The Sense of Hearing Christopher J. Plack is an English-language textbook about auditory perception. This book is suitable for students and professionals in audiology and related disciplines. It provides an overview of the anatomy, physiology, and psychophysics of hearing.
The book covers fundamental aspects of hearing, such as frequency selectivity, loudness, pitch, temporal resolution, and sound localization. In addition, complex processes are discussed, such as speech and music perception. An important focus is hearing loss, in which both the physiological causes and the perceptual consequences are addressed. New insights and research methods are incorporated, among others in the chapters on pitch perception and hearing loss. The book also includes extensive student materials, including an overview of research techniques and a glossary of terms.
This textbook aligns in content with fields such as neuropsychology, biopsychology, audiology, and physiological psychology.