Amazing features of the auditory system
Kaoru Ashihara, Yukio Iwaya, Kengo Ohgushi, Yoshitaka Nakajima · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2006
Some audio and audiovisual demonstrations will be presented in order to review the unique nature of the auditory system. The demonstrations cover a wide range of topics: the gap transfer illusion, combination tone, interaction between auditory and visual information, and binaural recording and reproduction. The phenomena to be presented are closely related to the key features of hearing, such as the auditory scene analysis, speech perception, perception of the spatial information, and interaction with other modalities. Because these demonstrations are not only attractive but also of some scientific importance, they can be used as teaching materials in education of physics, physiology, psychology, and engineering. Studying these phenomena will give us insights into the functions of the peripheral and central auditory system.