Chapter 2
Auditory perception
In this chapter the mechanisms by which sound is perceived will be introduced. The human ear often modifies the sounds presented to it before they are presented to the brain, and the brain’s interpretation of what it receives from the ears will vary depending on the information contained in the nervous signals. An understanding of loudness perception is important when considering such factors as the perceived frequency balance of a reproduced signal, and an understanding of directional perception is relevant to the study of stereo recording techniques. Below, a number of aspects of the hearing process will be related to the practical world of sound recording and reproduction.
The hearing mechanism
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