Some of the most creative scientists investigating directional hearing have contributed to this volume, providing a current and comprehensive overview of their work, their research problems, and the strategies they have used to solve them.

I The Physical and Psychoacoustical Foundations of Directional Hearing.- 1. Physical Acoustics and Measurements Pertaining to Directional Hearing.- 2. A New Approach to the Study of Human Sound Localization.- 3. Lateralization.- 4. The Precedence Effect.- II Structure and Function of the Mammalian Binaural Nervous System.- 5.Central Auditory Pathways in Directional Hearing.- 6. Physiological Studies of Directional Hearing.- III Directional Hearing in Vertebrates: Animal psychophysics and special adaptations.- 7. Mechanisms for Directional Hearing among Nonmammalian Vertebrates.- 8. Directional Hearing and Sound Localization in Echolocating Animals.- 9. Binaural Hearing in Land Mammals.- IV Problems and Solutions of Directional Hearing in the Real World.- 10. Hearing in Rooms.- 11. Binaural Directional Hearing—Impairments and Aids.- 12. Some Modern Techniques and Devices Used to Preserve and Enhance the Spatial Qualities of Sound.- Index of Names.

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