release of neurotransmitters - movement to the left => tip link slacken => firing stoped
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Tonotopy in Cochlea
- hair cells are activated at different frequencies and places along cochlea - higher frequency = base of cochlea - lower frequency = apex
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Characteristic frequency
frequency to which a particularly auditory nerve fibre is most sensitive
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Auditory masking
- perception of one sound is affected by the presence of another sound - effect of masking is stronger from low to high
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Temporal code
a frequency is code by the timing of neural firing
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Coding of frequency
- by place (tonotopy at the level of neurons) | - by time (level of auditory nerves) => phase locking
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Phase locking or volley principle
each neuron fires at a distinct point an not on every point => provide temporal code
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Each neuron gives an optimal response to
a preffered stimulus and a less strong response to stimuli that deviate from the preferred one
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Primary central auditory pathway
Cochlear nucleus -> Superior olivary nucleus (converge inout from both ears) -> inferior colliculus -> medial geniculate nucleus -> primary auditory cortex
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Primary auditory cortex
- responsible for processing acoustic information | - consists of A1, belt and parabelt area (complex sounds)
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Hearing loss
elevation of sound thresholds
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Types of hearing loss
Conductive Sensorineural Hidden
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Conductive hearing loss
- impairment to amplify sound | - lost ability of middle-ear bones to convey vibrations from tympanic membrane to oval window
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Sensorineural hearing loss
- damage in cochlea and hair cell (prebyscusis) | - hearing loss at high frequencies
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Hidden hearing loss
harder to hear sounds when there is background noise
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Treating hearing loss
- Cochlear implant | - Auditory brainstem implant
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Cochlear implant
- stimulates the auditory nerve | - amplifies sound
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Auditory brainstem implant
- micro electrode that stimulates brainstem | - no auditory nerve lesions
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Doubling sound pressure leads to
doubled perceived loudness

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