Originally published in 1987, this book is the result of a workshop on the processing of complex sounds held in 1986. The chapters touch base with many of the lines of research and theory on complex sound and its perception at the time, and was felt that they should provide both food for thought and a broad introduction to the literature.

Preface. Introduction: Auditory Processing of Complex Sounds W.A. Yost and C.S. Watson Section 1: Spectral Pattern Processing: Interaction among Critical Bands, Profile Analysis, and Co-Modulation Masking Release Section 2: Temporal Pattern Processing: Rhythm, Spectral Synchrony, Amplitude-Modulation, and Binaural Precedence Section 3: Pitch of Complex Sounds: Virtual Pitch, Central Spectrum, Theories, and Animal Models Section 4: Auditory Peripheral Physiology: Rate and Synchrony Codes Section 5: Speech Perception: Speech versus Non-Speech perception and a New Model Section 6: Perceptual Organization of Complex Sounds: Informational Masking, Stimulus Uncertainty, Learning, Attention, Memory, and Stream Segregation Subject Index. Author Index.