Computational Models of the Auditory System

The Springer Handbook of Auditory Research presents a series of comprehensive and synthetic reviews of the fundamental topics in modern auditory research. The v- umes are aimed at all individuals with interests in hearing research including advanced graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and clinical investigators. The volumes are intended to introduce new investigators to important aspects of hearing science and to help established investigators to better understand the fundamental theories and data in fields of hearing that they may not normally follow closely. Each volume presents a particular topic comprehensively, and each serves as a synthetic overview and guide to the literature. As such, the chapters present neither exhaustive data reviews nor original research that has not yet appeared in pe- reviewed journals. The volumes focus on topics that have developed a solid data and conceptual foundation rather than on those for which a literature is only beg- ning to develop. New research areas will be covered on a timely basis in the series as they begin to mature.

This volume, Computational Models of the Auditory System, has as a systems approach where the focus is on studies which contribute to the big picture of hearing. In effect, the work covered in this volume, and the volume itself, builds a global model of audition. The chapters, rather than focusing on details of individual components of the hearing system, address the concerns of readers and researchers who want to know how the auditory system works as a whole.

Contents:

• Overview - Raymond Meddis and Enrique A. Lopez-Poveda
• Auditory periphery; from the pinna to the auditory nerve Raymond Meddis and Enrique A. Lopez-Poveda
• The Cochlear Nucleus - the New Frontier Herbert F. Voigt and Xiaohan Zheng
• Models of the Superior Olivary Complex Todd R. Jennings and H. Steven Colburn
• Auditory Cortex: the Final Frontier Jos J. Eggermont
• Computational Models of Inferior Colliculus Neurons Kevin A. Davis, Kenneth E. Hancock, and Bertrand Delgutte 
• Computational Modeling of Sensorineural Hearing Loss Michael G. Heinz.
• Physiological Models of Auditory Scene Analysis Guy J. Brown
• Use of Auditory Models in Developing Coding Strategies for Cochlear Implants Blake S. Wilson, Enrique A. Lopez-Poveda, and Reinhold Schatzer
• Silicon Models of the Auditory Pathway André van Schaik, Tara Julia Hamilton, and Craig Jin
  

About the Editors:

Raymond Meddis is Director of the Hearing Research Laboratory in the Department of Psychology at the University of Essex. Enrique A. Lopez-Poveda is Director of the Auditory Computation and Psychoacoustics Unit of the Neuroscience Institute of Castilla y León, University of Salamanca. Arthur N. Popper is Professor in the Department of Biology and Co-Director of the Center for Comparative and EvolutionaryBiology of Hearing at the University of Maryland, College Park. Richard R. Fay is Director of the Parmly Hearing Institute and Professor of Psychology at Loyola University of Chicago.

About the series:

The Springer Handbook of Auditory Research presents a series of synthetic reviews of fundamental topics dealing with auditory systems. Each volume is independent and authoritative; taken as a set, this series is the definitive resource in the field.