This book gathers together state-of-the-art perspectives on topics spanning speech processing, psychophysics, anatomy, physiology, hearing impairment, and speech pathology. It is genuinely cross disciplinary over speech and hearing spectrum or research.

Preface, Steven Greenberg; Part 1 Introduction, Steven Greenberg, William A. Ainsworth; Chapter 1 Auditory Processing of Speech, William Ainsworth, Steven Greenberg; Part 2 Acoustic and Perceptual Cues Germane to the Perception of Speech, Steven Greenberg, William A. Ainsworth; Chapter 2 Perception of Highly Dynamic Properties in Speech, Astrid van Wieringen, Louis Pols; Chapter 3 The Significance of Temporal Modulation Frequencies for Speech Intelligibility, Rob Drullman; Chapter 4 Perception of Dynamic Properties of Speech: Peripheral and Central Processes, Diane Kewley-Port, Amy Neel; Part 3 Anatomical and Physiological Bases of Speech Perception, Steven Greenberg, William A. Ainsworth; Chapter 5 From Cochlea to Cortex: A Simple Anatomical Description, Carole M. Hackney; Chapter 6 Neuroanatomical Considerations of Speech Processing, Joe C. Adams; Chapter 7 Anatomy of the Auditory Cortex, Eike Budinger, Peter Heil; Chapter 8 Adequacy of Auditory-Nerve Rate Representations of Vowels: Comparison With Behavioral Measures in Cat, Murray B. Sachs, Brad J. May, G. S. Le Prell, Robert D. Hienz; Chapter 9 Temporal Processing in Cat Primary Auditory Cortex: Dynamic Frequency Tuning and Spectro-Temporal Representation of Speech Sounds, Christoph E. Schreiner, Sarah W. Wong, Hubert R. Dinse; Chapter 10 Anatomical and Physiological Bases of Speech Perception, Georg Meyer; Part 4 Neuroethological Parallels to Speech Processing, Steven Greenberg, William A. Ainsworth; Chapter 11 Basic Acoustic Patterns and Neural Mechanisms Shared by Humans and Animals for Auditory Perception, Nobuo Suga; Chapter 12 Cross-Species Comparisons of Vocal Perception, Charles H. Brown, Joan M. Sinnott; Chapter 13 Contributions of Nonhuman Animal Models to Understanding Human Speech Perception, Keith R. Kluender, Andrew J. Lotto, Lori L. Holt; Part 5 Robustness of Spoken Language in Adverse Acoustic Environments and Its Utility for Speech Recognition, Steven Greenberg, William A. Ainsworth; Chapter 14 The Perception of Speech Under Adverse Conditions: Contributions of Spectro-Temporal Peaks, Periodicity, and Interaural Timing to Perceptual Robustness, A. Quentin Summerfield, John F. Culling, Peter F. Assmann; Chapter 15 Use of Temporal Codes Computed From a Cochlear Model for Speech Recognition, Li Deng, Hamid Sheikhzadeh; Chapter 16 Binaural Auditory Images for Noise-Resistant Speech Recognition, Roy D. Patterson, Timothy R. Anderson, Keith Francis; Part 6 Speech Perception By the Hearing and Language Impaired, Steven Greenberg, William A. Ainsworth; Chapter 17 Factors Affecting Speech Intelligibility for People With Cochlear Hearing Loss, Brian C. J. Moore; Chapter 18 Prosthetic Hearing: Implications for Pattern Recognition in Speech, Robert V. Shannon, Qian-Jie Fu, Fan-Gang Zeng, John Wygonski; Chapter 19 Perceptual Learning of Temporally Based Auditory Skills Thought to Be Deficient in Children With Specific Language Impairment, Beverly A. Wright; Chapter 20 Speech Perception and Auditory Impairment: The Roles of Temporal and Spectral Information, Andrew Faulkner, Stuart Rosen; Part 7 Auditory Scene Analysis and the Perceptual Organization of Speech, Steven Greenberg, William A. Ainsworth; Chapter 21 The Relation of Speech Perception to the Perception of Nonverbal Auditory Patterns, Richard M. Warren; Chapter 22 A Sensorimotor Theory of Speech Perception: Implications for Learning, Organization, and Recognition, Neil P. McAngus Todd, Christopher S. Lee, Donald J. O'Boyle; Chapter 23 Timing Is of the Essence: Neural Oscillator Models of Auditory Grouping in Speech, Guy J. Brown, DeLiang Wang; Chapter 24 Modeling the Auditory Component of Speech, Dan Ellis; Part 8 Conclusion, Steven Greenberg, William A. Ainsworth; Chapter 25 A Multi-Tier Framework for Understanding Spoken Language, Steven Greenberg;