Encyclopedia of Acoustics, Volume Four

Copyright © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Encyclopedia of Acoustics, Volume Four

Editor(s): Malcolm J. Crocker

Published Online: 19 DEC 2007

Print ISBN: 9780471180074

Online ISBN: 9780470172544

DOI: 10.1002/9780470172544

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Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xiv)

  2. Part XIII: Speech Communication

    1. Chapter 124

      Introduction (pages 1557–1564)

      J. L. Flanagan

    2. Chapter 125

      Models of Speech Production (pages 1565–1578)

      Kenneth N. Stevens

    3. Chapter 126

      Speech Perception (pages 1579–1588)

      Joanne L. Miller

    4. Chapter 127

      Acoustical Analysis of Speech (pages 1589–1598)

      Gunnar Fant

    5. Chapter 128

      Techniques of Speech Coding (pages 1599–1606)

      Bishnu S. Atal

    6. Chapter 129

      Machine Recognition of Speech (pages 1607–1614)

      Lawrence R. Rabiner

  3. Part XIV: Music and Musical Acoustics

    1. Chapter 130

      Introduction (pages 1615–1618)

      Thomas D. Rossing

    2. Chapter 131

      Stringed Instruments: Bowed (pages 1619–1626)

      J. Woodhouse

    3. Chapter 132

      Stringed Instruments: Plucked (pages 1627–1634)

      Bernard E. Richardson

    4. Chapter 133

      Woodwind Instruments (pages 1635–1642)

      Neville H. Fletcher

    5. Chapter 134

      Brass Instruments (pages 1643–1651)

      J. M. Bowsher

    6. Chapter 135

      Percussion Instruments (pages 1653–1661)

      Thomas D. Rossing

    7. Chapter 136

      Pianos and Other Stringed Keyboard Instruments (pages 1663–1669)

      Gabriel Weinreich

    8. Chapter 137

      Pipe and Reed Organs (pages 1671–1678)

      Jürgen Meyer

    9. Chapter 138

      Electronic and Computer Music (pages 1679–1685)

      William Morris Hartmann

    10. Chapter 139

      Human Singing Voice (pages 1687–1695)

      Johan Sundberg

  4. Part XV: Bioacoustics

    1. Chapter 140

      Introduction (pages 1697–1701)

      Floyd Dunn

    2. Chapter 141

      Acoustical Characteristics of Biological Media (pages 1703–1726)

      Jeffrey C. Bamber

    3. Chapter 142

      Biological Effects of Ultrasound (pages 1727–1737)

      Edwin L. Carstensen

    4. Chapter 143

      Medical Diagnosis with Acoustics (pages 1739–1750)

      K. Kirk Shung and Guy Cloutier

    5. Chapter 144

      Acoustical Medical Imaging Instrumentation (pages 1751–1760)

      James F. Greenleaf

    6. Chapter 145

      Effects of Vibration and Shock on People (pages 1761–1779)

      Henning E. von Gierke

  5. Part XVI: Animal Bioacoustics

    1. Chapter 146

      Introduction (pages 1781–1787)

      Arthur N. Popper

    2. Chapter 147

      Hearing and Sound Perception among Vertebrate Animals (pages 1789–1797)

      Richard R. Fay

    3. Chapter 148

      Insect Bioacoustics (pages 1799–1806)

      T. G. Forrest

    4. Chapter 149

      Amphibians (pages 1807–1812)

      Randy Zelick and R. R. Capranica

    5. Chapter 150

      Bird Acoustics (pages 1813–1817)

      Stephen Nowicki

    6. Chapter 151

      Bats and Echolocation (pages 1819–1822)

      James A. Simmons

    7. Chapter 152

      Nonhuman Primate Vocal Communication (pages 1823–1829)

      Marc D. Hauser

    8. Chapter 153

      Bioacoustics of Marine Vertebrates (pages 1831–1836)

      Arthur N. Popper and Peggy L. Edds-Walton

  6. Part XVII: Acoustical Measurements and Instrumentation

    1. Chapter 154

      Introduction (pages 1837–1844)

      P. V. Brüel, J. Pope and H. K. Zaveri

    2. Chapter 155

      Sound Level Meters (pages 1845–1854)

      Robert W. Krug

    3. Chapter 156

      Sound Intensity (pages 1855–1868)

      Malcolm J. Crocker and Finn Jacobsen

    4. Chapter 157

      Calibration of Pressure and Gradient Microphones (pages 1869–1879)

      Victor Nedzelnitsky

  7. Part XVIII: Transducers

    1. Chapter 158

      Introduction (pages 1881–1888)

      Harry B. Miller

    2. Chapter 159

      Transducer Principles (pages 1889–1902)

      Elmer L. Hixson and Ilene J. Busch-Vishniac

    3. Chapter 160

      Loudspeaker Design (pages 1903–1924)

      Bradley M. Starobin

    4. Chapter 161

      Horns (pages 1925–1931)

      Vincent Salmon

    5. Chapter 162

      Types of Microphones (pages 1933–1944)

      Ilene J. Busch-Vishniac and Elmer L. Hixson

    6. Chapter 163

      Public Address and Sound Reinforcement Systems (pages 1945–1962)

      David Lloyd Klepper and Larry S. King

    7. Chapter 164

      Magnetic Recording Reproducing Systems (pages 1963–1966)

      Marvin Camras

    8. Chapter 165

      Digital Audio (pages 1967–1978)

      James W. Beauchamp and Robert C. Maher

    9. Chapter 166

      Hearing Aid Transducers (pages 1979–1990)

      Mead C. Killion

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      Reviewers (pages 1991–1992)

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      Index (pages 1993–2017)

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