Exam 4: Audition and Vestibular Function

The decibel scale is

You are more likely to confuse the location of a sound directly in front of you with a sound located

Temporary threshold shifts

The unit of measure used to express the relative intensity of a sound is

The theory that attributes motion sickness to an congruence between vestibular motion cues and visual cues is called

A synthetic tone specifically designed to symbolize a state or action is called

An advantage of auditory signals is that

The relationship between a tones frequency and its perceived pitch is ________; so a doubling of a tones frequency ________ result in a doubling in the sounds perceived pitch.

A sound perceived to be twice as intense as a 40 dB, 1000 Hz tone sound have a Sone value of

The ratio of the weakest tone we can hear and the loudest tone we can hear without damaging our hearing is approximately

Factors known to affect the perceived pitch of a sound include

Human listeners are maximally sensitive to sounds in the frequency range of

The ____________sense motion cause by rotation.

It is recommended that

The theory that attributes motion sickness delays or errors in postural corrections is called

Speech intelligibility performance is

The volley principle is believed to account for the coding of

The ____________sense inclination of the head with respect to gravity.

Movements of the tympanic membrane are conveyed to the oval window of the inner ear by the __________.

Exposure to loud sounds that do not cause hearing loss may produce