Exam 10: How Do We Hear, Speak, and Make Music 

Inputs from the _____ are sent to primary auditory cortex (A1).

The _____ at the tips of inner and outer hair cells in the basilar membrane are stimulated by waves in the cochlear fluid.

A study by Thaler and colleagues examined the brain regions involved in human echolocation by blind individuals. Their study found that echolocation in blind individuals seemed to rely on activation in:

Noam Chomsky was the first linguist to argue that:

Complex tones are:

Where are electronic devices implanted to allow people with hearing loss to hear?

Simple auditory stimuli such as tones are processed in _____, whereas complex sounds (e.g., speech syllables) are processed in _____.

Broca's aphasia is associated with:

Rock musicians frequently show loss of sensitivity to sound in the:

Wernicke's area is connected to Broca's area via the:

Research on the tuning curves of individual inner hair cells indicates that:

_____ tinnitus may be the result of actual sound in the ear, while _____ tinnitus is a condition of hearing a sound in the absence of an external auditory stimulus.

Frequency is described in:

Damage to the left auditory cortex would lead to:

Research into the acquisition of birdsong has indicated that birdsongs are:

The computation for detecting the location of a sound by comparing the time difference between the two ears occurs at the:

High-frequency sound waves cause peak bending of the basilar membrane near the _____, while low-frequency sound waves cause peak bending near the _____.

Children in all cultures begin to combine words around _____ months of age.

Rachael hears what sounds like a car alarm sounding off. In order for her to localize this high-frequency continuous sound, her auditory system will take advantage of:

Otoacoustic emissions: