Hearing Science Quiz Unit Three

1. This takes information from the cochlea in the inner ear and transmits it to the auditory cortex. What is it?

Afferent

Efferent

2. this term refers to the process by which one acoustic signal is able to obscure the presence of another acoustic signal, so that it cannot be detected. In this same process, one acoustic signal is also able to raise the threshold of another.

Binaural Hearing

Sound Propagation

Masking

Sensation

3. What term refers to Perception or psychological impression of the frequency of sound?

Timbre

Pitch

Mel Scale

Loudness Adaption

4. The assumption of this theory is that particular frequencies displace certain regions of basilar membrane more than others

Volley Theory

Place Theory

Temporal Theory

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6. This method is the Procedure in which the intensity levels of the stimuli are predetermined by the examiner and are presented randomly until a threshold is reached

Method of Adjustment

Method of Limits

Method of Constant Stimuli

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